Re: Big purple digit

In article <fu3qkp$m50$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> Ah.  I misunderstood, and thought it was the first satellite
> channel intended for to be directly received by (paying) members
> of the general public.  If not, what was so special about it?
> Cable TV existed long before Turner bought WTBS, right?

Before he bought the station that he renamed to WTBS, you mean.  Up
until 1980-mumble that call sign belonged to student-run FM radio at
MIT, with "TBS" unofficially standing for "Tech Broadcasting Service"
iirc.  Turner _really_ wanted those call letters, though, so he gave
the MIT station some absurd amount of money with which to buy new
equipment and in exchange they went to the FCC and requested and
received permission to change their call sign, freeing up "WTBS" for
Turner to grab.  They're now WMBR, which unofficially identifies
where they broadcast from: Walker Memorial Basement Radio. :-)

-- wds