RIP Al Perry - former GM of WBCN

[A Joseph Ross]

People seem to have forgotten that WBUR was a classical station for 
awhile in the 1970s and 1980s, for most of the day until 4:00 PM, when 
they carried all Things Considered.

On 11/25/2021 12:21 PM, Rob Landry wrote:
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> On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, A Joseph Ross wrote:
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>> 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.
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>
> Rob

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