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

[Kevin Vahey]

Joe you are correct

Arnie would say WRKO-FM Boston live




On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:03 AM, A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
> 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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