WBZ morning signal skywave interference & 500kw speculation

[Kevin Vahey]

Time for Professor Halper to weigh in.

Westinghouse started WBZ in Springfield and then decided that they
should consider Boston as their primary market.

How exactly did that play out back then?

Westinghouse had enough clout in those early days to do what they
wanted. Take for example moving Chicago's first station KYW to
Philadelphia when Sears (WLS) and Tribune (WGN) became more popular.