1540 WPTR is gone

[Kevin Vahey]

WPTR was so popular in 1966 that one of their DJ's was chosen to introduce
the Beatles at Suffolk Downs along with Arnie Ginsberg and Bruce Bradley.

https://www.mixcloud.com/jamiescott24/roger-scott-a-clip-from-his-final-show-on-wptr-november-1966/

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:59 PM Jim Hall <aerie.ma@comcast.net> wrote:

> I remember flipping between WPTR and WKBW at our summer place in New
> Hampshire (before WRKO went top 40 and with WMEX's poor signal). We also
> got CHUM or WHN, depending on which way you turned the radio.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boston-Radio-Interest <
> boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Dave
> Doherty
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 1:45 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: 1540 WPTR is gone
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> Albany's 1540 hasn't been WPTR since 2004, but the current owner turned in
> the license last week.
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> I grew up around Albany, before FM was a thing. WTRY and WPTR were "the"
> stations for Top 40.
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> I mention this because WPTR had a blowtorch signal with a DA pointed
> mostly in the direction of New England back in the day, and some member of
> theis list might remember...
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> -d
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