WEZE, WCOP and NBC

[Doug Drown]

I remember WEZE's glass-paneled streetside studio on Boylston Street from
when I was a kid.  The station was proud of its NBC affiliation, and it was
a major player in the Boston radio market.  For whatever
in-hindsight-foolish reasons, WEZE dropped its NBC affiliation around 1965
or so and WCOP picked it up.  I think by the time I was in college (1969)
WCOP had been sold, changed its call letters, and Boston was bereft of NBC
Radio.  That was the case until a few years later when WMEX became WITS,
which didn't last long.  After the mid-'70s,  I don't remember Boston having
an NBC outlet again until the early- to mid-'80s when WRKO signed on with
the network.  It remained an affiliate until a couple of years into Westwood
One ownership, when it picked up CBS after WEEI was sold.

NBC really hasn't had a consistent presence in Boston since WBZ dropped it
back in 1956.  And, of course, the network barely exists now, but that's
another (sad) story . . .

-Doug




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: The unimpressive run of 1150 AM was: WTTT


> With yet another format change on 1150 you have to look back at this
station
> as being the worst performing AM in Boston history.
>
> When you consider the full time AM's to Boston  590, 680, 850, 1030, 1150,
> 1260, and 1510  the 1150 license has done very little of note in its
> history.  ( I didn't include 950 or 1330 or 1600 )
>
> Every other AM at one time was the most listened to station in the city as
> even WEZE 1260 was huge in the mid 60's before WJIB (96.9) came along and
> blew it away.
>
> Certainly 1150 must lead in call letter changes ( with 1510 right behind )
>
> In my lifetime only once did 1150 matter to most Bostonians. They were a
NBC
> station in the 60's and they had the rights to the 1967 World Series.
>
> Also remember 1150 fondly for Monitor in the 60's before the station
flipped
> to country.