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I declare this the OFFICIAL WJJL, WHLD, WXRL, WUFO, WASB, WHIC THREAD
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Laughing, cuz it's funny.
What about WCJW, WDOE and WSPQ? Maybe WBUZ and WHHO? You may have started something here, cee.
What about WCJW, WDOE and WSPQ? Maybe WBUZ and WHHO? You may have started something here, cee.
WBUZ? Haven't they been gone for decades?
BTW, WTOR feels left out.
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Don't forget WBNY. The Buff State on-campus station produced some decent local talent, including Tom Calderone and Rich Wahl and Frankie Moh, who as a behind the scenes guy at WEDG was one of the KINDEST people you'd ever met when talking about relationships between account executives and on-air talent.
WBUZ? I thought that WKLX became WBUZ. 
( http://www.rochesterbuzz.com/ )
I guess WBZR makes good sense though, since they are "Buzz Rock" lol
( http://www.rochesterbuzz.com/ )
I guess WBZR makes good sense though, since they are "Buzz Rock" lol
WBUZ Fredonia was a 250 Watt daytimer on 1570. 'B-U-Z had a rich and colorful history as a Top 40 and MOR station, the breeding ground for plenty of people who went on to work in Buffalo, Rochester, Erie and larger markets. (Does the name Ben Franklin ring a bell? How 'bout Randy Michaels? Same person.)
IIRC the earlier WBUZ studios and offices were in a long narrow suite on the second floor above a bank at the corner of Main and Temple, in its early years the station was owned by the local Fredonia paper. For a 250 Watt daytimer (it later was licensed to operate with reduced power at night), WBUZ had a ridiculously good daytime signal that "got out," reaching as far north as Hamburg in Erie County. Urban legend has it the station's ground system was tied into train tracks adjacent to the TX site.
In its later years WBUZ was owned by Hank Serafin, a colorful crank (one of the kinder descriptions) who lost the station license due to a myriad of FCC violations, the most severe related to violating the Fairness Doctrine and improper station hiring practices. During this period, WBUZ maintained storefront studios and offices on Main Street. (Serafin allegedly told a job applicant that she was "blacker than coal.") The FCC yanked WBUZ's license and the 1570 allocation was deleted.
Had the station remained in responsible hands it might have been given preference if its owners applied for the Docket 80-90 allocation for 96.5 in the mid 80s. Who knows, given the FCC's modified AM rules, WBUZ today might have fulltime status with greater power. A lots of "ifs and buts" here, but the history of WBUZ is undeniably interesting.
IIRC the earlier WBUZ studios and offices were in a long narrow suite on the second floor above a bank at the corner of Main and Temple, in its early years the station was owned by the local Fredonia paper. For a 250 Watt daytimer (it later was licensed to operate with reduced power at night), WBUZ had a ridiculously good daytime signal that "got out," reaching as far north as Hamburg in Erie County. Urban legend has it the station's ground system was tied into train tracks adjacent to the TX site.
In its later years WBUZ was owned by Hank Serafin, a colorful crank (one of the kinder descriptions) who lost the station license due to a myriad of FCC violations, the most severe related to violating the Fairness Doctrine and improper station hiring practices. During this period, WBUZ maintained storefront studios and offices on Main Street. (Serafin allegedly told a job applicant that she was "blacker than coal.") The FCC yanked WBUZ's license and the 1570 allocation was deleted.
Had the station remained in responsible hands it might have been given preference if its owners applied for the Docket 80-90 allocation for 96.5 in the mid 80s. Who knows, given the FCC's modified AM rules, WBUZ today might have fulltime status with greater power. A lots of "ifs and buts" here, but the history of WBUZ is undeniably interesting.
Jim - you might have it right, but back in the late 70s I read a story about this in the Buffalo News and IIRC(and nowadays I don't always) this involved the old CETA program(under Jimmy Carter). They sent a black woman over for an opening he had in the office and he called back the local CETA program asking if they didn't have anyone whiter because she "makes charcoal look black."
IIRC, maybe two years.Savage said:
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