NorthEast Radio Watch 12/8/2025: Cichon’s Back in Buffalo
In this week’s issue… Veteran newsman returns - Remembering NY's Leitner, RI's Jones - CT AM saved - Maine AM moves - "Indie" adds suburban signals
NorthEast Radio Watch 2/5/2024: WJIB’s New Era
In this week’s issue… What next for Bittner’s stations under new owner? – CBS-FM shifts lineup – FCC begins granting, dismissing LPFM apps – Remembering Buffalo’s Wallack
By SCOTT FYBUSH
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*The most unusual radio station in MASSACHUSETTS is getting a new owner – and he’s one of the most distinctive and memorable radio guys in the region’s history.
John Garabedian, the impresario who put music videos on UHF TV back in the 1980s on “V-66” (WVJV) and founded and hosted “Open House Party” for three decades, is buying WJIB (740 Cambridge) and its translator on 101.3, W267CE, from the estate of the late Bob Bittner, who died last May.
Garabedian’s RCRQ Inc. is paying $575,000 for the 250-watt AM daytimer (with five watts at night) and an additional $10 for the translator – but there’s a lot more going on with this deal, and we’ll try to clear up a lot of confusion about it below the fold.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING…
As we announced a few weeks ago, the 2026 edition of the Tower Site Calendar will be the last.
We began publishing it 25 years ago, and the broadcast landscape is radically different now.
Radio World just ran an excellent article about us if you want to know more.
Once it’s gone, that’s it. We won’t be printing any more.
Thank you to everyone who saw our announcement and rushed to buy it. We appreciate you.
(There are some calendars from previous years if you want more of a tower photo fix — all under $5.)
But don’t wait to get this year’s Tower Site Calendar — buy it now!
We are selling the Broadcast Historian’s Calendar again this year, but we have that in an even smaller quantity — definitely don’t hesitate for that.
And visit the Fybush Media Store to check out our selection of books and videos, too!
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