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136-1748: American sports radio network The Boston Bruins Radio Network is a 17-station (9 AM, 9 FM, plus 3 FM translators) network which carries live game broadcasts of the Boston Bruins . The network's flagship station is WBZ-FM (98.5) in Boston, Massachusetts . Judd Sirott announces play-by-play . Bob Beers provides color commentary . Network stations (20 stations) [ edit ] Flagship (1 station) [ edit ] WBZ-FM 98.5: Boston (2009–present) Affiliates (19 stations) [ edit ] Maine (3 stations) [ edit ] WEZQ 92.9: Bangor (2012–present) WEZR 780: Rumford WHXR 106.3: Scarborough Massachusetts (7 stations + 2 FM translators) [ edit ] WBEC 1420: Pittsfield WVEI 1440: Worcester WMRC 1490: Milford WNAW 1230: North Adams (2012–present) WPKZ 1280: Fitchburg (2011–present) WXTK 95.1: West Yarmouth / Cape Cod (2011–present) WWEI 105.5: Easthampton W267CD 101.3: Milford (rebroadcasts WMRC) W287BT 105.3: Fitchburg (rebroadcasts WPKZ) New Hampshire (4 stations + 1 FM translator) [ edit ] WEEY 93.5: Swanzey (2012–present) WTPL 107.7: Hillsborough WTSN 1270: Dover (2015–present) WWLK-FM 101.5: Meredith W251CF 98.1: Dover (rebroadcasts WTSN) New York (2 stations) [ edit ] WCPV 101.3: Essex (2011–present) WEAV 960: Plattsburgh Rhode Island (2 stations) [ edit ] WVEI-FM 103.7 Westerly (2014–present). WVEI-FM has been announced as

272-489: A clear-channel station (officially classified as Class A ), with a transmitter power output of 50,000 watts, and employing a directional antenna that sends a majority of its signal westward. Its two-tower array and transmitter site are in Hull, Massachusetts . WBZ can be heard during daylight hours throughout much of New England . Its nighttime signal covers at least 38 American states and much of Eastern Canada. WBZ

408-484: A leased-time program owned and produced by Norm Resha since its revival in 1991, moving to WTKK (96.9 FM) on December 2. 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. David Brudnoy announced on September 23, 2003, that he had skin cancer (he had also been fighting AIDS since 1994);

544-622: A 250-watt relay station, WBZA, located in Boston and transmitting on 1240 kHz. Efforts were soon made to change WBZA to a synchronous repeater, transmitting on the same frequency as WBZ, 900 kHz, but the process proved difficult, as the two transmitters often interfered with each other, even in Boston. 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 power of

680-616: A farewell broadcast aired on December 8, 2004, and he died the next day, with tribute shows airing over the following two nights. Per Brudnoy's wish, Paul Sullivan took over the 8 p.m.–midnight time slot in January 2005, with the 7 p.m. hour given to an expansion of the WBZ Afternoon News . That March, WBZ began streaming its programming on the web, along with Infinity's other news and talk stations. When Viacom split into two companies on December 31, 2005, Infinity became part of

816-499: A few years, after the demise of top 40 on WCOP (1150 AM, now WWDJ ) in 1962 and with WMEX (1510 AM) as the lone top 40 in Boston, WBZ switched to a full-time top 40 format. The combination of hit music, popular hosts (such as evening DJ "Juicy Brucie" Bradley who did the daily top-10 countdown), powerful signal, and top-notch news coverage, made WBZ the dominant radio station in the market. It continued to run public affairs programming including "Shape-up Boston," "Stomp Smoking" and

952-409: A full-service AC, WBZ used the slogan "The Spirit of New England" (made famous by a 1988 JAM Creative Productions jingle package of the same name). Beginning in the late 1960s, WBZ made a major push into live play-by-play sports. From 1966 through 1979, and again from 1991 through 1994, WBZ was home to radio broadcasts of New England Patriots football . This brought Gil Santos to the station. In

1088-537: A function that subsequently moved to WZLX. 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. ) Ed Walsh retired after four years as morning news anchor on November 30, 2010; Rod Fritz then took over as interim anchor (with Gary LaPierre guest anchoring for a week in early December), with Joe Mathieu, formerly of Sirius XM Radio 's P.O.T.U.S. channel, taking over on May 16, 2011. The station added

1224-405: A line with Hodge and Wayne Cashman , became the league's top goal scorer and the first NHL player to break the 100-point mark, setting many goal- and point-scoring records. With other stars like forwards Bucyk, John McKenzie , Derek Sanderson , and Hodge, defenders like Dallas Smith and goaltender Gerry Cheevers , the "Big Bad Bruins" became one of the league's top teams from the late 1960s into

1360-924: A loss to the Ottawa Senators in a make-up game following the Boston Marathon bombing on April 28 gave the Canadiens the division title. In the opening round of the 2013 playoffs , the Bruins took on the Toronto Maple Leafs, defeating them in seven games. They went on to beat the New York Rangers in five games and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a four-game sweep to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals and

1496-517: A monthly one-hour interview show hosted by Mathieu, WBZ Newswatch , on January 26, 2012. Overnight host Steve LeVeille retired from WBZ on June 8, 2012; after a year of rotating guest hosts that included Jennifer Brien , Morgan White Jr., Bradley Jay, and Dean Johnson, Brien was named the new host on June 25, 2013. On October 3, 2013, the station announced it was canceling the Jen Brien Show with immediate effect. Bradley Jay then took over

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1632-545: A new WBZA transmitter on June 9. On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the Federal Radio Commission 's (FRC) General Order 40 , WBZ and WBZA were assigned exclusive national use of a "clear channel" frequency, 990 kHz. Amidst the technical changes, WBZ began sharing its programs by network with other radio stations. By 1925, it often shared programs with WJZ in New York City (which

1768-463: A partnership with the Boston Herald and Traveler newspapers, and carried pro and college sports broadcasts, including Boston Bruins hockey, Boston Braves baseball, and Harvard Crimson football . WBZ's Bruins broadcasts, which began in early December 1924, made it the first Boston station to broadcast a professional hockey game; the first play-by-play announcer for the hockey broadcasts

1904-534: A pioneer in sports talk . Also heard were Jerry Williams in the evenings and Larry Glick 's overnight show (the latter two held the same popular shifts at WMEX years earlier). Music was programmed during the day on weekends. This format was similar to sister station KDKA in Pittsburgh. By 1978, Mainella, who had been the host of Calling All Sports since its inception on July 15, 1969, had been replaced with Bob Lobel and Upton Bell . For much of its time as

