Re: Pet peeve about WBUR

["David W. Harris" <dwh@totalnetnh.net>]

Dan Strassberg wrote:

> When the two stations were licensed to different
> communities, a correct ID was more likely to result, as
> in, "These are Columbia's Bay Area stations, KCBS San
> Jose and KCBS-FM San Francisco." I heard that one during
> the summer of 1951...
>
On this coast, I always liked "WJBQ-FM Scarborough, WJBQ
Westbrook-Portland."  It was unusual in the mid-70s to hear three
communities mentioned in the legal ID as this was before stations were
allowed to string as many names as they like after the actual city of
license.