WCAX/WVMT vs. WSYB (Was Re: Online network tunes world in to local radio)

[mwaters@mail.wesleyan.edu (Martin J. Waters)]

>Garrett Wollman wrote:
> WCAX was
>on 1230 (modulo NARBA) before moving to 620, and was originally owned
>by the State Agricultural College (CAX stands for College of
>Agriculture).  After WCAX-TV was founded, the radio license was sold
>to another broadcaster, who moved it from 1230 to 620, and the 1230
>facility was sold to a new licensee on 1230.  Hence, WJOY is located
>next door to WCAX's studios.
<snip>

        I just checked a 1946 directory I have that shows WCAX on 620, so I
have a question about what you posted. I have a presumption that no TV
station had been authorized yet in Burlington at that time. But maybe
that's a side street. Based on this list I have, it seems as though
WCAX/WVMT legitimately goes back to 1922, so what is WSYB up to -- trying
to claim a first based on the other station's frequency change? I wonder
what sort of discontinuity or irregularity might have occurred in the
WCAX/WVMT operation, maybe an off-the-air period?, that could have given
WSYB a wedge to make its claim.