[BC] Class IV query

[Mark Humphrey]

The big one in Syracuse was WOLF 1490, which hung in through the late
'70s.  See:
http://www.wolf1490.net/

Another upstate NY Class IV that made surprisingly good numbers (with
"Music of your Life") was 1230 WECK in Cheektowaga/Buffalo.  As
recently as 2002, it still had greater than a 4 share 12+, in contrast
to 50 kW WWKB's measley 0.4.

BTW, the station was founded in 1956 by legendary radio-eccentric
Gordon Brown as WNIA -- but after he sold it, the calls were changed
as a tribute to Buffalo's tasty "Beef on Weck" sandwich:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kummelweck

And, for a while, WECK was using a great slogan: The Roll that Rocks!

Mark


On 9/22/06, barry at oldradio.com <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
> There were some famously high rated stations which led their markets. Some were class IV stations.
>
> Does anyone know what the last big Class IV market-king was?
>