Where Classic Radio Lives!
Here’s another from contributor David Boucher highlighting some of Boston’s suburban radio stations. WLLH has a history going back to the 1940s, as one of America’s first synchronous AM stations, with synchronized transmitters in both
The announcer/news anchor heard is Bob Trout. There is a report from Edward R. Murrow in London, and CBS even had it’s own “Military Analyst”, Major George Fielding Elliot, who tries to interpret the reports that come in during the night.
The obvious draw of this aircheck is the news department. News features prominently in this nearly 18 minute long scope from the Summer of ’77
What follows is a very long aircheck which was recorded on a Maxell C-120 cassette tape.
News anchor duties on WHDH during the late afternoon edition were apparently rotated evenly between Don Huff, Janet Jegalian and Listo Fisher.
Here’s another from a couple of boxes given to us from Ken Gilbert himself!
Despite a signal which radiated mostly out over the Atlantic Ocean, the format and 50,000 watts of hit music power is memorable to many from the classic era of Top 40 radio!
For almost three decades prior to becoming an All-News (by day) station, WBZ was known as the place to turn to for comprehensive radio news.