2040-619: A record which still stands) because of a 38–5–1 record, and shattered numerous scoring records, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals . The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland . The team led the league five times in the decade. In 1939 , the team captured its second Stanley Cup. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek . Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing

2176-414: A regular basis and pivot to news and talk full-time, joining WRKO and WHDH (850 AM, now WEEI ) in the format. Program director David Bernstein, upon hearing the news of the war's start, ordered the on-duty engineer to remove the music carousel from the studio, vowing that "This station will never play music again;" even before the war, Bernstein had been considering dropping music from WBZ, theorizing that

2312-535: A result. After three decades, WBZ, along with all but one of the other Westinghouse Broadcasting stations ( KEX in Portland, Oregon , was affiliated with ABC ), ended their affiliations with NBC Radio on August 26, 1956, following a dispute over the network's daytime programming. That prompted the station to program middle of the road music around the clock. The best known host in WBZ's history, Dave Maynard , joined

2448-527: A time starting in the fall of 2001, the station relaunched the 1 p.m. hour of the Midday News as the WBZ Business Hour , with an increased focus on business news; this program was similar to one on Los Angeles sister station KNX (WBZ has since returned to regular news in the 1 p.m. hour). Later that year, weekend sports talk was abandoned completely, with Calling All Sports , which had been

2584-617: A weekend morning news block was launched, the weekend afternoon schedule remained devoted to specialty talk shows until September 3, 1994, when the station introduced information-oriented sports shows, branded as WBZ Sports Saturday and WBZ Sports Sunday . WBZ's sports commitment included the return of the Boston Bruins Radio Network to the station in 1995; however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN (104.1 FM, now WWBX ) starting with

2720-834: Is not widely recognized, when compared to other stations with earlier heritages, in particular KDKA, WWJ in Detroit, and KQW in San Jose, California (now KCBS in San Francisco). By early 1922, WBZ's studios were set up at the luxurious Hotel Kimball in Metro Center Springfield. Programs consisted of general entertainment and information, including live music (often classical and opera), sports, farm reports, special events, and public affairs programming. Despite being housed in Springfield's top hotel,

2856-560: Is now third. However, they missed out on the third and final playoff berth by one point to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates . In their third season , Ross took advantage of the collapse of the Western Hockey League (WHL) to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great star, defenseman Eddie Shore . With the Bruins, he would go on to become one of the greatest players in NHL history. Boston qualified for

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2992-486: The 1939–40 season , Shore was traded to the struggling New York Americans for his final NHL season. In 1941, the Bruins won their third Stanley Cup after losing only eight games and finishing first in the regular season. It was their last Stanley Cup for 29 years. World War II affected the Bruins more than most teams; Brimsek and the "Krauts" all enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force following

3128-505: The 1974 Stanley Cup Finals in an upset to the Philadelphia Flyers . Don Cherry stepped behind the bench as the new coach in 1974–75 . The Bruins stocked themselves with enforcers and grinders, and remained competitive under Cherry's reign, the so-called "Lunch Pail A.C"., behind players such as Gregg Sheppard , Terry O'Reilly , Stan Jonathan and Peter McNab . This would also turn out to be Orr's final full season in

3264-614: The 1987–88 NHL season , the Bruins defeated their Original Six nemesis Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. In 1991 and 1992 , the Bruins suffered two consecutive conference finals losses to the eventual Cup champion, the Pittsburgh Penguins . Starting from the 1992–93 NHL season onwards, the Bruins had not gotten past the second round of the playoffs until winning the Stanley Cup after the 2011 season . The 1992–93 season ended disappointingly. Despite finishing with

3400-456: The 1997 NFL season as a lead-in to CBS Radio Sports' broadcast of Monday Night Football , preempting David Brudnoy's program; the first two hours of his Friday show were preempted in favor of a cooking show, Olives' Table with Todd English , from August 1997 through August 1998. The Sports Saturday and Sports Sunday blocks were discontinued in April 1998 in favor of an expansion of

3536-505: The Allston section of Boston to house both the radio and television stations, with the new facility opening on June 17 of that year. (Parts of the new facility containing the master control and TV transmitter had already been in use). The transmission tower built at the studios for WBZ-TV would replace the Hull site as WBZ-FM's transmitter. It remained there until Hurricane Carol destroyed

3672-655: The Art Ross Trophy , the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy , the only player to ever win four major awards in the same season. While Sinden temporarily retired from ice hockey before the 1970–71 season to enter business (he was replaced by ex-Bruins and Canadiens defenseman Tom Johnson ), the Bruins set dozens of offensive scoring records: they had seven of the league's top ten scorers—a feat not achieved before or since—set

3808-583: The Beatles Let It Be... Naked album premiere on November 13, 2003. When WEEI dropped its all-news format for all-sports programming in September 1991, WBZ began a marketing campaign to convince former WEEI listeners to switch to WBZ; this was followed on January 13, 1992, with a shift to all-news programming during drive time (5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m.). On September 28 the station became an all-news station from 5 a.m.–7 p.m. following

3944-628: The Eastern Conference . The team has been in existence since 1924 , making them the third-oldest active team in the NHL, and the oldest in the United States. The Bruins are one of the " Original Six " NHL teams, along with the Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Blackhawks , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , and Toronto Maple Leafs . They have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth-most of any team with

4080-758: The Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield . When WBZ began operations, there were no specific government standards for what constituted a broadcasting station. A small number of stations were already providing regularly scheduled entertainment broadcasts, most of which operated under Amateur or Experimental licenses. (A prime example was the American Radio & Research Corporation's experimental station, 1XE in Medford Hillside, Massachusetts , near Boston, which

4216-669: The Montreal Canadiens each time), the Bruins mustered only four winning seasons between 1947 and 1967. They missed the playoffs eight consecutive years (1960 to 1967). On January 18, 1958, the first-ever black NHL player, Willie O'Ree , stepped onto the ice for the Bruins. He played in 45 games for the Bruins over the 1957–58 and 1960–61 seasons. The "Uke Line"—named for the Ukrainian heritage of Johnny Bucyk , Vic Stasiuk , and Bronco Horvath – came to Boston in 1957 and enjoyed four productive offensive seasons, heralding, along with scoring stalwarts Don McKenney and Fleming MacKell ,

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4352-684: The United States Football League 's Boston Breakers during the 1983 season (its lone season in Boston). Also heard were Boston College Eagles football from 1987 through 1991. Starting in 1972, WBZ's football broadcasts featured the play-by-play team of Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti . During the 1970s, WBZ was one of a number of clear channel AM stations that petitioned to be allowed to increase their power. WBZ would have used 500,000 watts transmitting from Provincetown, Massachusetts , to reach all of New England during

