Re: "WBZ Boston, USA"

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:21:28 -0400 Norm Rosen <inorm99@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Having lost WEEI Newsradio 590 in the early 90's, I was glad in 1993 
> when
> WBZ started to expand ( albeit slowly)
> the hours of news daily.(They seem to be still expanding it slowly)
> However, after the station changed hands a few times, I soon  found 
> the
> news programming unlistenable for not only the reasons that you 
> stated,
> but for that awful, inane sweeper voiceovers, and just the headlines
> without the in depth coverage, and some stories that leave me 
> wondering how
> dumb they think their listeners are.
>
Actually WBZ never really changed hands.  In the initial "merger" it was
Westinghouse that bought CBS then changed the name to CBS.  Westinghouse
then acquired Infinity in a deal that gave Mel Karmizan a powerful voice
in what had by then become CBS. Karmizan eventually gained control of CBS
that by then included ARS and changed the name back to Infinity thereby
getting control of his old company and using Westinghouse money to do it
while keeping his profit from the sale of Infinity.  ( I never said he
wasn't shrewd)

A lot of people including those on SFR when I was there had blamed CBS
for the changes that disrupted things at Westinghouse, but as a former
CBS employee I and my fellow former CBS employees were quick to point
out, all the top CBS brass had been replaced by Westinghouse people who
in turn were routed out by Infinity.

rant over

df