WPTR/WDCD

[Kevin Vahey]

I have seen some stills but no footage - Boston TV has a checkered
history with archives.

WSBK bought the WHDH-5 archive as once again the Herald-Traveler would
not help WCVB-TV at all. The only thing WCVB did get from WHDH was the
mobile unit.The Sports Museum wound up with the WHDH-5 sports archive
when WSBK donated it but I have no clue where the news archive went. I
don't think WBZ wanted it.

WNAC had no archive to speak of and WBZ-TV has very little before 1975.

Suffolk Down was an odd choice for the Beatles but I suspect the Red
Sox wanted no part of them.

The late Roger Scott was the WPTR announcer on stage. Scott became so
popular in Montreal that CFOX hired him and went that station lost the
battle with CKGM he went back to the UK.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 2:27 PM,  <TVNETDUDE@aol.com> wrote:
> I remember that concert very well. The people that attended it had a hard
> time hearing it because of all of the screaming. I could hear the entire
> concert from any part of my neighborhood like I was there. The Cyrkle was
> the opening band and they were good too.
>
> I have always wondered why there was never a copy of that historic
> Beatles concert on film or videotape somewhere. I have never seen a scrap of
> video or film on that concert. I have heard rumors that WBZ-TV has it
> somewhere but it has never surfaced to my knowledge.
>
> They must have forgotten.
>
> Mike
>
>
> In a message dated 6/17/2012 12:01:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> boston-radio-interest-request@tsornin.BostonRadio.org writes:
>
>>>>In 1966 WPTR was one of three radio stations that were official hosts of
> the Beatles at Suffolk Downs (along with WBZ and WMEX)
>
> At night they were very popular in Montreal as the station came in much
> stronger than signal challenged CFOX.<<<
>