WHDH snubs Leno

[Kevin Vahey]

Storer wanted to buy
Storer wanted to buy WMUR but the deal hinged on being able to move
the transmitter to Georgetown, MA.
It would have been an indy along the lines of WGN and WOR featuring a
lot of sports.

On 4/3/09, Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wasn't there a plan to move WMUR to the Boston market back around 1955? The
> story I heard was that the channel 5 license was in never-ending FCC
> hearings and Storer Broadcasting wanted to buy WMUR and move the transmitter
> near the boarder. WMUR would become the de-facto ABC affiliate for the area
> and potentially cripple channel 5 if/when it got on the air. Storer never
> got the deal done.
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> ________________________________
> From: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net>
> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
> Cc: Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com>; Boston Radio Group
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 12:56:15 AM
> Subject: Re: WHDH snubs Leno
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> Looks like this could be a repeat of NBC's San Jose situation. Channel
> 11 does not have a good OTA signal in SF or the East Bay but they are
> on all cable outlets.
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> Could WMUR move the transmitter to Needham now since Manchester is
> considered part of the Boston market for TV?
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> Maureen Ansin got a fantastic deal to carry NBC and the peacock made
> sure they would never be burnt again which set up the situation in San
> Francisco.
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> Now if really want to think outside the box consider this option.
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> Ansin flips 7 to FOX and FOX then sells 25 to NBC. This would then
> allow Murdoch to buy the Globe.
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