4488-562: The Vancouver Canucks , defeating them in seven games for the team's first Stanley Cup since 1972. The 2010–11 Bruins were the first team in NHL history to win a game 7 three times in the same playoff run. Following their Stanley Cup win, the Bruins lost Mark Recchi to retirement and Michael Ryder and Tomas Kaberle to free agency. The Bruins went on to finish second in the Eastern Conference with 102 points, winning

4624-482: The Vezina and Calder Trophies , becoming the first rookie named to the NHL first All-Star team, and earning the nickname "Mr. Zero". The team skating in front of Brimsek included Bill Cowley , Shore, Clapper and "Sudden Death" Mel Hill (who scored three overtime goals in one playoff series), together with the " Kraut line " of center Milt Schmidt , right winger Bobby Bauer and left winger Woody Dumart . In

4760-637: The Voice of America ) that would remain the shortwave station's primary function until leaving the air permanently in 1953. The Hull site would also serve as the home for WBZ's first FM sister station , which operated from there as W1XK, W67B, and then WBZ-FM on several frequencies off and on from November 7, 1940, until November 21, 1948. Under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement , on March 29, 1941, WBZ's "clear channel" assignment

4896-498: The carrier current station at Emerson College . Later in the year, a schedule shuffle ended Carl DeSuze's run on the morning show (which was taken over by Dave Maynard), and he was moved to middays; the overnight show was then taken over by Bob Raleigh, who had been WBZ's midday host since June 1976. Calling All Sports was also dropped in favor of an early evening talk show, hosted at various points by David Finnegan , Lou Marcel, and Peter Meade . Former overnight host Larry Glick

5032-403: The 1941 Cup win, and lost the most productive years of their careers at war. Cowley, assisted by veteran player Clapper and Busher Jackson , became the team's remaining star. The NHL had by 1942 been reduced, for the next 25 years, to the six teams that would come to be called the " Original Six ". In 1944, Bruins' Herb Cain set the then-NHL record for points in a season with 82. However,

5168-448: 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 edited broadcast included four hours of audience reaction with the participants and was aired on WBZ for 15 hours without commercials. WBZ re-established an FM station on December 15, 1957, transmitting from

5304-585: The 1980s. In 1970 , a 29-year Stanley Cup drought came to an end in Boston, as the Bruins defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals . Orr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr's most awarded—the third of eight consecutive years he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defenseman in the NHL—and he won

5440-496: The 1995 season, and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network . NFL regulations only allowed WBZ to carry Giants' games not played at the same time as Patriots' games. As with the weekday lineup, talk continued to be programmed at night, including three of the specialty shows ( Kid Company on Saturday evenings and a revived Calling All Sports and Looking at

5576-558: The 2008–09 season, after CBS Radio launched a third incarnation of WBZ-FM on 98.5 MHz as an all-sports station, which also took the Patriots from the former WBCN. (The station simulcast WBZ-FM's broadcast of Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks , allowing fans in areas of New England not served by a Bruins radio network affiliate to hear the game; additionally, WBZ briefly carried Bruins games that conflict with WBZ-FM's Patriots broadcasts,

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5848-485: The 9:30 a.m. half-hour of the December 29 Morning News . LaPierre continued to be heard on the station on occasion through voiceover work. Meanwhile, evening host Paul Sullivan was fighting a brain tumor , which was discovered on November 22, 2004—shortly before Brudnoy's death. After undergoing several surgeries over the next two and a half years, Sullivan announced on June 21, 2007, that he would step down from

5984-621: The Blackhawks (trailing the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings, with 24, 13, and 11, respectively), and tied for second-most for an NHL team based in the United States. The Bruins have also won the Presidents' Trophy four times with their most recent win in 2022–23 featuring the Bruins with 135 points—the most in one season in NHL history. The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena (now known as Matthews Arena ),

6120-587: The Boston suburb of Medford . WBZ's format features all-news programming most of the day and overnight, and talk radio programming in the evening. The station's programming is also carried on the second HD Radio channel of co-owned WXKS-FM . WBZ is the designated Primary Entry Point (PEP) for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in New England (except in Maine and Connecticut). WBZ is

6256-447: The Bruins did not make the playoffs that season. The stars returned from World War II for the 1945–46 season , and Clapper led the team back to the Stanley Cup Finals as player-coach . He retired as a player after the next season, becoming the first player to play twenty NHL seasons. Brimsek proved to be not as good as he was before the war, and after 1946 the Bruins lost in the first playoff round three consecutive years. After Brimsek

6392-462: The Bruins finishing seventh in the East, but lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in five games. In 2003–04 , the Bruins won another division title and appeared to get past the first round for the first time in five years with a 3–1 series lead on the rival Canadiens. However, the Canadiens rallied back to win three consecutive games, upsetting the Bruins. The 2004–05 NHL season

6528-451: The Bruins lost their next 11 games and only managed a 6–24–0 record, finishing in last place in its first season. The Bruins played three more seasons at the Arena, after which they became the main tenant of Boston Garden . The Bruins improved in their second season to a winning 17–15–4 record, which originally held the record for the biggest single-season improvement in NHL history, and

6664-538: The Bruins to another Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1988 against the Edmonton Oilers . The Bruins lost in a four-game sweep. Boston returned to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990 (with Neely, Bourque, Craig Janney , Bobby Carpenter , and rookie Don Sweeney , and former Oilers goaltender Andy Moog and Reggie Lemelin splitting goaltending duties), but again lost to the Oilers, this time in five games. In

6800-518: The Bruins won the 2010 Winter Classic over the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2–1 overtime decision at Fenway Park , thus becoming the first home team to win an outdoor classic game. They finished in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, and a 2010 NHL playoff opening round appearance against the Buffalo Sabres, which they won 4–2. Boston became only the third team in NHL history to lose a playoff series after leading 3–0 when they lost in game 7 to

6936-400: The Bruins would miss the playoffs. The next season, Boston made the playoffs for the first of 29 consecutive seasons, an all-time record. The Bruins then obtained forwards Phil Esposito , Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield from Chicago in a deal celebrated as one of the most one-sided in hockey history. Hodge and Stanfield became key elements of the Bruins' success, and Esposito, who centered

