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WTAO (FM?), WCOP-FM, WTTK
I do not believe that 96.9 ever sported the
WTAO-FM call-letters for very long (if ever). It was
WXHR(FM) co-owned by the Lyman Brothers and eventually
became WXHR-FM when WTAO/740 gave up the ghost on
separated programming in the early 1960's. It
remained a simulcast until Kaiser/Globe bought the
combo (as well as Channel 56) in 1966. The AM went
silent for a few months in 1967 in preparation for
WCAS. The FM became WJIB in May, 1967 with the famous
Stereo beautiful music ("ding, ding...."). They
limped along from Zion Hill in Woburn, MA until the
Commercial Wharf studios were built.
WCOP-FM became WTTK ("TK/101") at 6:00 AM on
October 4th, 1976 with a somewhat hybrid Country/Rock
automated format that quickly evolved in to an Album
Format a few months later. It was not to last for
long. Plough was planning to dump the Boston stations
all along and in 1978 sold the WACQ/WTTK combo to the
Tangers who quickly changed the two stations to WHUE
on January 1, 1979 at midnight. So there you are!
As for WTKK, these call-letters used to be on an
Manassas, VA UHF station (Channel 66) for many years.
They now are on today's "96.9 FM Talk (WTKK)".
Cheers,
-Peter Q.
--- Paul Hopfgarten <paul@03038.com> wrote:
> I think the WTAO (did 96.9 ever have WTAO-FM calls)
> and WXHR fans will be
> correcting you...
>
> Paul Hopfgarten
> East Derry NH 03041
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> >
>
[mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On
> Behalf Of Ron
> > Bello
> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:35 PM
> > To: Mark Watson;
> Boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > Subject: Re: WCVB News Messes Up Boston Radio Call
> Letters and Welcomes
> > Harvey Leonard
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
=====
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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