WEZE, WCOP and NBC

[Donna Halper]

At 07:29 PM 1/28/2008, Doug Drown wrote:
>Jon: Thanks for the info.  I remember WCOP becoming WHUE, then 
>WSNY.  Was the station still with NBC when you left?  And did 
>Schering Plough still own the station when it did the format and 
>call letter change?

 From my research, see if this helps (much info is from FRC, FCC, and 
newspapers).  Originally, the station was supposed to be WMFH.  Its 
original owner took ill and then dropped dead, which slowed things 
down.  Ultimately, the WCOP calls were obtained, and studios built in 
the Copley Plaza Hotel.

WCOP    Boston call letter history (originally 1120.  Moved to 1150 
by NARBA, 1941)

11/13/34  Granted a C.P. for a new station on 1120kc with 500 watts,
           Daytime, at Boston, Mass.  The first listed call letters
           were WMFH.  There were extensions of completion date.

7/23/35  The call letters are changed to WCOP.

  8/24/35  Granted Spec. Auth. to operate 6:45 to 9pm with 500 watts,
on 8/26/35, to broadcast the station's opening.

  9/17/35  Date first licensed.  The licensee was Joseph M. Kirby,
Boston, Mass.  He was granted 1120kc, 500 watts, Daytime.   [first 
broadcast is 26 Sept 1935]

5/28/36  Vol. assign. of lic. to Massachusetts Broadcasting Corp.

2/2/37  Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from Joseph M. Kirby,
(deceased) by Mary A. Kirby, Administratrix, to Arde Bulova.

11/26/40  Granted a C.P. for 1120kc, 500 watts, DA-N, unlimited.

3/24/41  Under NARBA, they were granted 1150kc, 500 watts, Daytime.

12/18/41  Granted a lic. to cover the C.P., as modified, for 1150kc,
500 watts, DA-N, unlimited.

10/9/44  Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from Arde Bulova and
Harold A. Lafount to Iowa Broadcasting Co., eff. 10/25/44.

3/20/46  Granted a C.P. for 1150kc, 5kw, DA-2, unlimited.  License
to cover the C.P. granted 8/26/46.

4/11/51  Vol. assign. of lic. to Cowles Broadcasting Co.,
effective 4/14/51.

12/5/51  Vol. assign. of lic. to T.B. Baker, Jr., A.G. Beaman and
Roy V. Whisnand, A Partnership, eff. 12/22/51.

5/26/54  Vol. assign. of lic. to Boston Post Publishing Co., effective 7/8/54.

5/3/56  Vol. assign. of lic. to Plough Broadcasting Corp.,
effective 5/10/56?

or ?12/17/62  Vol. assign. of lic. to Plough Broadcasting Co., 
Inc.,  eff. 12/31/62.?  (not sure why this is in the files twice, 
with 2 different dates)

12/9/70  Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from Plough, Inc. to
Schering-Plough Corp., eff. 1/15/71.

5/20/77  The call letters changed to WACQ.

6/3/77  New transmitter installed (RCA BTA-5L1).

12/21/78  Vol. assign. of lic. to GCC Communications of Boston, Inc.,
eff. 1/1/79.

1/1/79  The call letters changed to WHUE.

4/1/81  The call letters changed to WSNY.