Question about WODS

[Jacko]

I had a strange memory recently, and I figured I'd throw it out there to the board. 103.3 WODS currently runs its station ID as "WODS Boston." Was there a time, say at least 10, maybe 15 years ago where the official city of license for 103.3 was Braintree? I remember, or think I remember, hearing a station ID about 15 years ago that was "WODS Braintree/Boston." If anyone has the answer, it would be appreciated.

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[raccoonradio]

> I had a strange memory recently, and I figured I'd throw it
> out there to the board. 103.3 WODS currently runs its
> station ID as "WODS Boston." Was there a time, say at least
> 10, maybe 15 years ago where the official city of license
> for 103.3 was Braintree? I remember, or think I remember,
> hearing a station ID about 15 years ago that was "WODS
> Braintree/Boston." If anyone has the answer, it would be
> appreciated.
>
> Jacko
>
I don't know of any station being licensed to Braintree but maybe you're
thinking of:

WBOS _Brookline_ Boston?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by raccoonradio on 09/18/05 04:15 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[Eli Polonsky]

> I had a strange memory recently, and I figured I'd throw it
> out there to the board. 103.3 WODS currently runs its
> station ID as "WODS Boston." Was there a time, say at least
> 10, maybe 15 years ago where the official city of license
> for 103.3 was Braintree? I remember, or think I remember,
> hearing a station ID about 15 years ago that was "WODS
> Braintree/Boston."

Nope, never was. 103.3 was WEEI-FM (1948-1983), WHTT (1983-1986), WMRQ (1986-1987), and then WODS (1987-present), all licensed to Boston.

The 103.3 transmitter was originally at the old 590 WEEI-AM (now WEZE) site in Medford, and was moved to one of the Route 128 Newton/Needham towers in 1973.

 

[Jacko]

> I don't know of any station being licensed to Braintree but
> maybe you're
> thinking of:
>
> WBOS _Brookline_ Boston?

I definitely knew that WBOS was licensed to Brookline. Perhaps I was hearing things when I thought I heard the WODS Braintree/Boston ID. I was probably 10 years old at the time (I'm almost 25 now.) Thanks for the info, raccoon and Eli.

Jacko
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And a pocket full of gold.
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[Eli Polonsky]

> I don't know of any station being licensed to Braintree

I think there was a pirate station down there in the mid-90's on 102.1, with a signal strong enough to (just barely) hit metro Boston. That's the only Braintree station I've known of.

 

[raccoonradio]

> > I don't know of any station being licensed to Braintree
>
> I think there was a pirate station down there in the
> mid-90's on 102.1, with a signal strong enough to (just
> barely) hit metro Boston. That's the only Braintree station
> I've known of.
>
WHDL, "We had Hot Dogs for Lunch" or "We Hate Dumb Listeners". I picked them
up in Salem (MA) once. They gave a request line number--I looked up the exchange and found it was Braintree. Shortly after that, the Globe had an article about the FCC shutting them down ("$10,000 fine if you go back on"). They used to be on all the time at a lower poweer, maybe 10 watts, but one day they decided to push
the envelope and go to 80 watts (so said the Globe article) and after a
complaint, I'm guessing, in came the FCC (picture that scene from "Pump
Up The Volume" when the feds move in on Christian Slater's pirate station)