Re: WCVB News Messes Up Boston Radio Call Letters and Welcomes Harvey Leonard

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

Not quite.

WZLX - 100.7 was WBZ-FM then WCOP-FM (1948)
then WTTK in 1973 thru 1978 on to WHUE,
WKKT (The Kat) and ending as ZLX in 1985.

WTTK - 96.9 was WJIB starting in 1967 until 1990 playing  Beautiful Music.
It then turned to Smooth Jazz as WCDJ.
In 1993 96.9 went Country as WBCS until 1997
and back to Smooth Jazz this time as WSJZ.
WTTK started in August 1999.

WJIB and WHUE both were Beautiful Music from 1979 to 1984.


At 11:40 AM 8/17/02 -0400, Mark Watson wrote:
>    Saw on yesterday's WCVB (Channel 5 Boston) 5PM news a story about
>Massachusetts State Treasurer and candidate for Governor Shannon O'Brien
>appearing as a guest on a talk show on FM Talk 96.9. Channel 5 anchor Liz
>Brunner reported that O'Brien made comments on a talk show on Boston radio
>station "WTTK". Didn't they become WZLX several years ago? Either an error
>on Liz Brunners' part or on the part of whoever typed up the script for the
>teleprompter.
>
>    While on the subject of Channel 5, has anyone else noted or kept count of
>how many "Harvey Leonard's Here" promos they're running during their
>newscasts? Saw 2 during the 5PM segment last night, and 2 during the 11PM
>news Thursday night. I was in Old Orchard Beach, Maine for a couple of days,
>and WCVB is carried on the Time Warner Cable system in OOB, as are WBZ-TV
>(Channel 4) and WHDH (Channel 7). Thus I was able to see Dick Albert welcome
>Harvey Leonard aboard on Thursday.
>
>     I also noticed that WCVB has redone their news intros, looks like
>they're trying to look a little more flashy, and they are now joining in on
>having the co-anchors stray away from the desk and standing up every now and
>then in front of the "blue screen" while the graphics or video are showing
>behind the anchor. Channel 7 started this practice in the Boston market, and
>Channels 4 and 56 (WLVI) are still keeping the anchors seated for the entire
>newscast. WFXT (Channel 25) is the only Boston station that features "stand
>up news", the anchors standing up for the entire hour. Hope their shoes are
>comfortable!!
>
>Mark Watson