Bernard Waterman dies, former owner of WAAB/WAAF

[Doug Drown]

Longtime broadcasting entrepreneur Bernard Waterman has died in Fort Myers,
Florida, at the age of 96.

Waterman and his wife Edith were the owners of WAAB and WAAB-FM (later
WAAF) in Worcester for many years between the late '50s and late '60s.  He
helped shape both stations into the rock music powerhouses they became.  In
1965 they purchased KTSA in San Antonio and from there ventured into
television, coming to own NBC affiliates in Fort Myers, Florida and
Charlottesville, Virginia.  As of 2014, they were not retired and were
still working full-time.  They were married for over 70 years.

Bud Sawyer, formerly of WAAB and later WGAN in Portland, said to me once
that Waterman was a consummate broadcasting professional, running WAAB like
one would operate a major market network O&O.

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