Re: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's.

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

On 14 Jun 99,  Kevin Vahey wrote:

> My poor memory is being taxed here, but when WEZE was located in the
> fishbowl in Park Sq, (with Western Union clocks everywhere) they had the
> NBC chimes on their outside sign. Sometime in the mid 60's, NBC moved to
> WCOP (perhaps when they dropped Top 40), and the reasons I remember this
> is twofold.

I thought NBC moved to WCOP in the early 70s.
 
> The one big plum a station had in those days with NBC was the World
> Series, which I remember was on WEZE in the early 60's, but by 1967 had
> flipped to WCOP...but I am *pretty sure* that NBC landed at WCOP by 1965,
> way before their switch to country.

I think I do remember WCOP carrying the 1967 World Series, but I don't 
remember them being a full NBC affiliate at that time.  But then again, I 
may not have paid as much attention to radio while I was in law school.
 



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