Re: WXNE-TV/Channel 25 (was Re: Scrambled TV)

["Peg" <pegLarock@mediaone.net>]

Jack Roberts was also the PD for years at WBET-FM/WCAV-FM (now WBOT) as Jack
Ainsley.  But, I thought at 1510, he was the producer, not the PD, but I
could be wrong.  Later Jack produced Ollie North's syndication for Salem
Broadcasting.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nelson" <bobonradio@yahoo.com>
To: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: WXNE-TV/Channel 25 (was Re: Scrambled TV)


> Peter Q. George said:
>
> >      Ironically, Pat Robertson sold WXNE to Rupert
> > Murdoch who was putting the FOX Network together.
>  In another twist of fate, Robertson sold his
> > "Family Channel" to..... you guessed it, Rupert
> > Murdoch.
>
> As part of Pat Robertson's deal with Rupert Murdoch,
> Fox Family had to keep showing the 700 Club. Then,
> when Fox sold it to ABC/Disney (it is now known as
> ABC Family), it also was stipulated that Pat's show,
> "700 Club" would stay.
>
> Ironically enough, Disney is probably the last type
> of owner to run religious programming. Rumor has it
> that Uncle Walt was an atheist. And to this day...
> well, check out Disney Channel's lineup come December.
> You'll see lots of "Santa"-themed specials but nothing
> religious (birth of Jesus) at all (yes, I know
> Santa is originally a Christian saint, but Disney's
> Santa specials steer to the secular side of Kris
> Kringle).
>
> Am not all that religious myself...but am just
> noticing it "odd" that the 700 Club would air on
> a network whose owners aren't exactly all that
> spiritually inclined.
>
> (And the rumors of Disney's financial troubles--
> well, what do you expect-- they are a 'Mickey
> Mouse' organization, aren't they :) Couldn't
> resist. )
>
> As for Joan Rivers: yes, WXNE-TV would not show it
> but you could hear the audio version of it on
> WMRE (1510). I went to the WMRE farewell party at
> the now-defunct Breakfast Club (corner of Boylston St.
> and Brookline Ave.) and, at 11 pm, they were playing
> WMRE in the background. Joan was heard to mention
> at that time that it Boston you could only "hear"
> the show on the radio, and she mentioned the name
> of the WMRE PD (Jack Roberts?)
>
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