Re: WRBB vs. WNEU

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>]

There is now a WNEU TV in Merrimack NH


On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 2:30PM -0500, Aaron Read 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)?
>
> I think that's what happened to WMFO...there was already a WTUR (Taylor 
> University has it now, I suppose they had it then, too).  I spotted a 
> handful of WTUR/Tufts bumper stickers around the station when I 
> volunteered there.   Either that, or the station decided that when they 
> went from Class D to Class A, they served all of Medford and therefore 
> should have calls to reflect that?
>
>
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