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Re: First in FM Rock in Boston......

On Tue, 6 May 1997, PETER GEORGE, N1GGP wrote:

>     No, it WAS NOT WBCN.  It was....(may I have the envelope...please...)
> it was..WRKO-FM (98.5, now WBMX) with its' famous "ARKO-matic" signature.
> The first truly bona-fide, non-simulcast FM rock station was "ARKO" which
> premiered the format at midnight October 12, 1966.  

If you count AM-FM simulcast operations, I think the first FM rocker was
probably WCOP-FM.

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