WHUE-FM sold to First Media, becomes WCOZ for one week,
then goes silent.
1985
Jan. 1
WCOZ-FM becomes WKKT, flips to CHR.
Oct. 29
WKKT flips to classic rock, becomes WZLX.
1987
Mar. 3
WHDH and WZOU sold to Sconnix.
May 13
WMBR adds stereo.
1988
Mar. 31
Southfield Communications LP (Douglas Tanger) agrees to buy
WVCA-FM (104.9 Gloucester) from Simon Geller for $1 million;
the FCC approves the sale on May 26.
May 18
WVCA-FM (104.9 Gloucester) applies to move to a new transmitter
site, on Kondelin Road in Cape Ann Industrial Park, where it
would operate at 2.5 kW from 110 meters above average
terrain (up from 75 m on the old tower).
June 8
The sale of WVCA-FM (104.9 Gloucester) to Southfield
Communications closes. Geller retires to an apartment on
Manhattan's Upper West Side.
June 18
WVCA-FM (104.9 Gloucester) adopts new callsign WBOQ, keeping
the classical music format but with the new station identity
“W-Bach”.
June 30
The FCC grants WBOQ (104.9 Gloucester)'s application for a
new transmitter site with increased power and antenna
height.
Oct. 27
WBOQ (104.9 Gloucester) applies to amend its previously
granted construction permit, reducing the requested power from
2.5 kW to 1.531 kW while increasing antenna height from 110 to
136 meters above average terrain, at the same Cape Ann
Industrial Park site.