Re: Daily News on WFAN history

["Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>]

> Donna Halper wrote:
> >  But yes, when stations changed ownership, it was all too common for
> > their historical archives to get thrown out.  I saw that first-hand
when
> > I tried to do WBZ's history and found that only about 2 boxes had
been saved...

SteveOrdinetz added:
> And what makes it even more of a shame is that WBZ hasn't even
technically
> changed hands...while the corporate entity has merged, the station
itself
> hasn't.  They haven't even MOVED in decades...how long have they been
at
> 1170 SFR?  Since the 50s anyway.

This sort of activity is quite common.  I worked for a company (in East
Boston )
as a Software Engineer.  They had no formal archiving system for source
code.
The engineers just kept floppies in their desk drawer.  When an engineer
quit,
the manager would just clean out the engineer's desk and throw it all
away.
Engineering notes, diagrams, memoes, etc - all gone.  Frequently, the
question
"where is the source code for the XYZZY project?" would have no answer.

Like many engineering Pack Rats, I scoured the desk of the recently
departed
to salvage what I could before Mr. Clean did his "dirty work".  Saved my
butt
more than once.