Re: [Swprograms] Re: Bye-bye, 1440 Broadway

[Joel Rubin <jmrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Yes, it was Sportsradio 1050 for a couple of years.  WHN was purchased by
>Emmis Broadcasting, made ainto the first sports station and rechristened
>1050 WFAN until WNBC 66 came up for sale and purchased by Emmis who switched
>formats.  They then traded 1050 with WEVD-FM, for their FM station and WEVD
>which by that time was a talk station simply moved to 1050 AM where it
>remeined in the ratings cellar (and still does as ESPN Radio which is leased
>to ABC).

I believe Emes sold 1050 to Spanish Broadcasting System (WSKQ) which
traded with the Forward Association for WEVD-FM.

WEVD, of course, stands for Eugene Victor Debs, the railroad union
leader and Socialist Party founder/cofounder who ran for President in
1920 from Atlanta Federal Prison where he had been sent for making a
speech protesting WWI.

IIRC, the Fox broadcast center at 205 E. 67th St. is the Trans Lux
Theater and has been the home of Fox 5 New York (WNYW - now there's a
set of call letters for an SWL) since it was WABD, owned by Allen B.
Dumont.


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