Herald: Ch 4 going back to "WBZ" brand

[Doug Drown]

Matt,
I couldn't agree more --- and made exactly this point in this forum about a
month ago.  WRGB is the oldest television station in the world(!), has an
incredibly rich history, call letters that everyone knows (my Schenectady
relatives, to a person, all still refer to it as WRGB), and --- as you
pointed out --- is IN SCHENECTADY, not Albany.

I wonder whether, in this case, the decision to adopt the "CBS6 Albany"
moniker came from the folks at Freedom Broadcasting, not CBS.  I can
understand how CBS can make a top-down mandate like that for its O&Os, but
WRGB isn't network-owned.

You should write letters to the Times Union and the Schenectady Gazette.
WRGB might just be interested in what you have to say.

-Doug

P.S.:  While we're on this rant, would you like to address the subject of
Clear Channel's "810 WGY Schenectady/ALBANY"?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Osborne" <mattosborne1976@yahoo.com>
To: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Herald: Ch 4 going back to "WBZ" brand


>
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:32:06 Bob Nelson wrote:
>
> > The "venerable" WBZ name is coming back to Ch 4,
> > probably by early
> > next year. So you might be hearing a lot more of
> > "WBZ-TV 4" and less,
> > if anything, of "CBS4Boston"...
> >
> >
> http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=168292
> >
>
> Good, now when will they come to the same realization
> here in the Capital District of NY and restore the
> historic WRGB call letters and imaging to channel 6,
> and remove the same awful, generic, CBS-6 Albany crap
> that I'm sure was dictated by network HQ on somebody's
> whim? (This despite the fact that the station is not
> only licensed to, but also has an encyclopedia full of
> history with Schenectady)
>
>                            Matt Osborne
>                            Schenectady, NY
>
>
>
>
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