1570 AM WBUZ was on the air in Fredonia, New York from 1957 until 1991. Their FCC license renewal problems began in 1981 with the owner's alleged blatant discrimination against an African-American woman who applied to work as a secretary as well as his refusal to grant equal time to opposing views surrounding local police and public housing. A few years later the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers revoked WBUZ's license to play songs by
ASCAP artists due to the owner's defaulting on royalty payments. Listeners also complained that contests were held but prizes never awarded or were kept by the owner.
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I wonder how far back those complaints about contest prizes went? I won a contest waaaay back in the early 1970's - a three album special! Yeah - they never could find those albums that I won in the contest and eventually stuck me with one crappy, used LP from their library.
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