[BC] WBZ as a IB

[cld@admin.umass.edu]

That's very kind of you Alan. Thank you. I will let him know. It might be a 
nice addition.

These kinds of things are just priceless.

Regards

chuck


Quoting Alan Kline <akline at netins.net>:

> Chuck--
> 
> You're quite welcome, and please, by all means let Chris know!  I wasn't
> aware of his website until you posted the link, but I'd be happy to have
> him include it with his history...
> 
> I have an entire thick binder of things like this, mainly from my
> great-uncle's collection, but also some Ekko's that I've picked up on
> Ebay.  Barry has scans of a few of them already, and I plan to do more as
> time allows...
> 
> ak
> 
> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 cld at admin.umass.edu wrote:
> 
> > Alan- that's really amazing! Thanks for posting that.
> > Can I let Chris Tracy know about this for his website as well? Would you
> mind?
> >
> > Chuck Dube
> > Amherst
> >
> >
> > Quoting Alan Kline <akline at netins.net>:
> >
> > > As long as we're on the subject, I've scanned a letterhead from WBZ-WBZA
> > > from 1927, with an Ekko stamp attached.
> > >
> > > It's at:
> > > http://www.snugglebunny.us/WBZ-WBZA.jpg
> > >
> > > (Barry, Donna, Scott...if any of you find this interesting or useful,
> > > please feel free to "borrow" it.  I have a larger scan available if
> you'd
> > > like...)
> > >
> > > ak
> > >
> > > On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Dan Strassberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > I always thought that WBZ's IB status was the result of its having a
> > > > synchronized station, WBZA Springfield (which, incidentally, was
> > > originally
> > > > WBZ). Westinghouse first put WBZ on the air from a Westinghouse factory
> in
> > > > Springfield. A year or so later, a synchronous transmitter was added
> to
> > > > serve Boston and the WBZA calls were assigned here. Next, the call
> signs
> > > > were flipped and eventually the Boston was signal improved while
> > > Springfield
> > > > remianed 1 kW-U from the original rooftop antenna. Not until
> Westinghouse
> > > > wanted to add its seventh major-market AM did WBZA have to go--because
> the
> > > > acquisition of another station would have put the company over the
> > > ownership
> > > > cap. IIRC, WBZA bit the dust to allow the purchase of WINS. If I'm
> right
> > > > about that, the sacrifice of the Springfield "station," which generated
> no
> > > > measurable revenue, was one of the smarter moves in US broadcast
> history.
> > > I
> > > > can't say for sure that WBZA really was a factor in WBZ's IB status,
> but I
> > > > don't think WBZ was classified or reclassified as a IA until WBZA went
> > > > silent. Somebody will surely post the date--which must have been in
> the
> > > late
> > > > '50s or early 60s.
> > >
> > >
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