Boston's FIRST FM Stereo stations (was Re: WBCN's Final Hours)

[Peter Q. George]

With all due respect to Mark Parenteau, WBCN was NOT America's FIRST Stereo FM station, not even close.  WGFM/Schenectady and WEFM/Chicago were the very FIRST FCC approved FM Multiplex Stereo stations back in 1961.  Boston's FIRST FM Stereo station was WCRB-FM (102.5).  WBCN (104.1), WKOX-FM (105.7), WCOP-FM (100.7), WUPI/WUPY (105.3, now-deleted) and WGBH-FM (89.7) did join the Stereo ranks in 1962 - 1963.  Later between 1964 - 1968, WHDH-FM (94.5), WBOS-FM (92.9), WRKO-FM/WROR (98.5) and WEEI-FM (103.3)and WHRB-FM (95.3) would go Stereo as well.  The latecomers? WBZ-FM (106.7) in 1971, WERS (88.9) in 1974, WCCM-FM/WCGY (93.7) in 1974, WBUR (90.9) in 1971, WLLH-FM/WSSH (99.5) in 1970 and last but not least WTBS/WMBR (88.1) in 1987.  So, there you have it.    


Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"

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--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: WBCN's Final Hours
> To: "Jeff Lehmann" <jjlehmann@comcast.net>, "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>, "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 2:14 AM
> The Inside Track informs us that WBCN
> will donate their entire vinal
> collection to the Music Museum of NE
> 
> http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1190471
> 
> Quite a trifecta for the last 3 songs, Sinatra, Cream and
> Pink Floyd
> 
> Mark Parenteau claimed WBCN was the first stereo station?
> 
> http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/dontquoteme/archive/2009/07/15/mark-parenteau-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-bcn.aspx
> 
> The WBMX website has a new url
> 
> http://www.mix1041.com/
> 
> Meanwhile what will BZ-FM do overnight?
>