WBUR's L-O-N-G Station ID

A Joseph Ross joe@attorneyross.com
Mon Feb 25 00:03:17 EST 2013


On 2/24/2013 3:33 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> When WRKO launched in March of 1967, they would simulcast 680 on 98.5 from
> 6 AM to 6 PM.
>
> I was at a prep school in Woonsocket where before WRKO/WROR came along we
> only had WBZ and WPRO.  (WICE 1290 was totally nulled out )
>
> Now this may have been an AFTRA thing but after 6 PM the WRKO jock would do
> a live ID on 98.5 at top of the hour - saying 'This is WROR-FM Boston.' -
>   I can remember Arnie Ginsburg doing that.

I remember "WRKO, WRKO-FM" IDs when the stations were simulcasting. The 
FM didn't become WROR until January 1969.

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