Re: RE:FMand AM legal IDs(was: WJPZ-FM Syracuse) (fwd)

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

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From:    dan.strassberg@att.net
To:      Sven Franklyn Weil <sven@gordsven.com>
Subject: Re: RE:FMand AM legal IDs(was:   WJPZ-FM Syracuse) 
Date:    Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:41:14 +0000


Not _quite_! WJZ could not become WABC until WABC became 
WCBS. And, in fact, to avoid confusion, WJZ remained WJZ 
for at least two years after WABC became WCBS. But the 
original WABC's call-sign flip took place _decades_ 
after CBS started--not, as the posting says, _when_ CBS 
started. The change of WEAF to WNBC and WABC to WCBS 
took place on the same day--and it was after then end of 
World War II. My guess is maybe 1949. Someone will 
supply the correct dates for this and for WJZ's flip.

Remember that until 1943, both WJZ and WEAF were owned 
by NBC, which was wholly owned by RCA. WEAF was the Red 
Network flagship and WJZ was the Blue Network flagship. 
In '43 the FCC ruled out duopolies and also ruled out 
the ownership of two networks by one company. RCA 
retained WEAF and the Red Network, which took the NBC 
name. WJZ and the Blue Network were sold, and for 
several years before adopting the American Broadcasting 
Company name, the Blue Network was called just the Blue 
Network. The corporate name was The Blue Network Company.
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> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Ron Bello wrote:
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> > 
> > Some history please.
> > 
> > >both the WABC that is now WCBS and the second WABC, which is still
> > >WABC
> 
> 
> The station at 77 on the dial was once WJZ.  It changed to WABC.  
> 
> The station at 88 on the dial was once WABC (not related to the current 
> ABC). It changed to WCBS when the Columbia B'casting System went online 
> and the station was turned into the network's flagship.
> 
> The original WABC stood for Atlantic B'casting, I THINK (not sure).
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