And indeed, a month after that “25th anniversary” broadcast
of Chappaquiddick on Howie’s show, Howie moved to 680
from bostonradio.org profile on WEEI 850:
>>It proved to be the last format change for WHDH. In mid-1994, ARS announced its purchase of the programming and call letters of Back Bay Broadcasting’s WEEI 590. The change came in late August; Friday, August 26 was the last weekday for WHDH, and on the last live program, talk host Howie Carr took to the sidewalk outside 7 Bulfinch Place to auction off the contents of the WHDH studios for charity. At midnight, August 28, the last WHDH programming came to an end, and an anonymous board operator sent the station to the history books with a recorded toilet flush.
The next morning, WEEI’s sports programming made its debut on 850