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

[Dave Doherty]

So the story I heard way back when at WGFM was right.  Thanks for confiming 
that, Peter.

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>
To: "Jeff Lehmann" <jjlehmann@comcast.net>; "(newsgroup) 
Boston-Radio-Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Scott 
Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>; "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:54 PM
Subject: Boston's FIRST FM Stereo stations (was Re: WBCN's Final Hours)


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> 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.
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>
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
> "Scanning the bands since 1967"
>
> radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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> --- On Wed, 8/12/09, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1190471
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>> Quite a trifecta for the last 3 songs, Sinatra, Cream and
>> Pink Floyd
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>> Mark Parenteau claimed WBCN was the first stereo station?
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>> 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
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>> http://www.mix1041.com/
>>
>> Meanwhile what will BZ-FM do overnight?
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