Mel *QUITS*

Sean Smyth ssmyth@psu.edu
Thu Jun 3 14:42:55 EDT 2004


Peter Murray writes:
> There is no reason for conjecture on what will happen with 
> the WBZ and 
> WBZ-TV calls, as similar events occured in Harrisburg, PA about 20(?) 
> years ago. WHP and WHP-TV still have their callsigns, despite 
> discrete 
> ownership. WHP-FM has a more complicated callsign history, 
> but that is a 
> story for another time...

Once upon a time, there was a rule that calls had to be changed upon a sale
(see WEEI-FM/WHTT).

As for WHP and WHP-TV: if they were at one time separate, they're back in
the same hands again -- Clear Channel's to be exact.



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