Licensed to non-actual locations

[Jim Hall]

There is a very short timeline for the Concert Network on
http://www.wncn.org/Ownership___Management.html

Wikipedia claims the programming originated in Boston at WBCN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAXQ

I think WBCN at the time was at the top of the old John Hancock building
(the weather beacon one).

-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Dan.Strassberg
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:38 AM
To: A. Joseph Ross
Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations

I think there must have been an affiliate in the Hartford area--on 
Meriden Mtn where most of the Hartford FMs are. WQXR-FM must have been 
a pretty easy catch from Meriden Mtn. Meriden Mtn to Worcester is 
another easy hop. And, of course, Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton (where 
WTAG-FM was and where its successor, WSRS, still is) to Zion Hill in 
Woburn (where WXHR was) is duck soup. At one point, there was an FM in 
Hartford named WHCN, which was co-owned with WBCN (the CN part of both 
calls stood for Concert Network). I think those two stations used a 
direct over-the-air relay from Meriden Mtn to Boston--although I don't 
know where WBCN was in those days. Maybe Top of the OLD Pru (which is 
much shorter than THE Pru). WHDH-FM (now WJMN) was there until the 
(then) new tower for the old WHDH-TV (5) was built Newton. That tower 
is now FM-128.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: Licensed to non-actual locations


> On 30 Jan 2008 at 9:11, Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>
>> The 'QXR Network relayed WQXR-FM's classical music programming
>> across central and western New York via over-the-air pickup and
>> rebroadcast.
>
> Sometime in the late 50s/early 60s, WTAG-FM in Worcester and WXHR in
> Boston were also part of the QXR network.  I assume WXHR got the
> programming over the air from WTAG-FM.  I don't know how WTAG-FM got
> them.
>
> As I recall, WTAG-FM was a QXR affiliate first.  When I got my first
> FM radio in December 1958, WXHR was signing on at 4:30 PM.  Sometime
> in the next year or so, they joined the QXR network and expanded to 
> a
> full broadcast day.
>
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