Is WBZ the only TV and AM left in New England?

[Doug Drown]

>>(Did Tribune ever own
radio outside Chicago?  I have a bit set that they did, but it could just be 
cosmic rays.)

I'm not sure how long Tribune has owned WPIX-TV.   Given that the newspaper 
also used to own the Daily News, I assume it owned WPIX-FM as well(?).

-Doug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Is WBZ the only TV and AM left in New England?


> <<On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:55:26 -0500, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> 
> said:
>
>> As Garrett alluded to in his response, most of these (Hubbard, Glendive
>> and Fisher being the exceptions) are old-line newspaper companies that
>> expanded into broadcasting.
>
> Actually, I was alluding to the fact that they were all relatively
> small group owners with a strong connection to the specific market in
> which they kept their original radio-TV combos -- you could certainly
> say that about Fisher and Hubbard as well.  It's perhaps particularly
> instructive when you consider that Hearst sold off *all* their radio
> properties, with the exception of WBAL/WIYY.  I believe that's true of
> a number of the other operators on the list.  (Did Tribune ever own
> radio outside Chicago?  I have a bit set that they did, but it could
> just be cosmic rays.)
>
> If you go back about fifteen years, before all the big group roll-ups,
> there were a good number more, in similar situations.
>
> -GAWollman