40 years ago - Boston became a 2 newspaper town

[Kevin Vahey]

This is semi-broadcast related but Monday will mark the 40th
anniversary of the Boston Herald Traveler ending as they the H-T sold
the plant and trademarks to Hearst.

Of course it was all because the H-T had lost its license for channel 5.

The H-T rivalry with the Globe was bitter 50 years ago especially
because of channel 5.

The H-T even build the WHDH-TV studios across from the Globe to taunt them.

I still rank it as the biggest tragedy in Boston broadcast history as
the H-T ran a top notch service. Everybody played games with the FCC
back then but the H-T angered the wrong people starting with Joe
Kennedy.