[BC] WFMT owner

[Gordon Carter]

Zenith owned WEFM in Chicago, not WFMT

Gordon S. Carter, CPBE, CBNT
Chief Engineer
WFMT and The Radio Network
5400 North St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773 279-2071
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Jay Braswell
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:35 PM
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Subject: [BC] WFMT owner

>From the depths of foggy brain, I seem to recall that WFMT's owner was 
Zenith (yep...that Zenith).



>   Individual owner (possibly the founder and his family) started to
sell 
> WFMT to another station.
>
>   (Must have been WGN from your post.)
>
>   (NO certain knowledge of WHY owner was selling station - possibly
wished 
> to retire.)
>
>   WFMT listeners got totally out of joint and formed a "Committee to
Save 
> WFMT".
>
>   Listeners were afraid that "they" would lose "their station" and its

> programing.
>
>   Seller was not happy about the committee's interference  - just
wanted 
> to get his money.
>
>   Buyer was facing a public relation disaster.
>
>   IIRC Buyer closed sale and then donated the station to a public
group 
> which was to continue operate WFMT as it had been.



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