Heritage Calls

[ixnay]

WPBS (the Philadelphia Bulletin Station...now WUSL) was originally on 107.7. It did a frequency swap with ca$h for 98.9, WSNJ Bridgeton.

I wonder how WPBS promoted its switch from 107.7 to 98.9, if at all. Same for WSNJ. And for WEEU, when it moved from 850 (its freq. when I attended what is now Kutztown U. in the early 80s) back to 830.

ixnay

 

[amfmsw]

For much more details on TV-3 as WRCV and WPTZ, visit http://tvparty.com/lostbertie.html

If you play around enough, there's even and audio clip of a Legal I.D. "WRCV TV3 Philadelphia presents the following program in living color" vo the NBC peacock orchestra music.

 

[ixnay]

Re: More On Channel 12

I don't see how Channel 12 could ever have been WIBG-TV, as Commission rules at the time would have prohibited two stations from having had the same root callsign with different cities of license

I could never understand the logic behind the FCC ever dropping that rule. I mean, "KCBS" says "San Francisco" more than it does "Los Angeles". JMO.

ixnay

 

[tjthedj]

SMALL correction for Fred;

WLS begain with "Ally - Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles - May 2, 1960, not 59.

Chicago Heritage AM Calls;
560 WIND
720 WGN
780 WBBM
890 WLS
1240 WSBC (only one left of 3 time sharing stations incl WCRW and WEDC)
1490 WOPA

The original WMAQ at 670, WAIT at 820, WCFL at 1000, WJJD at 1160 are all different today.