WBCN employees go out on strike.

Employees at the station walk out after new owner Hemisphere Broadcasting fires 90% of the staff, including most of the on-air talent. The strike ends when employees are rehired on March 13, 1979. Michael Knight of the New York Times later writes, “It was a famous victory, everyone agreed, although no one could agree on what exactly had been won aside from the temporary reinstatement of 19 employees . . .”