Re: WRBB vs. WNEU

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

At 02:18 PM 6/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Quick question for the history buffs - does anyone know why Northeastern's 
>radio station is called WRBB instead of WNEU?   I've looked it up and 
>there's no WNEU AM or FM currently.   Was there one when WRBB got its 
>Class D license (I assume they started as a carrier-current way back in 
>the day)?

WNEU became WRBB in August of 1970, and I have some of the music surveys to 
prove it.  It stood for Radio Back Bay.  I doubt anyone today recalls how 
it all came about-- I've offered to up-date their history, but the current 
staff doesn't seem that interested.  They should be, however, because when 
I became the first woman announcer on WNEU, it led to the first black 
announcer, whose name was Art Rousa (I may be spelling it wrong, but it's 
close).  We had also changed from top 40 to album rock a few months 
earlier...and yes, we moved from carrier current to 10 watt educational FM.