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Sites and streaming platforms after the big switch

ksradiogeek said:
Speaking of the legal IDs...
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The 1am TOH WBZ-AM ID still had “CBS Radio” in it, but in the 11am TOH ID, just a few minutes age, it appears to have been edited out (though no mention of iHeart).
Most likely things—format and presentation-wise—may very well generally stay as is until after the holidays, then any station(s) changes will make the (if any) big, splashy move(s), be it iHeart, Entercom or Beasley.
 
Uncle Kaimbridge said:
The 1am TOH WBZ-AM ID still had “CBS Radio” in it, but in the 11am TOH ID, just a few minutes age, it appears to have been edited out (though no mention of iHeart).
Most likely things—format and presentation-wise—may very well generally stay as is until after the holidays, then any station(s) changes will make the (if any) big, splashy move(s), be it iHeart, Entercom or Beasley.
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They already blew up stations in NYC, Dallas, and Chicago. Bringing Alt Rock to NYC and Dallas and Classic Hip-Hop to Chicago. Something must be happening at 104.1 in Boston. One source says the Chicago Station is getting the WBMX calls.
 
MarcB said:
They already blew up stations in NYC, Dallas, and Chicago. Bringing Alt Rock to NYC and Dallas and Classic Hip-Hop to Chicago. Something must be happening at 104.1 in Boston. One source says the Chicago Station is getting the WBMX calls.
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Chicago originally had the WBMX call letters standing for the Black Music Experience while when they were revived in Boston, it was Boston Music Mix instead.
 
Entercom's site has updated their station list; WKAF, WRKO gone and the likes of Magic, Amp, and Mix added.

http://entercom.com/radio-stations/

iHeart app doesn't yet feature WRKO or WBZ etc so far.Still on radio dot com app.I guess radio dot com is part of the whole assets deal Ent. got from CBS.
 
TheBigA said:
It gets very complicated, because a lot of it was orchestrated by Mel Karmazin, who then ran the combined business, and merged it with Viacom. Somewhere in the midst of that was when the era ended.
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As I understand it, and this is highly condensed:

In his early days, Mel was a sales rep for CBS. Eventually, he founded and was head of Infinity Broadcasting. In 1992, Infinity, the owner of the legendary WBCN in Boston, bought rival WZLX.

In 1995, Westinghouse acquired CBS. Westinghouse took the CBS name as its own, and spun off its electrical power and military units, among others. Infinity was still a totally separate entity.

Shortly thereafter, CBS acquired Infinity, a move that was orchestrated by Mel. As a result, Mel was made head of CBS Radio, which was renamed Infinity Broadcasting, a division of CBS Corp. Around 1998, American Radio Systems, owner of WRKO, was acquired by CBS. Its properties were folded into Infinity Broadcasting, except for certain properties which were put into a trust, WRKO among them. WRKO was soon acquired by Entercom.

Mel was on track to become head of the entire CBS Corp. However, Mel decided - or perhaps it was decided for him - to move on, and the Infinity Broadcasting brand was immediately discontinued; the radio unit was once again CBS Radio.

Until today, 17 November 2017, that is.
 
nowradioguy said:
Mel was on track to become head of the entire CBS Corp. However, Mel decided - or perhaps it was decided for him - to move on, and the Infinity Broadcasting brand was immediately discontinued; the radio unit was once again CBS Radio.
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My point of mentioning this is to say the "end of an era" happened after the original owner of WBZ changed its name to CBS Corporation, and the radio division was run by CBS. The 76 year history of Westinghouse Radio, as we knew it, came to an end. That was much more significant. WBZ, along with the other historic Westinghouse stations such as KYW and KDKA, were then lumped in with CBS.
 
Retro said:
Chicago originally had the WBMX call letters standing for the Black Music Experience while when they were revived in Boston, it was Boston Music Mix instead.
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It's a nice nostalgia move -- and maybe a way to intimidate the original holder of those calls which is now a prime rival to the new station, but 104.3 JAMS' playlist is late 90s/early 00s hip-hop and R&B... at which point the WBMX call letters were nearing a decade on 98.5 in Boston.
 
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