[BC] Former WBBR Stolen Tower Alert

Scott Fybush scott at fybush.com
Sun Sep 14 19:27:52 CDT 2008


Rich Wood wrote:
> ------ At 12:02 PM 9/13/2008, BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com wrote: -------
> 
>> just a note here,, WBBR call letters were here in TRAVELERS REST S.C. at
>> 1580 at one time.
> 
> The WBBR call is now in New York, owned by Bloomberg. I thought the 
> stolen tower was somewhere in the Midwest.

The stolen tower was in Windber PA, near Johnstown, and was never WBBR. 
It was WWBR, and someone typoed the call along the way.

I don't think the WBBR calls were ever anywhere but New York (1924-1957 
on 1300/1330, now WWRV), Travelers Rest (1580, now WDAB) and New York 
again on 1130.

s




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