Early Red Sox and Braves TV history

[Dan.Strassberg]

Well, if Westinghouse was focused on FM in the 40s, they certainly did
an about face within the next decade or so, when they sold off WBZ-FM
(and I believe FMs in other markets as well) because of their lack of
potential. Had to be one of the most short-sighted moves in the
history of American radio--although Westinghouse was far from alone in
making it. If I'm not mistaken, Westinghouse was one of the companies
that liked to refer to "radio and FM" as if FM wasn't radio. Maybe now
you'll find companies that refer to radio and AM.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Early Red Sox and Braves TV history


> At 12:06 PM 7/29/2008, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>>Donna I take it he used the space at 70 Brookline Av later used by
>>WMEX and then NESN? ( and for a brief time the last days of WITS )
>>
>>Donna was there a reason Boston was so late getting TV compared to
>>the
>>other major markets? Most major cities had at least one station by
>>1947 but Boston had to wait until 1948.
>
> First, yes Hollis and friends used 70 Brookline Ave, although they
> also had another location briefly on Comm Ave.  In 1938, they
> claimed ("they" meaning the guys in charge of Shortwavve &
> Television, including Baird and part-owner A.M. "Vic" Morgan) to
> have put the first "television theater" on the air.
>
> Second, my sense is that Westinghouse was really focused on
> developing FM and was slow to realise that TV was what mattered most
> to the average person.