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7072-646: The Canadiens. They subsequently moved into the FleetCenter, now known as the TD Garden . In the 1996 playoffs, the Bruins lost their first-round series to the Florida Panthers in five games. In 1997 , Boston missed the playoffs for the first time in 30 years (and for the first time in the expansion era), having set the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in

7208-558: The Chicago Blackhawks, falling in six games, with three going into overtime. In the 2013–14 season , the Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy after finishing first in the newly formed Atlantic Division with a record of 54–19–9 for 117 points. Their regular season success, however, would not translate into another conference finals appearance. Despite winning their first-round series against the Detroit Red Wings,

7344-545: The FCC, WKOX would be divested to the Ocean Stations Trust in preparation for a permanent buyer. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. iHeart then began operating WBZ, WKAF, and WZLX under a local marketing agreement . The sale of WBZ, WRKO, WZLX, and WKAF to iHeart was completed on December 19, 2017, ending WBZ's 96 years of lineage under the same ownership. As part of

7480-678: The Gang " " Kernkraft 400 " Happy Gilmore The Sports Museum of New England The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line " Time to Go " 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland 2010 Winter Classic 2016 Winter Classic 2019 Winter Classic Outdoors at Lake Tahoe 2023 Winter Classic 65 wins 2024 Big City Greens Classic [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] WikiProject [REDACTED] Commons v t e Sports broadcast radio networks in

7616-894: The Group W name from the station's license); Viacom announced its acquisition of the publicly held stake in Infinity on August 15, 2000 (shortly after it merged with CBS Corporation), a transaction completed on February 21, 2001 (though Viacom, and CBS before the merger, had always held a majority stake in Infinity). Even after coming under common ownership with the CBS Radio Network, it would not be until 2000 before CBS's hourly newscast replaced ABC's during WBZ's overnight programming. As its ownership shifted, WBZ continued to modify its program schedule. After Norm Nathan's death on October 29, 1996, his Friday night/Saturday morning show

7752-607: The Hull site featured a highly conductive salt water path to the city. The Hull site also provided ample space for WBZ's shortwave station, which had been founded at Springfield as W1XAZ in November 1929. It later operated from Millis as W1XK, ultimately becoming WBOS. WPIT, the shortwave station operated by KDKA in Pittsburgh, moved its transmitters to Hull at this time, and in 1941 its operations were folded into WBOS. The shortwave transmitters soon began carrying government-provided programming (a service that ultimately evolved into

7888-533: The Law on Sunday evenings), a Saturday night talk show hosted by Lovell Dyett, and an overnight show with former WHDH host Norm Nathan. 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 ). Five months later, on August 1, Westinghouse announced that it

8024-405: The NHL record—as the Bruins made the Cup Finals once more, but lost in six games to Montreal. After that series, John Bucyk retired, holding virtually every Bruins' career longevity and scoring mark to that time. The 1979 semifinals series against the Canadiens proved to be Cherry's undoing. In the deciding seventh game, the Bruins, up by a goal, were called for having too many men on the ice in

8160-402: The Northeast Division title, but losing to the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in seven games. During the off-season preceding the lockout , Tim Thomas made his decision to sit out the 2012–13 season ; his rights were traded to the New York Islanders . The Bruins battled the Montreal Canadiens for leadership in the Northeast Division all season, before

8296-400: The Philadelphia Flyers. In the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs , the Bruins eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in seven games. On May 6, the Bruins swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to advance to the conference finals for the first time since 1992 . Boston then defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1990 to face

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8432-461: The Providence affiliate starting with the 2014-2015 season. WOON 1240: Woonsocket (2010–present) Vermont (1 station + 1 FM translator [ edit ] WCFR 1320: Springfield, Vermont W293BH 106.5 (relays WCFR) Former flagships (7 stations) [ edit ] WBZ 1030: Boston (1924-1929; 1969-1978; 1995-2009; also simulcast Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals ) WBNW 590: Boston (1990-1995; now WEZE ; station

8568-402: The Rangers. The Bruins made the semifinals again, losing to the Flyers, before losing Orr as a free agent to Chicago in the off-season. Cheevers returned in 1977 , and the Bruins got past the Flyers in the semifinals, but were swept by the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals . The story repeated itself in 1978 —with a balanced attack that saw Boston have 11 players with 20+ goal seasons, still

8704-410: The Sunday night/Monday morning slot for a time; he eventually retired on June 9, 1999, with Steve LeVeille taking his place in the overnight hours and Jordan Rich taking over the Friday night/Saturday morning show. Shortly afterward, David Brudnoy gave up the 10 p.m.-12 a.m. portion of his show; this timeslot was given to Lowell Sun columnist and former WLLH (1400 AM) host Paul Sullivan . For

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8976-438: The United States, and sold one to Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams . The team was one of the NHL's first expansion teams, and the first NHL team to be based in the United States. Adams' first act as owner was to hire Art Ross , a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross came up with "Bruins" for a team nickname, a name for brown bears used in classic folk tales. The team's nickname also went along with

9112-400: The WBZ transmitter in East Springfield continued to be boosted. On March 31, 1926, it was granted permission to operate with 5,000 watts. By 1927, it was operating with 15,000 watts. Meanwhile, a combination of WBZ's growth and continued difficulties with the WBZA signal led the station to move its Boston studio to the Statler Hotel (now the Boston Park Plaza ) on June 1, 1927, and activate

9248-439: The all-news format to weekend afternoons; Calling All Sports and The Bob Lobel Show were not affected, though Lobel's show was replaced with Sunday Sports Page with Dan Roche and Steve DeOssie that July after a management-ordered cut-off of a call on the July 12 broadcast drove Lobel to resign from his show on July 13. Bob Raleigh began to cut back his on-air presence during the late 1990s, with Kevin Sowyrda taking over

9384-444: The brand new WBZ-TV tower in Needham, operating at 106.7 MHz . This incarnation of WBZ-FM provided limited simulcasts of the AM station and largely had its own programming, including classical music and Ed Beech's Just Jazz program from WRVR in New York City. The station remained in mono through this period, but beginning on December 31, 1971, an automated top 40 format was launched in stereo, apparently in an attempt to blunt

9520-405: The broadcast licenses. During the late 1930s, WBZ began to offer more local news coverage. Previously, only major events were regularly covered. NBC's management of WBZ and WBZA ended on July 1, 1940, and Westinghouse resumed full control over the stations. Shortly afterward, on July 27, WBZ relocated its transmitter site once more, to its current location in Hull. A directional antenna array

9656-662: The day and overnight. In the evening, it airs talk programming . Radio personality Dan Rea hosts an interview and call-in show on weeknights, with other hosts on weekend evenings. The station had been the home of talk host David Brudnoy for 18 years, until the day before his death in 2004. Other past personalities included talk show host Bob Kennedy, poet/radio host Dick Summer, and disc jockeys Bruce Bradley , Jeff Kaye, and Ron Landry. WBZ also featured shows from Larry Justice, jazz DJ-turned-talkmaster Norm Nathan, late-night talker and humorist Larry Glick , and morning hosts Carl DeSuze, Tom Bergeron , and Dave Maynard. For decades, WBZ

9792-514: The day. A backlash from smaller stations led to the petition being denied and station protections limited to a 750-mile radius. WBZ became an affiliate of ABC Radio on January 1, 1980; ABC was the descendant of the Blue Network, which WBZ had dropped 38 years earlier. The ABC affiliation allowed the station to begin airing Paul Harvey 's daily broadcasts, which were previously heard in Boston on WEZE (1260 AM, now WBIX ) and, later, WECB ,

9928-516: The end of 2006. Governor Mitt Romney declared the day of his final broadcast, December 29, 2006, "Gary LaPierre Day". Romney, Senator Ted Kennedy , Mayor Tom Menino , former Mayor Ray Flynn , former Governor Michael Dukakis , and other notables called in during his final broadcast. LaPierre was replaced on the WBZ Morning News with Ed Walsh, a former morning host at WOR in New York City who had been anchoring at WCBS , starting with

10064-472: The end of the two midday talk shows hosted by Tom Bergeron, who had moved to middays following the launch of the morning news block (the noon hour, which separated the Bergeron shifts, was already occupied by a news program); the station's nighttime programming continued to be filled by David Brudnoy and Bob Raleigh's talk shows. Initially, the new format was not carried over to WBZ's weekend schedule; while

10200-548: The evening talk show, with his final show, led by Jordan Rich, airing on June 28; he died on September 9. Rich and WBZ-TV reporter Dan Rea served as substitute hosts in the interim; on October 1, Rea, who in the 1970s served as a weekend host for the station before moving to television in 1976, became the new host of the show, renamed NightSide with Dan Rea . On December 31, 2008, WBZ let go overnight talk show host Steve LeVeille, sports anchor Tom Cuddy and Saturday night talk show hosts Lovell Dyett and Pat Desmarais. LeVeille

10336-401: The face of the Bruins for over two decades. The Bruins made the playoffs every year through the 1980s behind stars such as Park, Bourque and Rick Middleton , and had the league's best record in 1982–83 behind a Vezina Trophy -winning season from ex-Flyers goaltender Pete Peeters , with 110 points, but fell short of making the Stanley Cup Finals. Bourque, Cam Neely and Keith Crowder led

10472-554: The fall of 1969, WBZ regained the radio rights to the Boston Bruins (which it had lost in 1951), and began carrying Boston Celtics basketball. The Bruins stayed through the 1977–78 season. The Celtics left WBZ after the team's 1980-81 NBA Championship season. During the years when the Bruins and Celtics were both on WBZ and both playing at the same time, one of them (usually the Celtics) would be heard on WBZ-FM. WBZ broadcast

10608-581: The highest-rated stations in the Boston area. It is an affiliate of CBS News Radio , as well as NBC News Radio , ABC News Radio , and AP Radio for national and international news as well as some features. The bulk of the station's schedule, except some weekend programming, is produced in-house. WBZ is heavily involved in charitable work, including its annual Christmastime fund drive for the Boston Children's Hospital , which it does along with TV station WBZ-TV . WBZ runs an all-news format during

10744-473: The late stages of the third period. Montreal tied the game on the ensuing power play and won in overtime. Cherry was dismissed as head coach thereafter. The 1979–80 season saw a new head coach Fred Creighton , and also included a trade of goaltender Ron Grahame to the Los Angeles Kings for a first-round pick which was used to select Ray Bourque , one of the greatest defensemen of all-time and

10880-595: The league, before his knee injuries worsened, as well as the last time Orr and Esposito would finish 1–2 in regular season scoring. The Bruins placed second in the Adams Division, and lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the 1975 playoffs , losing a best-of-three series, two games to one. Continuing with Sinden's rebuilding of the team, the Bruins traded Esposito and Carol Vadnais for Brad Park , Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to

11016-532: The logo was modified into the basic "spoked-B" form that was to be used thereafter. The 1950s began with Charles Adams' son Weston facing financial trouble. He was forced to accept a buyout offer from Walter A. Brown , the owner of the Boston Celtics and the Garden, in 1951. Although there were some instances of success (such as making the Stanley Cup Finals in 1953 , 1957 , and 1958 , only to lose to

11152-626: The maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at that time. The closure of WBZA ended over 40 years of transmission from East Springfield. 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. By then, they were among the oldest broadcast facilities still standing. Increased competition in

11288-653: The new CBS Corporation and reverted to the CBS Radio name. That same day, WBZ dropped Paul Harvey after the station's contract to carry his broadcasts expired (however, despite coming under the CBS Radio banner once more, the station still maintains an affiliation with ABC News Radio ); in addition, the station dropped Looking at the Law , a legal advice show hosted by Neil Chayet , after its January 8, 2006, broadcast in favor of brokered financial programs. Longtime morning news anchor Gary LaPierre, who anchored WBZ's morning newscasts for nearly 40 years, retired from WBZ at

11424-504: The new standard, and its initial license was the first Limited Commercial license that had specified broadcasting on the 360-meter wavelength that would be formally designated by the December 1 regulations. By some interpretations, this made WBZ America's first broadcasting station, and in 1923 the Department of Commerce, referring to WBZ, stated that "The first broadcasting license was issued in September, 1921". However, WBZ's priority

11560-583: The overnight show, renamed Jay Talking . WBZ, along with fellow CBS Radio all-news stations WINS in New York City, KYW in Philadelphia, and WNEW-FM in Washington, D.C., added an affiliation with Westwood One News in 2014. Jordan Rich ended his weekend talk show on July 3, 2016, but continues to do feature segments for the station. Joe Mathieu left WBZ on April 28, 2017; that August, the station announced Josh Binswanger, who hosted Kid Company on

11696-469: The playoffs after winning the Presidents' Trophy in the previous season. The 96 points they earned that season broke the record for the most points earned by a team that did not make the playoffs. WBZ (AM) WBZ (1030 AM ) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Boston, Massachusetts , and owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in

11832-505: The playoffs in 2000–01 , and Keenan was let go. Center Jason Allison led the Bruins in scoring. The following season, 2001–02 , the Bruins won their first Northeast Division title since 1993 with a core built around Joe Thornton , Sergei Samsonov , Brian Rolston , Bill Guerin , Mike Knuble and Glen Murray . They lost in six games to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. The 2002–03 season found

11968-477: The playoffs. After a slow start to the 2008–09 season , the Bruins went on to have the best record in the Eastern Conference and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth time in nine years, facing the Canadiens in the playoffs for the fourth time during that span, defeating them in four games before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference semifinals. On January 1, 2010,

12104-411: The playoffs. During a game between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks on February 21, 2000, Marty McSorley was ejected for using his stick to hit Canucks forward Donald Brashear in the head, and subsequently suspended for what resulted in the rest of his career. After a mediocre start, the Bruins fired coach Pat Burns in favor of Mike Keenan . Despite a 15-point improvement, the Bruins missed

12240-621: The playoffs. The Bruins lost in the first round of the 1998 playoffs to the Washington Capitals in six games. In 1999, the Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in six games during the first round of the playoffs. Nevertheless, they would lose to the Sabres in six games in the second round of the playoffs. In the 1999–2000 season , the Bruins finished in last place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for

12376-446: The popularity of WRKO (680 AM). WBZ-FM was sold by Group W (which Westinghouse had rebranded its broadcasting division in 1963) to Greater Media in 1981, ultimately becoming WMJX . 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 —

12512-551: The primary competitor for all-news station WEEI (590 AM, now WEZE ). WBZ has, from time to time, played music on special occasions even after the change to news/talk; the station still offered 24 hours of Christmas music beginning on Christmas Eve through 1995, and it carried the audio of the Boston Pops ' Fourth of July concert and fireworks display from 2003 through 2016; additionally, WBZ, along with sister stations WODS (103.3 FM, now WBGB ) and WZLX (100.7 FM), carried

12648-475: The process of obtaining regulatory approval of the merger, WBZ would be one of sixteen stations that would be divested by Entercom, along with sister stations WBZ-FM and WZLX, as well as WRKO and WKAF ( WBMX , WODS, WEEI AM/FM and WAAF would be retained by Entercom, while WBZ-FM would be traded to Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for WMJX). On November 1, iHeartMedia announced that it would acquire WBZ (AM), WZLX, WRKO and WKAF. To meet ownership limits set by

12784-615: The radio Sports radio networks in the United States Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston . The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in

12920-455: The record for wins in a season, and in a league that had never seen a 100-point scorer before the 1968–69 season , the Bruins had four that year. All four (Orr, Esposito, Bucyk and Hodge) were named First Team All-Stars. Boston were favored to repeat as Cup champions but lost to the Canadiens (and rookie goaltender Ken Dryden ) in seven games. While the Bruins were not quite as dominant the next season, Esposito and Orr were once again one-two in

13056-438: The sale would be conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom was the surviving entity, separating WBZ radio (both 1030 and FM 98.5) from WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV; for the first time since WBZ-TV's inception in 1948, WBZ radio and television would be under separate ownership. On October 10, CBS Radio announced that as part of

13192-647: The sale, CBS Corporation entered into a long-term license agreement with iHeartMedia and Beasley Broadcast Group for continued usage of the call sign on both WBZ and WBZ-FM; corporate successor Paramount Global currently holds the trademark for "WBZ" as a brand. On March 30, 2018, iHeartMedia announced that anchor Rod Fritz was let go. On August 25, 2018, after 70 years, WBZ left the Soldiers Field Road studios (which continue to house WBZ-TV) and moved to facilities on Cabot Road in Medford, putting it in

13328-481: The same building as iHeartMedia's other Boston stations. On January 15, 2020, as part of an iHeartMedia restructuring, WBZ laid off political commentator Jon Keller (who remains with WBZ-TV), morning news anchor Deb Lawler, overnight host Bradley Jay, and sports anchor Tom Cuddy. In February 2007, the station created the WBZ Radio Hall of Fame. Gary LaPierre was the first inductee, on February 16; Gil Santos

13464-544: The scoring standings and Boston regained the Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers in six games in the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals . The 1972–73 season saw upheaval for the Bruins. Former head coach Sinden became the general manager. Bruins players Gerry Cheevers , Derek Sanderson , Johnny McKenzie and Ted Green left to join the World Hockey Association (WHA). Coach Tom Johnson

13600-716: The second-best regular season record after Pittsburgh, Boston was swept in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres . Bourque made the NHL All-Star First Team. The 1995 season was the Bruins' last at the Boston Garden . The final official match played in the Garden was a 3–0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 playoffs; the Bruins went on to play the final game at the old arena on September 28, 1995, in an exhibition matchup against

13736-507: The station as well that May. While Jordan Rich retained his weekend overnight show, the 2–5 a.m. portion of the program began to be simulcast on sister station WCCO in Minneapolis–Saint Paul . Long-time sports director Gil Santos retired after 38 years with the station on January 30, 2009; after a week-long fill-in by Bob Lobel, Walt Perkins took over as morning sports anchor on February 7. The Bruins once again left WBZ following

13872-452: The station began running commercials for the first time. Previously Westinghouse had financed its stations through the profits from radio receiver sales. During this time, the station became known for having its own troupe of actors and actresses who produced and performed live radio plays: the "WBZ Players" made their radio debut in the spring of 1928, and continued into the 1930s. By 1931, Westinghouse had concluded that WBZ's primary market

14008-468: The station in 1958. Another beloved WBZ host was Carl DeSuze, who joined WBZ in April 1942. He remained at the station until 1985. DeSuze was the station's morning man for over three decades. Another popular WBZ voice was longtime news anchor Gary LaPierre , who began at the station in September 1964. At the outset, WBZ's full-service radio format leaned toward middle of the road music, but also featuring an increasing amount of rock and roll . Within

14144-533: The station in the early 1990s and has worked for WBZ-TV, as its new morning news anchor, while Mathieu joined WGBH (89.7 FM) as its morning anchor. By the end of 2017, the staff included Deb Lawler and Josh Binswanger as morning anchors; Mary Blake and Rod Fritz as midday anchors; Jeff Brown and Laurie Kirby as afternoon anchors; and Dan Rea and Bradley Jay as nighttime talk show hosts. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM , WKAF , WRKO and WAAF );

14280-412: The station to return Brudnoy to the air by the end of September. It was late in 1985 that American Top 40 moved to WBZ from WROR (98.5 FM, now WBZ-FM ), remaining on WBZ until the program moved to WZOU (94.5 FM, now WJMN ) in 1988. WBZ continued its full-service AC format—by this point featuring four songs an hour —until January 1991, when Gulf War coverage led the station to stop playing music on

14416-399: The station's listeners were listening for the personalities and not the songs. Separately, morning show producer Bill Flaherty and morning host Tom Bergeron also concluded that it was not appropriate for WBZ to play music in the midst of the war. The format change became permanent on March 4, 1991; concurrently, WBZ began promoting itself as "Boston's News Station", positioning the station as

14552-517: The station's location in a mid-sized city rendered it somewhat difficult to attract top-flight artists. That prompted Westinghouse to open a remote studio on February 24, 1924, at the Hotel Brunswick in Boston. 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. Following the opening of the Boston studio, WBZ expanded its news programming via

14688-566: The successful era of the late 1950s. There followed a long and difficult reconstruction period in the early to mid-1960s. Weston Adams repurchased the Bruins in 1964 after Brown's death. Adams signed future superstar defenseman Bobby Orr , who entered the league in 1966 . Orr was that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the second NHL All-Star Team. Despite Orr's stellar rookie season,

14824-405: The team fell to the Canadiens in seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals during the 2014 playoffs . In the 2014–15 season , the Bruins finished with a record of 41–27–14 for 96 points, missing out on the playoffs by just two points after the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators clinched the final two playoff spots in the East. The Bruins therefore became only the third team to miss

14960-406: The team finishing in last place in the division. After the disappointing 2006–07 season , Lewis was fired as coach, replaced by Claude Julien . The 2007–08 campaign saw the Bruins finish 41–29–12 and making the playoffs. Although Bruins center Patrice Bergeron was injured with a concussion most of the season, youngsters Milan Lucic , David Krejci and Vladimir Sobotka showed promise in

15096-479: The team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores . On December 1, 1924, the Bruins won the first ever NHL game played in the United States, hosting the Montreal Maroons at Boston Arena , with Smokey Harris scoring the first-ever Bruins goal, spurring the Bruins to a 2–1 win. This would be one of the few high points of the season, as

15232-545: The then-expanded playoffs by a comfortable margin. In their first-ever playoff run, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Finals where they lost to the Ottawa Senators in the first Stanley Cup Finals between exclusively NHL teams. The Stanley Cup -winning game for the Senators would see Bruins' Billy Coutu attack the referee, earning him a ban from the NHL for life, the only in league history. The 1928–29 season

15368-411: The time, WBZ broadcast a few hours of local programming, including Vaudeville -like musical performances from Max Zides, Tom Currier, and others, during those hours when NBC was not feeding programs to affiliates. The station expanded into television on June 9, 1948, when WBZ-TV (channel 4) first signed on as an NBC television affiliate. Westinghouse built new studios at 1170 Soldiers Field Road in

15504-530: The top 40 format — first from WMEX, which had programmed a top 40 format since 1957, then from WRKO, which adopted the format in 1967 — led WBZ to shift its music programming to adult contemporary in 1969, playing several songs an hour between 6 and 9 a.m. (though it was not unheard of for Carl DeSuze to play only one, if any, song an hour during his show), 10 to 12 songs an hour between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 4 to 6 songs an hour between 4 and 7 p.m. At night, WBZ programmed talk shows , with such hosts as Guy Mainella,

15640-452: The tower on August 31, 1954. A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes. Don Kent started as a meteorologist at the station in 1951, for a tenure that would endure for over three decades. The following year, WBZ expanded its broadcasting schedule to 24-hour-a-day programming. During the 1950s, entertainment shows began moving to television, with the amount of music programming on radio increasing as

15776-502: The world's oldest (built 1909–10) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition . Following the Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995 , when they moved to the TD Garden . In 1924, the NHL made the decision to expand to the United States. The previous year in 1923, sports promoter Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for

15912-405: Was Boston, so on February 21 the station began using a new transmitter site located at Millis, Massachusetts . The site was chosen to provide service not only to Boston but also to Worcester and Providence, Rhode Island . At the same time WBZA was transferred from Boston to using the East Springfield transmitter, which now operated with 1,000 watts and relayed WBZ's programming to an area that

16048-460: Was constructed, consisting of two 520-foot- (160-meter) tall towers. The move was twofold: the Millis site, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Boston, had not provided as strong a signal to the market as was intended, even after power increases to 25,000 watts in 1931 and 50,000 watts in 1933. A key disadvantage of the Millis site was that the signal had to travel over land to Boston. In contrast

16184-500: Was fired 52 games into the season, replaced by Bep Guidolin . The Adams family, which had owned the team since its founding in the 1920s, sold it to Storer Broadcasting . The Bruins' season came to a premature end in a first-round loss to the Rangers in the 1973 playoffs . In 1974, the Bruins regained their first-place standing in the regular season, with three 100-point scorers on the team (Esposito, Orr, and Hodge). However, they lost

16320-566: Was granted its first license by the United States Department of Commerce on September 15, 1921, and was originally located in Springfield, Massachusetts , before moving to Boston in 1931. It is the oldest broadcasting station in New England, and one of the oldest in the United States. It was founded, and owned for most of its existence, by Westinghouse Broadcasting and its successor CBS Radio . WBZ has long been one of

16456-633: Was inadequately served by the Millis transmitter. The Boston studios (which now served as WBZ's main studios) moved as well, relocating on July 1, 1931, to the Hotel Bradford. (Some programs continued to originate from the WBZA Springfield studios at the Hotel Kimball.) WBZ offered its first Boston Marathon coverage on April 19, 1931. The following year, Westinghouse leased WBZ and WBZA to NBC, while maintaining ownership of

16592-405: Was issued a Limited Commercial license with the randomly assigned call sign WBZ. The new station initially transmitted on a wavelength of 375 meters (800 kHz), before moving to 360 meters (833 kHz) with a power of 100 watts. It was located at the company's East Springfield facility on Page Boulevard. WBZ's inaugural program on September 19 was a remote broadcast originating from

16728-1215: Was known as WEEI from 1990 to 1994) WPLM-FM 99.1: Plymouth, Massachusetts (1982-1990) WITS 1510: Boston (1978-1982; now WMEX ) WHDH 850: Boston (1946-1969; now WEEI ) WNAC 1230 (until March 29, 1941); 1260 (after March 29, 1941): Boston (1929-1935; 1942-1946; now WBIX ) WAAB 1410 (until March 29, 1941); 1440 (after March 29, 1941): Boston (1935-1942; now WVEI in Worcester) Former affiliates (29 stations) [ edit ] WARA 1320: Attleboro, Massachusetts (1990-1991) WBAE 1490: Portland, Maine (regular season) WBCQ-FM 94.7: Monticello, Maine (2012-?) WBET 1460 Brockton, Massachusetts (1978-1990; now WBMS ) WBSM 1420: New Bedford, Massachusetts (2010–20??) WCME 900: Brunswick, Maine (2013–?) WEAN-FM 99.7: Wakefield - Peacedale, Rhode Island (2013 Stanley Cup Championship only) WGAM 1250: Manchester, New Hampshire WGAW 1340: Gardner, Massachusetts (2011-2012 season) WGHM 900: Nashua, New Hampshire WHLL 1450: Springfield, Massachusetts WLYT 92.5 Haverhill, Massachusetts (1978-1990; now WXRV ; station

16864-1293: Was known as WHAV-FM from 1978 to 1982) WMYF 1380: Portsmouth, New Hampshire (2012-2015; now defunct) WMEX 106.5: Farmington, New Hampshire (????-2008; now WNHI , part of the Air 1 satellite network) WOXO-FM 92.7: Norway, Maine (2012-?) WPRO 630: Providence, Rhode Island (2013 Stanley Cup Championship only) WPRV 790: Providence, Rhode Island (2011-2013) WSAR 1480: Fall River, Massachusetts WSMN 1590: Nashua, New Hampshire (2012–?) WSNO 1450: Barre, Vermont WTBM 100.7: Mexico, Maine (now WIGY-FM ) WTSL 1400: Hanover, New Hampshire (2012–?) WTSV 1230: Claremont, New Hampshire (2012–?) WVAE 1400: Biddeford, Maine WVMT 620 Burlington, Vermont (2010-2011) WWOD 93.9: Woodstock, Vermont (?-2012) WWON 1240: Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1984–1985; now WOON ) WZAN 970: Portland, Maine (?-2012; Playoffs only) WZON 620: Bangor, Maine (?-2012) References [ edit ] ^ http://www.fybush.com/nerw-20140811/ NERW 8/11/2014: A Big, Bullish Push for Country ^ Providence Journal Sports On The Radio: February 28, 1991, page G-4. ^ WPRO/WEAN-FM's announcement that they will be carrying

17000-506: Was local sportswriter Frank Ryan . Its broadcast of the Boston Braves' home opener on April 14, 1925, made WBZ the first Boston station to broadcast a local major league baseball game; the announcer was comedian (and baseball fan) Joe E. Brown . WBZ increased its transmitter power to 2,000 watts by April 1925. But the station still had difficulty reaching Boston listeners. This led Westinghouse to inaugurate, on August 20, 1925,

17136-552: Was moved first into late evenings and then into afternoons, and ultimately left the station in May 1987. In the 1980s, WBZ began to cut back on its music programming; for instance, an expanded afternoon news block was launched on December 2, 1985. The following year, David Brudnoy began to host the station's late-evening talk show. In June 1990, WBZ announced that it would replace Brudnoy with Tom Snyder 's ABC Radio talk show, with his last show airing July 13; listener complaints led

17272-566: Was purchasing CBS , a transaction that was completed on November 24; as a result, WBZ came under the CBS Radio banner. 76 years of Westinghouse ownership came to an end on December 1, 1997, when the Westinghouse Electric Corporation changed its name to CBS Corporation. CBS's radio stations, including WBZ, were spun off into a new public company, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation , in 1998 (a move that removed

17408-424: Was relicensed in early 1922 as WGI .) Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. government formally established regulations to define a broadcasting station, by setting aside two wavelengths — 360 meters for entertainment, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for official weather and other government reports — and requiring the stations to hold a Limited Commercial license. WBZ was one of a handful of stations which already met

17544-459: Was replaced by Jon Grayson (whose show originates from St. Louis sister station KMOX ), while Dyett and Desmarais were replaced by the syndicated Kim Komando Show . After listener efforts were made to restore LeVeille and Dyett to the station, WBZ announced on January 27, 2009, that LeVeille would reassume his shift on February 2, while Dyett would host a half-hour early morning public affairs program on Sundays. Cuddy would subsequently return to

17680-640: Was shifted to its present frequency, 1030 kHz. WBZ transferred from the Blue Network to the NBC Red Network on June 15, 1942. This allowed the station to retain a link with NBC after the Justice Department ordered NBC to divest of one its two radio networks. (It opted to sell the Blue Network, which became ABC, the American Broadcasting Company .) Like other major-market network-affiliated radio stations of

17816-432: Was taken over by Steve LeVeille, and his Saturday night/Sunday morning show went to former WSSH-FM (99.5, now WCRB ) morning host Jordan Rich . Bob Lobel (by now WBZ-TV's sports director) and Upton Bell returned to the station on May 17, 1997, for a Sunday night sports show (with Calling All Sports moving to Saturdays). Another sports show, The McDonoughs on Sports with Sean McDonough and Will McDonough aired during

17952-406: Was the first played at Boston Garden . In 1929, the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup in two games. Standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver , Dit Clapper , Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson . The season after that, 1929–30 , the Bruins posted the best-ever regular season winning percentage in the NHL (.875,

18088-1002: Was the radio home of Boston meteorologist Don Kent . In November 1920, the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company established its first broadcasting station, KDKA , located in its plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . The station was set up to promote the sale of Westinghouse radio receivers. 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 . On September 15, 1921, Westinghouse

18224-422: Was traded to the Blackhawks, the only remaining quality young player was forward Johnny Peirson . During the 1948–49 season , the original form of the "spoked-B" logo, with a small number "24" to the left of the capital B signifying the calendar year in the 20th century in which the Bruins team first played, and a similarly small "49" to the right of the "B", appeared on their home uniforms. The following season,

18360-780: Was transferred from Westinghouse to the Radio Corporation of America in May 1923), and a WBZ program commemorating the 150th anniversary of Paul Revere 's "Midnight Ride" was also fed to WRC in Washington, D.C., and WGY in Schenectady, New York . This paved the way for the station to become a charter affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on November 15, 1926, carrying the WJZ-originated NBC Blue Network beginning on January 1, 1927. With this change

18496-579: Was wiped out by a lockout , and Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans. The Bruins fired general manager Mike O'Connell in March and the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in five years. Peter Chiarelli was hired as the new general manager of the team. Head coach Mike Sullivan was fired and Dave Lewis , former coach of the Detroit Red Wings, was hired to replace him. The Bruins signed star defenseman Zdeno Chara , and center Marc Savard . The 2006–07 season ended in

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