WMUR

[Doug Drown]

I used to own a large collection of early TV Guides, dating from 1953 to 
around 1958.  (Don't I wish I still had them: some are now worth over $800 
each.)  The earliest ones listed WMUR-TV as CBS affiliate.  I don't know 
when the switch to ABC was made, but as I said, I can't recall when it was 
not an ABC station (I started watching Uncle Gus around 1960 or so).  -Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "Mark Watson" <markwats@comcast.net>
Cc: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>; "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>; 
"Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; 
"Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: WMUR


> If WMUR was CBS it was very brief because by 1955 they were pretty
> much ABC and the primary source for ABC in Boston until channel 5 came
> along. My folks watched Lawrence Welk on 9 which for some reason was
> not picked up in Boston.
>
> What is totally forgotten is at one point WMUR also had a radio
> station that would become WGIR. In fact you could see the WMUR call
> letters on the WGIR transmitter unit. Governor Murphy died in 1959 and
> I think that is when radio and TV split. I don't know if radio was
> ever done at 1819 Elm but I tend to doubt it as there wasn't any room
> to speak of but that was before my time.
>
> 1819 was at one point the home of Governor Murphy and we found a lot
> of old political junk in the attic including a Mc Kinley-Roosevelt
> banner we moved to the projection room.
>
> Also 1819 was the office of the artist who drew the Archie comic strip
> who rented out a space upstairs.