War of the Worlds....in Boston.

[Don]

>> Just finnaly got around to wathcing the PBS American Experience program 
>> on Orson Welles War of the World broadcast.
>>
>> In 1938....who would have carried the CBS program in Boston? (Would it 
>> have been WEEI?)
>
> I've done extensive research on this.  The program did NOT air in Boston. 
> (Several newspaper columnists expressed their happiness that it hadn't, 
> given what they were told was the problem the program caused in other 
> cities.)

Hmmm....then did it run on other New England CBS affiliates?  Worcester, 
Manchester, New Bedford/RI?

There was a letter/testimonial froma listener in Douglas MA.  I would think 
he would have picked up the the show from Worcester.