WNEW Lives - In Washington, D.C.

[jfrancispastirchak]

Scott Muni rolling over in his grave. You should include Martin Block, William B. Williams, Gene Klavan and Ted Brown of the heritage WNEW-AM 1130.


Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy

Kevin-- Thank you for reassuring that somebody else out there is as old as me!

 

[BruceS8852]

Until the 1970s all radio stations branded themselves with their call letters. From what I remember 99X was the first NYC radio station that used that type of moniker. Today most, but not all, radio stations, only use their calls at the top of the hour when required to do so by the FCC.

I think CBS really wanted to keep the WNEW calls away from Clear Channel who would have loved to use those calls for 104.3.

Bruce

 

[badjef]

Interesting that "call letters don't matter" as in WUSL, but in a business with a short memory span "WNEW", missing for 5 years on a station burying them 24 times a day, does.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!