RIP Al Perry - former GM of WBCN

[Ed Hennessy]

There was WXCN in Providence, part of the Concert Network, which became WLKW-FM (101.5).  Not sure if  AM 990 was related to 101.5 at that time (It was WLKW (AM) later).
WHJY 94.1 was the FM partner of WHJJ.  Was that the one owned by CRB that was also classical before changing to AOR?
And WAQY was licensed to Springfield (as 102.1 remains today) and would have competed with Hartford's Concert Netwirk station, 105.9 WHCN.
Ed Hennessy


-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com>
To: A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
Cc: Boston Radio Group <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thu, Nov 25, 2021 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: RIP Al Perry - former GM of WBCN



On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, A Joseph Ross wrote:

> College students never listened to classical?  I often did.  I also did 
> classical music programs at WMUA when I was at UMass.  Around that time a 
> radio station in Springfield or Hartford became a WCRB affiliate under the 
> callsign WCRX.  And it was someone else on my corridor in the dorm who told 
> me about it, so that I started listening.

Unless I'm mistaken, it afterwards became WAQY. It was co-owned with WCRB 
and a station in Syracuse, NY whose call letters I have momentarily 
forgotten (WONO?). There was also a Providence station -- 94.1?

Everything but the Waltham stations were sold when Charles River 
Broadcasting fell on hard times. Later int he 1990s, CRB built a new 
"empire" that included WFCC and WKPE on Cape Cod, WCRI on Block Island, 
and WCNX 1180 AM in Hope Valley, RI.


Rob