RE: mystery, drama, suspense-- WLAW!!!

[Gary F <garysice@tiac.net>]

The 278 Essex Street address is in Lawrence.  The building looks pretty well abandoned on the outside.  I've been told that the studios still exist on one of the upper floors (minus most of the equipment) but the partitions, walls, windows, etc. are still said 
to be in place.  

- -gary francis
www.garysicecream.com


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From: 	Donna Halper[SMTP:dlh@donnahalper.com]
Sent: 	Monday, May 05, 1997 1:51 AM
To: 	Rob Landry
Cc: 	boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: 	Re: mystery, drama, suspense-- WLAW!!!

Rob wrote:
>
>WUNR/WBOS had studios in the Bradford for at least ten years prior to
>1981, when they moved to 160 North Washington Street.  I wonder if these
>were the former WLAW studios? 
>
It makes perfect sense to me.  Only WBZ and WLAW were in the Bradford, as
far as I know, and when WBZ moved out, which was in early June of 1948, no
other radio station needed the space, as far as I know.  WLAW and WBZ were
in different parts of the Bradford, based on what I have read.  Correct me
if I am wrong on this one, but when I did WBZ's history, I read about how
they abandoned their studios at the Bradford-- it took a full week and lots
of moving vans to get all their stuff out and over to the new digs on
Soldiers Field Road; the stories about the move said the Bradford basically
turned that space (5th floor) into offices.  Now, perhaps WLAW moved into it
at some point, but I don't have any evidence of that-- the Lawrence station
had maintained its own Boston studios long before WBZ left... they listed
two studio locations, in fact:  one at the Bradford and another at 278 Essex
Street...

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