RE: WMVU Lives ON

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

Now, that would NOT have been NYNEX, but New England Telephone (Assuming
ME-NH-VT-MA-RI location)

Paul Hopfgarten
PO Box 279
East Derry NH 03041
(V) 603-426-5159
(F) 603-437-7080
(C) 603-571-5445
paul@03038.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Roger
> Kirk
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:03 PM
> To: Cooper Fox; Laurence Glavin; boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org;
> Sean Smyth
> Subject: Re: WMVU Lives ON
>
>
> Allow me my 2.01 cents worth:
>
> Back in the late 70's, I ran a NYNEX Yellow Page listing for my
> DJ business on a phone number provided by an answering service
> (they owned the number).  A year later, (answering service proved
> to be unreliable) I cancelled the answering service, and acquired
> my own business number and placed a new ad in the Yellow Pages.
> It took me almost 5 years, countless calls, beaucoup empty
> promises from Yellow Page reps and finally a high-ranking
> official at NYNEX (somebody who actually had BOTH brains AND
> authority) to actually get the number removed from the phone
> directory white pages.  So, it might not be totally their fault.
>
> "Sean Smyth" replied
> >It is ultimately the business' responsibility to
> >change the name on the account, etc. Apparently,
> >WMVU has not done this yet.
> >Remember, the phone book always has listings for
> >out-of-date radio station calls <snip> As of a
> >couple years ago, WHUE and WSNY and a couple other
> >oldies-not-necessarily-goodies were in the Boston
> >white pages.
>
> >Cooper Fox wrote:
> >> The phone companies are often slow on the
> >> uptake as far as radio station calls go....
> >> Well, businesses in general.
>
>