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Re: Remember...the WBCN strike

At 09:44 AM 11/21/98 -0800, Bob Nelson wrote:
>Talking about the WCOP country lawsuit reminded me
>of another interesting event in local radio from that
>period. I believe it was in January or February of
>1979 that WBCN went on strike. The station had been
>sold, I believe, by T. Mitchell Hastings (??) to
>someone named Weiner, and I think Weiner tried to
>bust up the union...the station's talent went off the
>air, and "scabs" appeared.


I don't recall the issues involved, but I'm pretty sure it happened when
Infinity bought the station...they imported jocks from I believe their
Jacksonville, Fla. station during the strike.

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