worthy competition - was Boom Boom

[Dave Doherty]

You're right.  Here's the call sign history for those stations going back to 
the early '80s:

Call Sign History
Current Call Sign:   WWDJ
Facility ID Number:   25051
Call Sign  Begin Date
 WWDJ  07/25/2008
 WTTT  10/31/2003
 WBPS  05/27/2003
 WAMG  07/13/1999
 WNFT  10/21/1996
 WROR  08/16/1996
 WMEX  02/21/1985
 WHUE  01/13/1982
 WSNY  04/01/1981

Call Sign History
Current Call Sign:   WNYM
Facility ID Number:   58635
Call Sign  Begin Date
 WNYM  08/06/2008
 WTTT  07/25/2008
 WWDJ


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From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:18 AM
To: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: worthy competition - was Boom Boom

>
> I think 1150 is currently WWDJ. Those calls are being parked in Boston
> after being retired from 970 in Hackensack NJ (New York City), where
> Salem revived a less well-known set of calls, WNYM, which, I believe,
> had last been used at the Salem-owned NYC 1330 share-timer that had
> previously become WPOW when Richard Eaton bought it from Watchtower
> Bible and Tract Society (AKA Jehova's Witnesses) and flipped it from
> WBBR (no relation to Mayor Bloomberg's WBBR). Given the obscurity of
> the first WNYM, I find it hard to believe that, when those calls
> appeared at 970 a year or two ago, more than a handful of people
> remembered the earlier WNYM. But hey, I guess you have to give Salem
> credit for paying its respects to radio history by reviving old,
> forgotten calls from obscure signals.
>
> The WWDJ calls predate by quite a few years the Hackensack station's
> acquisition by Salem; they were used on 970 when it attempted to
> challenge the late, lamented, WNEW (AM) for honors as the #1 pop-music
> station in the #1 market. WWDJ hired several WNEW personalities,
> including Art Ford, long-time host of the overnight Milkman's Matinee.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "A Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:16 AM
> Subject: Re: worthy competition - was Boom Boom
>
>
>> On 10/27/2010 8:43 PM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>>
>>> (Can
>>> anyone remember what 1150's calls were when WSRO moved in?)
>>
>> I can't even remember what 1150's calls are now! :-)
>>
>> -- 
>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D.                     617.367.0468
>> 92 State Street, Suite 700          Fax: 617.507.7856
>> Boston, MA 02109-2004     http://www.attorneyross.com
>>
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