RE: Very Unusual Commercial Airing Currently on WBZ-AM

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Actually...the trade unions (IBEW 103 especially, IIRC) advertise during the
Patriots broadcasts on WBCN, quite heavily...

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> SteveOrdinetz
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:17 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: Very Unusual Commercial Airing Currently on WBZ-AM
>
>
> Laurence Glavin wrote:
>
> >Many stations refuse to carry issues ads ( they MUST carry ads for
> >candidates in most circumstances I believe) even forgoing revenue so
> >they won't get mixed up in some non-political controversy, but I
> >guess WBZ isn't of that opinion.  It does appear that any commercials
> >dealing with public issues are heard on WBZ-AM if nowhere else.
>
>
> I've heard a number of such ads lately on WBZ.  I live in N.H. so I'm not
> familiar with a lot of the politics in Mass., but a month or so ago there
> was some sort of political convention & there seemed to be a lot of ads
> from labor unions trying to influence delegates (at least that's what it
> sounded like).  Your union dues at work.
>
> One would think that the #1 station in Boston would be a little more
> selective when it came to such ads...
>