Can anyone help me with the history and ownership of this station? I know it existed as non-commercial WUPI in 1963 as I've come across some old tapes of my grandfather reviewing movies that came out in that year and mentioned that the station survived on listener contributions. He also mentioned recently cancelling their Mutual affiliation so they could air more local programs. AFAIK it was on 105.5 and licensed to Lynn. Is that correct? My mother swears the studios were at Wellington Circle in Medford but I thought under the rules of the time the studios had to be in the city of license. Was that the case? Then, when and why did it become WUPY before going dark for good? Any help would be greatly appreciated, and you may contact me off list at shelcom at yahoo dot com. Thanks!
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https://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/2004-December/004726.html
Old boston-radio-interest posts by Dan S, me, Laurence G. May have been on 105.3,
lic. to Lynn with a tower just north of the city. Had each set of calls, didn't last long. More
info may be elsewhere on line
Old boston-radio-interest posts by Dan S, me, Laurence G. May have been on 105.3,
lic. to Lynn with a tower just north of the city. Had each set of calls, didn't last long. More
info may be elsewhere on line
As mentioned in that thread, I see that the station signed on as WUPY in August 1961. The station filed to go silent in April 1962. On June 1, 1962 the calls were changed to WUPI and the WUPY calls moved to the owner's CP in Miami. The station applied to renew its silent authority in October 1962.
The March 11, 1963 issue of Broadcasting Magazine had this blurb: "WUPI (FM) Lynn, Mass., plans a new format of "total" information and wide news coverage, according to station owner. Harvey Sheldon, who calls the new programming "Radio Free Boston." WUPI (FM), an MBS station on 105.3 mc, counts on "public sponsorship and support" to back its format."
Around April 8, 1963 Sheldon filed to transfer WUPI to a Louis Brudnick (with no other broadcast interests) for $1,300.
On June 7, 1963, the FCC granted the licensee's request to cancel the license for the station and delete the call sign. A July 1963 issue of Broadcasting Magazine shows that 2 different applicants applied for a station on "vacant" 105.3 in Lynn.
So if you take away all the time it appears the station was silent, it looks like they were on the air for less than a year from August '61 to April '62.
Thanks to DavidEduardo's awesome AmericanRadioHistory.com, I found all of that info in his archives of Broadcasting Magazine.
The March 11, 1963 issue of Broadcasting Magazine had this blurb: "WUPI (FM) Lynn, Mass., plans a new format of "total" information and wide news coverage, according to station owner. Harvey Sheldon, who calls the new programming "Radio Free Boston." WUPI (FM), an MBS station on 105.3 mc, counts on "public sponsorship and support" to back its format."
Around April 8, 1963 Sheldon filed to transfer WUPI to a Louis Brudnick (with no other broadcast interests) for $1,300.
On June 7, 1963, the FCC granted the licensee's request to cancel the license for the station and delete the call sign. A July 1963 issue of Broadcasting Magazine shows that 2 different applicants applied for a station on "vacant" 105.3 in Lynn.
So if you take away all the time it appears the station was silent, it looks like they were on the air for less than a year from August '61 to April '62.
Thanks to DavidEduardo's awesome AmericanRadioHistory.com, I found all of that info in his archives of Broadcasting Magazine.
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