[BC] WBIX ... and the market

[Rich Wood]

------ At 05:12 PM 1/19/2006, hykker at grolen.com wrote: -------

>When John G. put the station on the air the calls were WGTR.  WNTN was
>(and still is) 1550.  I think 1060 was a daytimer until sometime in the
>80s.

You're right. WNTN went on the air long after I left the city.

>Actually the music video format was a good idea...at the time (mid 80s)
>neither Boston nor Cambridge had cable service (mostly for political
>reasons, not technical).  Also, many cable systems did not carry
>MTV...older systems' capacity was maxed out.  Not sure if John was even
>able to cover the electric bill with that format, but he sure made out
>when he sold it to Home Shopping Network a couple years later.

There is justice. I recall people laughing at him.

Rich


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