WBCN, Channel-13, and the old Hancock tower

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:29:12 +0000 (UTC), Maureen Carney via Boston-Radio-Interest <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org> said:

> At the beginning of TV (circa 1948 or 49) WHDH applied for channel
> 13 with the transmitter on the Hancock Tower. The freeze came along,
> channel 13 wound up in Portland and WHDH got channel 5.

Of course, channel 13 was only possible in Boston because WJAR was on
channel 11 in Providence (one of many stations that proved to be
short-spaced to New York City).  After the freeze, WJAR moved from 11
to 10, allowing 12 to be allocated in Providence for what would become
WPRO-TV, requiring channel 13 to be moved farther away (and opening up
channel 11 on the NH Seacoast).  Similarly, WNHC-TV moving from
channel 6 to channel 8 allowed a new channel 6 allocation in New
Bedford (as well as WRGB's move from 4 to 6 in Schenectady.

-GAWollman