that horrible BEEP

[Kevin Vahey]

Waving from Chicago and I waved to Scott when the train passed Rochester the
other night

Concerning VHF assignments

Obviously the big problem with WJAR being on Channel 11 was being only 130
air miles from WPIX in NY which had to cause major problems for both in
eastern Connecticut and Long Island. Moving to 10 solved the Providence
problem.

In Chicago there has always been a great debate at how much influence the
Chicago Tribune had with the FCC in those days. Not only were they able to
get Channel 11 in New York but the belief exists that the Tribune was able
to reduce the number of VHF stations in Chicago to enhance the value of
their Channel 9. Chicago didn't get the same amount of extra stations that
NYC and LA received winding up with 2,4,5,7,9 and later 11 (public)

WGN thrived for 30 years as the only non-network VHF and it wasn't until
cable took hold in the 80's that the UHF signals in Chicago began to compete
with WGN.