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[74], WBZ added an affiliation with the CBS Radio Network on March 6, 1995, making it one of a handful of stations to carry both CBS Radio and ABC Radio (however, the station ceased an affiliation with CNN Radio). 4. This broadcast is the master of good entertainment. KDKA 1020 AM. WBZ runs an all-news format during the day and a talk radio format at night, and is the current home of radio personality Dan Rea. On KGO-AM 810, despite songs you also get a lot of WBZ also carried a Boston Celtics broadcast on January 11, 2014, due to conflicts with both a Patriots game on current Celtics flagship station WBZ-FM and a Bruins game on WZLX.[119]). By 1931, Westinghouse had concluded that WBZ's primary market was Boston, so on February 21 the station began using a new transmitter site located at Millis, Massachusetts. [12] Because of its wide reach, the station often referred to itself as "WBZ New England", as opposed to associating itself solely with Springfield or Boston. )[25] WBZ offered its first Boston Marathon coverage on April 19, 1931. bobbrinker.com exists to assist the individual investor to guide them to the land of critical mass. With 100,000 radio stations and an extremely user-friendly interface, you get the best ever player and recorder for Internet radio. Minneapolis, Minnesota Radio Stations. The Celtics left WBZ after the team's 1980-81 NBA Championship season. [69][70] WBZ's sports commitment also included the return of the Boston Bruins Radio Network to the station in 1995;[71] however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN (104.1 FM, now occupied by WWBX) starting with the 1995 season,[72] and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network. To meet ownership limits set by the FCC, WKOX would be divested to the Ocean Stations Trust in preparation for a permanent buyer. WBZ (1030 AM) is a Class A clear channel radio station licensed in Boston, Massachusetts. [149], In 2014, WBZ, along with sister station at the time, WBZ-TV, received a Peabody Award for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing. 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[48] WBZ then launched a Saturday evening talk show hosted by Pat Desmarais, while a simulcast of the CBS television program 60 Minutes was added on Sunday evenings on January 13, 2002. [129] Jordan Rich ended his weekend talk show on July 3, 2016, but continues to do feature segments for the station. This format was similar to sister station KDKA in Pittsburgh. WCTS Radio exists to minister the message of the Gospel to our community through music and Bible teaching. [18] It later operated from Millis as W1XK, ultimately becoming WBOS. You can however play the station here in our radio.net Popup-Player. This initial station proved successful, so in 1921 the company expanded its activities by building three additional stations, beginning with WBZ, and followed by WJZ in Newark, New Jersey (now WABC in New York City) and KYW, originally in Chicago, and now in Philadelphia. Audials has been the number one Windows software for Internet radio for over 10 years now. [99] That March, WBZ began streaming its programming on the web, along with Infinity's other news and talk stations. The towers continued to stand atop the former Westinghouse plant in East Springfield for five more decades, until their removal on November 5, 2011 to accommodate redevelopment at the site of the factory. WBZ-FM was sold by Group W (which Westinghouse had rebranded its broadcasting division in 1963) to Greater Media in 1981, ultimately becoming WMJX. [96], David Brudnoy announced on September 23, 2003, that he had skin cancer[97][98] (he had also been fighting AIDS since 1994);[71] a farewell broadcast aired on December 8, 2004, and he died the next day, with tribute shows airing over the following two nights. [8] It is an affiliate of the CBS News Radio Network, as well as NBC News Radio, ABC News Radio, and AP Radio for national and international news as well as some features. The WCTS Public File can be viewed here. For nearly a year, while the technology was being perfected, WBZA shifted between the two transmitting frequencies, before finally going to full-time synchronous operation in June 1926. The station was set up to promote the sale of Westinghouse radio receivers. [43], WBZA continued to serve Springfield with a simulcast of WBZ's programming until July 1962, when the East Springfield transmitter was shut down to allow Westinghouse to purchase WINS in New York City, as the company already owned seven AM radio stations the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at that time. [147] Carl DeSuze became the fourth inductee (and the first to be inducted posthumously) on September 19, 2011, coinciding with WBZ's 90th anniversary. 5. Cloud)) [11] It was located at the company's East Springfield facility on Page Boulevard. [114] While Jordan Rich retained his weekend overnight show, the 25 a.m. portion of the program began to be simulcast on sister station WCCO in MinneapolisSaint Paul. [6] WBZ's studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in the Boston suburb of Medford, and its transmitter site is in Hull, Massachusetts. It continued to run public affairs programming including "Shape-up Boston," "Stomp Smoking" and the 1969 "T-Group 15," a project produced by public affairs director Jerry Wishnow in which nine black and white school-decentralization activists in a room for 22 hours with microphones and cameras until compromises were reached. The station expanded into television on June 9, 1948, when Channel 4 WBZ-TV first signed on as an NBC television affiliate. [100], When Viacom split into two companies on December 31, 2005, Infinity became part of the new CBS Corporation and reverted to the CBS Radio name. [33] A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes.