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.
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