178:. Four of the five employees voted in favor; the fifth was absent the day of the election. After staff members David DeCosmo and Robert Pavlick were dismissed by management, on October 12, the four employees voted to strike; the station claimed their affiliation to NABET ineffective and charged the union with unfair practices for waiving its initiation fee. However, it would take another three months for a strike to happen. When it did, after negotiations broke down between the union and owner Adelman at 12:45 p.m. on January 14, 1965, it represented the final end for WHZN.
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with rival bids from Summit
Broadcasting and CBM, Inc., in March 1969. The competing applicants merged in 1971; the next year, an FCC administrative law judge recommended denial of the Broadcasters 7 application. The decision, upheld by a review board in 1974, found that Broadcasters 7 had not done
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Hazleton, not for Hazleton, and that the station would not provide the requisite coverage of West Hazleton. While lawyers fought at the FCC, the facilities took damage: equipment was stolen in 1971, and a 1973 fire caused heavy interior damage.
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WTHT signed on
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162:, United States. It operated as WTHT from 1961 to 1964 and WHZN from 1964 to 1965. The station was owned by Lou Adelman and closed due to a strike by union workers amid mounting financial and regulatory troubles.
197:. When the commission set a conference prior to the renewal hearing, Adelman told the commission that he was not in a financial condition to proceed. He then surrendered the WHZN license to the FCC in February.
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351:"Vote For Union At Radio Station WHZN"
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183:Federal Communications Commission
635:. September 18, 1972. p. 65
357:. September 16, 1964. p. 24
577:. November 7, 1966. p. 108
548:. February 24, 1966. p. 14
496:. February 15, 1965. p. 52
467:. December 14, 1964. p. 44
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522:. October 29, 1965. p. 32
438:. November 2, 1964. p. 47
429:"WHZN renewal set for hearing"
409:. January 15, 1965. p. 13
383:. October 13, 1964. p. 14
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279:. October 23, 1961. p. 15
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739:. August 19, 1981. p. 21
606:. March 24, 1969. p. 163
331:. August 20, 1964. p. 15
403:"Station WHZN Still Off Air"
299:"Radio Station To Open Soon"
253:. 1965. p. B-130 (293)
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687:. July 6, 1971. p. 15
516:"Absentee Owner Says Sell"
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759:"Open New Radio Station"
656:"FCC 74R-125: Decision"
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1726:Stroudsburg
1081:Translators
65:Lou Adelman
1756:Categories
1711:Binghamton
823:, and the
660:FCC Record
230:References
113:1965-01-14
93:1961-10-25
1299:call sign
1201:frequency
226:in 1982.
54:Ownership
42:Frequency
1737:See also
813:Scranton
156:1300 kHz
1678:Defunct
1649:WVMW-FM
1632:WVIA-FM
1582:WPNX700
1555:WLMZ-FM
1511:WILK-FM
1288:106.9-2
1283:106.9-1
1278:103.1-2
1273:103.1-1
1268:102.3-2
1263:102.3-1
1258:101.3-2
1253:101.3-1
815:–
769:June 5,
743:June 5,
717:June 5,
691:June 5,
665:June 5,
639:June 5,
610:June 5,
581:June 5,
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471:June 5,
442:June 5,
413:June 5,
387:June 5,
361:June 5,
335:June 5,
309:June 5,
283:June 5,
257:June 5,
166:History
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76:History
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1392:W297AF
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1327:W241AZ
1322:W237DP
1317:W235AA
1312:W223CC
1307:W205AG
1248:98.5-2
1243:98.5-1
1238:89.9-3
1233:89.9-2
1228:89.9-1
1208:162.55
1117:W241BB
1112:W241AZ
244:"WHZN"
141:1,000
1659:WXL43
1184:107.9
1179:107.3
1174:106.9
1169:106.1
1164:105.5
1159:104.5
1154:104.3
1149:102.7
1144:101.7
1139:100.7
1134:100.5
1129:100.3
1108:96.1
1071:107.7
1066:106.9
1061:105.9
1056:104.9
1051:103.5
1046:103.1
1041:102.3
1036:101.3
1031:100.1
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143:watts
137:Power
59:Owner
46:1300
1669:WZZH
1664:WYCK
1654:WWRR
1627:WUSR
1622:WTRW
1617:WSJR
1612:WRKC
1607:WRGN
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1587:WPSN
1577:WPAU
1572:WMMZ
1567:WMGS
1550:WLMZ
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1540:WLGD
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1523:WITK
1506:WILK
1501:WICK
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1457:WEZX
1452:WEJL
1447:WCLH
1442:WCDL
1437:WCDJ
1432:WBYH
1427:WBSX
1422:WBHD
1417:WBHT
1412:WAZL
1407:WARM
1402:WAAF
1124:99.5
1104:95.3
1099:94.9
1094:92.5
1089:88.9
1026:99.5
1021:98.5
1016:97.9
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1006:95.7
1001:94.3
996:93.7
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912:1590
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902:1490
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