40 years ago - Boston became a 2 newspaper town

[A Joseph Ross]

On 6/19/2012 12:28 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:


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

The sign on of WHDH-TV in 1957 was well covered by the Herald Traveler 
in November 1957.  I remember a full Sunday supplement, with the actual 
sign-on about two weeks later than the anticipated sign-on because of 
high winds at the top of the tower, which prevented anyone going up to 
make the final connections.

I imagine the moving date can also be found in the Herald-Traveler 
archives at the Boston Public Library.  The problem is having the time 
to go and look.

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