40 years ago - Boston became a 2 newspaper town

[Mark Laurence]

I think the WHDH studios were on the other side of Morrissey, where
Sovereign Bank now has offices.  The smaller building on the same side of
Morrissey as the Globe, to its right, was channel 56.  I've heard that was
originally a supermarket.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:47 PM, A. Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>wrote:

> On 6/19/2012 9:48 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>
>  I arrived in Boston in May 1956. IIRC, WHDH-TV didn't sign on until at
>> least several months afterward (I have no problem with the idea that
>> the date was November '57).
>>
>
> I was in 7th grade at the time, and my recollection is that it came on
> just before school broke for Thanksgiving.
>
>  My recollection is that WHDH-TV signed on
>> from what had been the WHDH (AM) studios (which I believe were on St
>> James Ave). Part of those studios were converted into a cramped TV
>> studio. It was billed as an interim location but I can't recall
>> whether larger studios were built before WHDH-TV was forced to go dark
>> and was replaced by WCVB.
>>
>
> No, WHDH-TV was on Morrissey Boulevard for most of its existence. Its
> studios then became the Channel 56 studios, at least until Channel 56 was
> taken over by Channel 7.
>
>  Weren't the first WCVB studios at the
>> current location--on the west side of Route 128 in Needham? The
>> WHDH-TV transmitter was where you said--on what today is the FM-128
>> tower in Newton. The WCVB transmitter was also where it is today--on
>> the WBZ-TV tower in Needham.
>>
>
> Right.
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