WBCN, Channel-13, and the old Hancock tower

[Kevin Vahey]

WERS signed on from the Hancock in 1949


On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:18 AM Eli Polonsky <elipolo881@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Though there appears to be no mention of this in station histories on
> either bostonradio.org or Wikipedia, I seem to recall that the old WHDH-FM
> 94.5 also used to transmit from the old Hancock in the 1960's, along with
> 104.1 WBCN. I'm guessing that it probably did through the 1950's as well.
>
> I don't know when the 94.5 transmitter was moved to the "FM-128" tower at
> 1165 Chestnut St. Newton Upper Falls, but I think it was before. or around
> when, WHDH-FM became WCOZ with its original "Cozy" beautiful music format
> in 1972. I didn't pay much attention to WHDH-FM after it stopped playing
> rock in the late '60s, so I didn't hear exactly when that happened.
>
> EP
>
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:55:13 -0500
> From: Dave <bostonradio.org-list@wsfd.ath.cx>
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: WBCN, Channel-13, and the old Hancock tower
>
> > On the upper equipment floor of the old Hancock tower, colocated with
> the WBCN transmitter was another, non-operating transmitter.  Which may
> have been a television transmitter.  I have seen an old reference to a
> Boston Channel-13.  Could this have been it?  And can anyone provide
> confirmation?  Was it ever licensed/operational?
>
> Thanx,
> Dave