during their time as wbz fm . for 98.5 in boston before wbz fm in 2009 see wbmx fm . for 106.7 in boston after wbz fm in 1981 see wmjx . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message wbz fm city boston massachusetts broadcast area greater boston branding 98.5 the sports hub slogan boston s home for sports frequency 98.5 mhz also on hd radio first air date october 1948 as wnac fm 1 august 13 2009 2009 08 13 current format as wbz fm format sports radio hd2 wbcn hd3 wbz simulcast erp 9 000 watts haat 349 meters class b facility id 1901 transmitter coordinates 42 18 27.4 n 71 13 25.2 w 42.307611 n 71.223667 w 42.307611 ; 71.223667 wbz fm callsign meaning from heritage sister station wbz am former callsigns wnac fm 1948 1958 wrko fm 1958 1968 wror 1968 1991 wbmx fm 1991 2009 affiliations cbs sports radio new england patriots radio network boston bruins radio network boston celtics radio network owner cbs radio cbs radio stations inc. sister stations wbmx wbz wbz tv wods wsbk tv wzlx webcast listen live hd2 listen live website www.985thesportshub.com www.wbcn.com hd2 wbz fm is a sports radio station known as 98.5 the sports hub and broadcasting on 98.5 mhz in boston massachusetts . owned by cbs radio the current wbz fm began on august 8 2009 and competes with am and fm sports talk station weei . wbz fm is home to the boston bruins new england patriots boston celtics and new england revolution radio networks . its studios are located in allston district of boston and its transmitter is in newton . wbz fm has been the callsign of three broadcast stations in boston massachusetts since 1943 all associated with westinghouse broadcasting cbs radio one from 1943 to 1954 ; one from 1957 to 1981 which became wmjx ; and the new format from august 2009 which uses the frequency of the old wror wbmx . contents 1 callsign timeline 2 first wbz fm 3 second wbz fm 106.7 4 third wbz fm 98.5 4.1 shows and staff 5 references 6 external links callsign timeline edit 1943 w67b at 46.7 mhz becomes the first wbz fm 1946 wbz fm moves to 100.7 mhz 1947 wbz fm moves to 92.9 mhz 1954 first wbz fm goes off the air 1957 106.7 goes on the air as the second wbz fm 1981 106.7 sold ; 106.7 drops wbz fm callsign to become wmjx 2009 98.5 drops wbmx fm callsign to become third wbz fm first wbz fm edit the first wbz fm had its origins in a construction permit held by westinghouse electric & manufacturing company to operate at 42.6 mhz ; 2 this facility signed on as w1xk on november 7 1940 from the hull transmitter site of sister station wbz . 3 westinghouse soon sought a commercial fm license and on february 19 1941 was granted a construction permit for w67b on 46.7 ; 4 w1xk left the air for good on december 28 1941 and w67b signed on march 29 1942 . 3 the call letters became wbz fm on november 2 1943 . 3 initially w67b wbz fm was largely separately programmed 3 though in later years it became a simulcast of its am sister station . 5 after the federal communications commission fcc moved the fm band to 88 106 mhz later expanded to 108 wbz fm began to operate on 100.7 mhz on january 1 1946 while still operating on 46.7 as well . 3 the frequency again changed to 92.9 mhz on august 10 1947 3 the 100.7 frequency was reoccupied by wcop fm now sister station wzlx in 1948 . 6 wbz fm s transmitter moved to the wbz tv channel 4 tower at the stations new studios in the allston brighton portion of boston in 1948 7 with 92.9 operations from hull ceasing on july 23 and the 46.7 operation shutting down on november 21 . 3 the tower was destroyed by hurricane carol on august 31 1954 ; after that point wbz fm s operations were discontinued and the license surrendered to the fcc 8 which deleted it and a springfield sister station wbza fm 97.1 on november 22 1954 . 9 the 92.9 frequency has been occupied by wbos since 1960 . second wbz fm 106.7 edit for 106.7 after wbz fm see wmjx . after securing a new license for operation on 106.7 mhz westinghouse reactivated wbz fm on december 15 1957 . 10 the station initially operated only from 5 p.m. midnight with a classical music format branded westinghouse fine music in boston ; in 1959 wbz fm expanded its operating hours by simulcasting the am sister station during periods in which the station had signed off . 5 after live programming was replaced with tapes of classical music in january 1960 wbz fm s separate programming was expanded with the simulcast continuing in mornings . 5 on december 31 1971 wbz fm became a rock music station as rockin stereo 106.7 11 programming mostly top 40 with some album cuts . although automated it featured voice tracked announcing from clark smidt who also programmed the station and ken shelton . for a time in the mid 1970s wbz fm was boston s second most popular top 40 station only trailing wrko . in 1975 both smidt and shelton left to join wcoz which was changing formats from beautiful music to album oriented rock . by 1979 wbz fm had drifted into an automated album oriented rock format itself which remained in place through 1981 . as a rock station wbz fm also simulcast the hourly newscasts from the am side the commercial spots on which were the only commercials heard on the fm side . in 1981 wbz fm was sold to greater media becoming that company s first boston station . under the new ownership the station signed off for a couple of weeks at the very end of 1981 . before signing back on as magic in january 1982 with the call letters wmjx the station installed a new transmitter and raised the height of the antenna on the wbz tv tower . a few years later the transmission equipment was relocated to the prudential tower giving 106.7 a great signal in downtown boston . third wbz fm 98.5 edit for 98.5 before wbz fm see wbmx fm . wbz fm s studios in brighton shared with cbs other boston fm stations . in july 2009 cbs radio announced that it would re introduce wbz fm as a sports radio station named 98.5 the sports hub on august 13 12 moving the existing hot ac mix 98.5 wbmx fm to 104.1 as mix 104.1 on august 12 13 and the existing active rock 104.1 wbcn to hd radio subchannel 2 on the new 98.5 removing it from analog . 98.5 then stunted starting at 2 am on the 12th with a loop of the song move along by the all american rejects while mix voiceover ann dewig and djs of mix redirected listeners to 104.1 until the sports hub launched at 1 pm on the 13th . 98.5 the sports hub was created to go head to head against weei at the time the top rated sports radio station in the boston market . two years later weei would add an fm simulcast a reaction to the success wbz fm was enjoying as an fm sports talker . the sports hub amended its slogan from boston s new fm home for sports to boston s home for sports . the call sign wbz fm was assigned to the station on august 5 2009 . shows and staff edit boston bruins games moved to wbz fm from wbz . 13 the toucher and rich show and new england patriots games came from wbcn . it was announced on september 26 2013 that the station has become the new flagship of the boston celtics radio network replacing weei fm with select games airing on wzlx due to conflicts . 14 patriots radio broadcast staff bob socci play by play scott zolak color commentator marc bertrand host of pre game and post game shows chris gasper host of pregame show steve deossie host of postgame show celtics radio broadcast staff sean grande play by play cedric maxwell color commentator jon wallach fill in play by play bruins radio broadcast team dave goucher play by play bob beers color commentator ryan johnson fill in play by play revolution radio broadcast team brad feldman play by play jeff causey color commentator former andy gresh damon amendolara crash clark gil santos gino cappelletti 15 references edit yankee fm . ggn information systems . retrieved january 15 2012 . halper donna ; 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