Re: The late WBZ-FM, "Stereo 106.7, All hits...all the time"

["Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie1@yahoo.com>]

Howdy:
     Back in 1981, you had to notify all stations within 35 miles of
your location of your intent to change your call-letters. It could be
delayed by any station who felt that your intended call-letters
confuse their listeners.  Basically, they could complain simply for
the sake of complaining. Why? Because they could.   So, in July, 1981,
WBZ-FM was sold to Greater Media for about $4.5 million.  However,
they did not take possession until the last week of December of that
year.  So, Greater Media requested that Westinghouse go ahead and
apply for the WMJX call-letters.  They wanted to have a proper set of
call-letters to denote their intended and highly successful "Magic"
format that was heard on their co-owned WMGK-FM(102.9) (formerly
WPEN-FM) in Philadelphia. 
     For nearly six months, you heard "Continuous Rock and Roll,
WMJX/Boston".  That was it.  

- -Pete 




- ---"A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com> wrote:
>
> "Peter Q. George" wrote:
>  
> >       In 1979, WBZ-FM tried the moniker "Z-107" or "'BZ, FM-107"
for a
> > minute or two with a more heavier mix of music than previously
> > programmed.  It lasted but a few months.  Then they went to a more
> > oldies based format with "Wendy" as the hostess. Finally,
Westinghouse
> > sold WBZ-FM to Greater Media in 1981.  The call-letters were changed
> > to WMJX in the summer of '81, in preparation for the sale.  
> 
> Now that's interesting.  I never knew that the call letters were
changed
> before the sale actually took place.  That's unusual, isn't it?
> 
> -- 
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