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Just A Thought

Retro said:
No need to get into a hissy fit about it.
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He wasn't.

As for the choosing of BQT, Greater needed to dump the TKK calls and tried to think of something that's close to spelling Hot; it's probably pure coincidence that they're close to QHT. Maybe it was intentional, but I'm leaning towards the former.
 
Or similar to WBOT that had been on 97.7
"There was speculation that the format of the old WBOT would be reborn if Radio One acquired a second FM station in the Boston area, but there was nothing to suggest that such a move would occur. The former "Hot 97.7" format was now airing on 97.5, before moving to 87.7 as a pirate radio station, until it was shut down in 2010.The group now maintains a web-only presence."(Wiki)
 
I think the most likely scenerio is that Mix 104.1 stays the same. Same format, same frequency, slightly different call letters (WWBX). No big deal for them. Most likely a bigger deal for Chicago which gets heritage call letters back.
 
Wimmmex said:
No...not so much a coincidence as you might think. ;-)
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Speaking of the importance if iconic call letters, Beasley could give 98.5 the WBOS calls BOSton's Sports Hub.

Alt 92.9 could become WBCN, with letters that they own, but it would benefit them if they ditched the morning show from Detroit.

And of course play a much wider play list and stick to alternative.. And play less '90s.
 
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Jimmy128 said:
Speaking of the importance if iconic call letters, Beasley could give 98.5 the WBOS calls BOSton's Sports Hub.

Alt 92.9 could become WBCN, with letters that they own, but it would benefit them if they ditched the morning show from Detroit.

And of course play a much wider play list and stick to alternative.. And play less '90s.
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But...if 98.5 remains the Sports Hub, WBOS, WBZ, W (insert 3 letters here) will not matter to anyone except radio geeks like us. Having friends and relatives who are huge Boston sports fans, 90% of them don't even use WEEI or Sports Hub when referencing something they heard on those stations, rather they mostly use the frequency. I don't think any of them realize that the Sports Hub is legally known as WBZ-FM.

As for ALT 92.9, not sure what a rebranding to WBCN would actually do for them. The upper end of their current demo may remember WBCN that went away 9 years (?) ago, but those call letters mean nothing to the current core of that demo. Add to that, even to most of us radio geeks, the the WBCN call letters conjure up images of its heyday, not its dying days of playing Everclear and Pearl Jam.
 
mistermicrophone said:
Add to that, even to most of us radio geeks, the the WBCN call letters conjure up images of its heyday, not its dying days of playing Everclear and Pearl Jam.
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To some it may conjure up associations with names such as Ron ("Rawn") Della Chiesa.
 
CBS had 1660 down there and parked the WBCN calls. Beasley got the station in a swap. Same story as what happened to some talk AM stations like WSNO Barre VT and the 1110 in Salem NH--once they got an FM translator they changed to music and have to simulcast on both. The FM translator is most likely accented in imaging
 
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