[BC] Re: HD Receiver

[Sid Schweiger]

>>And one station I worked for, a not-for-profit Christian station,
bought their FM license for $1 in 1969 because the owner of the license
(and operator of an AM) thought FM would never amount to anything.<<

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette newspaper, at one time, owned WTAG(AM),
WTAG-FM and a construction permit for WTAG-TV (ch.5) in Worcester MA. 
They got rid of both the FM and the TV, stating that those new media
were merely the fads of the moment.

WTAG-FM became WSRS and is Worcester's only station in double-digit
shares, and has been that way since the 1970s.  WTAG-TV's channel was
moved to Boston and is now that city's ABC affiliate.  As late as 1980,
the general manager of WTAG(AM) was still claiming that FM was not a
factor in the Worcester market.  The Arbitron book said otherwise.  Must
be nice to be so far out of touch.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WKAF - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid at wrko.com