40 years ago - Boston became a 2 newspaper town

[Kevin Vahey]

Garrett

My father was an employee and that is what he was told. That is good
enough for me.

You have refused for years to correct this entry in the
archives...even though it has been brought to your attention

http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/1912.html

> By the early 50s, the Herald-Traveler was pursuing TV, and in the mid-50s the company was granted an interim license to put channel 5 on the air. The allocation originally belonged to Worcester, but after going unclaimed for several years, it was moved to Boston. WHDH-TV made its debut as an ABC affiliate November 26, 1957, from the new WHDH AM/FM/TV building at 50 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, and transmitter on Chestnut Street in Newton (the present-day FM-128 tower). An affiliation swap in 1962 made WHDH-TV Boston's CBS affiliate, and WNAC-TV 7 became the ABC affiliate.

WHDH-TV signed on in 1957 at the Payne Furniture building at 6 St James Ave.


When the move to 50 Morrissey happened exactly I can not pinpoint (
either 1959 or 1960 ) - but Bozo didn't happen until the move to
Dorchester.

Here is video of the move from Park Sq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85_IhzDoECg

For the sake of history will you correct this error?






On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Garrett Wollman
<wollman@bimajority.org> wrote:
>
> <<On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:44:13 -0400, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> said:
>
> > I have heard the story from several Herald staffers.
> > The H-T wanted to remind the Taylor family every day.
>
> So in other words, no, you don't have any actual evidence.
>
> -GAWollman
>