Tower Question

[A Joseph Ross]

Thanks.  Exactly when they changed the radio stations is still unclear 
to me, but this makes a bit more sense.  I was pretty sure the radio 
changes took place later than 1966.  The timing of the television 
changeover was less clear to me because at the time we didn't have a TV 
with a UHF tuner, so I couldn't follow UHF stations.


On 11/11/2014 3:16 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> Kaiser/Globe had a very small window to get Ch 56 on the air before 
> the FCC would have pulled the WXHR-TV license.
>
> Once WKBG-TV was up and running they then turned WXHR-AM into WCAS. 
> and then later in 1967 would flip WXHR-FM into WJIB.
>
> In retrospect it is curious that all 3 Kaiser-Globe stations has 
> separate studios.  56 was in Allston. WCAS was in Central Sq Cambridge 
> and WJIB wound up on the waterfront.
>
> The stations were never bundled as a package and all 3 would 
> eventually wind up with separate owners.
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:19 AM, A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com 
> <mailto:joe@attorneyross.com>> wrote:
>
>     Interesting detail.  I have a couple of quibbles.
>
>
>     ​WJIB​
>
>     2. You mention the Kaiser-GLobe "consortium" (I'd call it a
>     partnership or joint venture) putting channel 56 back on as WKBG
>     in 1966.  I know the Archives also gives that date, but how
>     certain are we of that date?  I'm not as certain of this as I am
>     of #1, but I think this is too early.  I seem to remember all
>     three of the Harvey Labs stations being sold at once to
>     Kaiser-Globe, taken off the air, and then brought back in their
>     new identities.  But I also remember hearing WXHR classical
>     programming on 740 AM, which became WXHR (AM), on my car radio
>     while I was in law school, which I started in fall 1967.  I could
>     be wrong on this one, but I think it was later than 1966.
>
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