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RE: Some WBUR history



I used to think W was Westinghouse and K was Kaiser....

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of A.
> Joseph Ross
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:14 AM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org; Daniel Murphy
> Subject: Re: Some WBUR history
> 
> 
> On 17 Jan 2002 at 13:24, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> 
> > "We expect
> > great things of WBUR," he said. "Obviously, BUR stands for Boston
> > University Radio and the W stands for . . . for . . . well, it 
> must stand
> > for something!" 
> 
> My father once theorized that W stood for "Washington" and K stood for 
> California.
> 
> 
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