Re: 1939...

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Donna Halper wrote:

> Everybody is right on this one, including me.  According to the research
> Scott and I did for WBZ's 75th, Westinghouse had planned to buy several
> stations-- they made offers on them and thought they were really close, but
> both deals evidently fell through.  The trades and the media had been
> receiving the press releases-- and when one of the deals looked like a sure
> bet (that, I believe, was the KFWB story),  it got into print; I have seen
> the articles saying it was nearly a done deal...).  But then suddenly,
> Westinghouse ended up with WINS, not KFWB nor the other station they were
> supposed to acquire (I forget the calls-- it was in the midwest).

Glad to see that one finally cleared up.  Last I looked, the Archives
article on WBZ still said it was the acquisition of KFWB that led to the
demise of WBZA.  That ought to be changed if it hasn't been already. 

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