WHDT Rf 4

[Bob DeMattia]

WHDT Rf4, virtual 3.1 went on the air today from the Pru.  Low power
temporary antenna.  Is anybody able to receive it?

Bob

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2022, 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: WMBR (formerly WMIT) history and current events
To: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net>
Cc: Boston Radio Group <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>


Thanks Shawn, Bob, and Kevin for answering my question.  Why it wasn't
called WMIT is something that I've wondered about for many years.

On 1/5/2022 9:52 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:

In the mid-1950s, the possibility of an FM license was explored and it
was discovered that the call letters WMIT were (and still are) in use
by a North Carolina station serving the Asheville area. WTBS (for
"Technology Broadcasting System") was chosen as the best alternative.

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 9:42 AM Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net>
<bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:


Actually, WMIT was the callsign they used for their carrier current
station. When they went to FM in 1961,
they were actually WTBS.   They changed from WTBS to WMBR in 1979 when a
certain fellow from
Atlanta wanted the calls for his UHF television station in Atlanta.


-Bob

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 12:26 AM A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
<joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:


I didn't know the station was once WMIT.  I always wondered why it
wasn't WMIT.

On 1/4/2022 9:48 PM, Tim Gordon wrote:

I just happened upon this article the same week I learned that my father
had been involved with the engineering/technical side of WMIT in the

early

50's. Maybe someone else on this list might find it interesting, also.
--Tim



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