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Born to be a Broadcaster..another Chris Dipaola Projo story

Chris gets BIG ups from me, proving that local radio can indeed work. I started out in 1977 as WERI's chief engineer and board op for Mets and Sox games. Even then, the station was very heavily into local news, sports, and remotes.
 
DG02816 said:
Chris gets BIG ups from me, proving that local radio can indeed work. I started out in 1977 as WERI's chief engineer and board op for Mets and Sox games. Even then, the station was very heavily into local news, sports, and remotes.
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Ha! I beat you there by almost 20 years! I worked with Chuck when we put the 5-kW Gates FM on the air but I think you've heard that song. At that time the studio was at 11 Railroad Avenue, over Nick's Railroad Cafe. The original studio was at the back of the building and, when I got there, Chuck was just firing up a new studio on the front (cute little Gates Studioette board) and my newsroom was also on the front across the glass. Hellish when the trains come through in summertime and the windows were open.

I know WERI later moved into the newer building with the Urso law offices a couple of doors up but recent FCC AM query suggests the studio is now upstairs somewhere on High Street. Have I got it about right?

I'm guessing the ground system on Margin Street has been redone at least once since those days and is probably buried under about a million cubic yards of asphalt! It still looks (in photos) like the same old tower....
 
Velvet,

It IS the same tower, but a lot of work was put into Margin St. in the station's WXNI NPR days.
When I was there the studios were at 19 Railroad Ave. Studios are now at 16 High St. in Westerly.
 
I remember Chris when he had the "low power" network going, when I was Chief at WERI (Early 90's).
I give him a lot of credit. He stuck with it and made it happen. Good local radio is hard to find these days.
(Hey, Dave!...).
 
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