The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1980s

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1981

1982

1983

July 14

WBOS-FM switches from rock to country music.

1984

Dec.

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.

1989

Apr. 27

WBOS-FM drops country.

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