WCAP The Next Generation

[Dan.Strassberg]

The other investor is reported to be real-estate broker and former 
school teacher Sam Poulten, who ran a Saturday evening program 
(brokered time?) many years ago on what was then probably WDLW. The 
program, which was called Your Mother Should Know, featured very, very 
old records (20s, 30s) and some whacky contests for listeners. In 
fact, at least part of the time when YMSN was on, the calls were WHET. 
I remember because YMSN was on when the old three-tower array was 
being replaced by the current (and about to become previous) two-tower 
array. That was 1977, IIRC, and what is now WRCA was definitely WHET 
at that time.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <me@billoneill.us>
To: "BRI" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 2:27 PM
Subject: WCAP The Next Generation


> Well, now that the official announcement has cleared, we loyal WCAP 
> Radio alums, Great 98 Soft-ballers (at one point TWO strings, no 
> waiting), and listeners can breath a sigh of relief.  Viewpoints may 
> vary, but I am quite comfortable with the knowledge that the old "AM 
> Ninety Eight" is going into the hands of Clark Smidt (majority 
> holder).
> My greatest relief comes from the knowledge that it was Maurice 
> Cohen's signature on the deal, and that he did this solely at the 
> pace of his choosing.   Many a call I would make to Maurice with the 
> conversation going something like this, "So, Bill, what are you 
> hearing today (laughter)."  The rumors of the stations demise were, 
> indeed, greatly exaggerated many a time.  But, time has caught up 
> with itself.
>
> The late Ike Cohen often said that his wish was a solid local 
> programming and local news commitment.  And, I suppose, it would not 
> be a stretch to suggest that the brothers wanted to keep the station 
> within the English language spectrum as well as out of the control 
> of other local media with whom they honorably challenged one another 
> in the Merrimack Valley marketplace over the years.
>
> A former colleague, who departed ten years ago, recently said, "When 
> I left ten years ago the station was all but 'sold'.  When I visited 
> last month, it was all but sold.  You gotta love it."
> Bill O'Neill