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First Fave Central PA Station

Music Radio WKBO (1230) ...although, I think I was a fan of WFEC in the '60s, KBO was the first staton that I was truly hooked on.<P ID="signature">______________
Apathy is bliss.</P>
 
AM960 WHYL. Playing your kind of music.*

* I was paid to say that.<P ID="signature">______________
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> WSBA, "THE MIGHTY 910". I grew up with Hal Raymond, Bill Campbell, Ralph Lockwood, and the legendary Ed Lincoln. Never will be another station like it!
>
 
> > WSBA, "THE MIGHTY 910". I grew up with Hal Raymond, Bill
> Campbell, Ralph Lockwood, and the legendary Ed Lincoln.
> Never will be another station like it!

WSBA's jingles were excellent.

My favorite: 1130/WEEO in Waynesboro. This kilowatt daytimer had a hell of a run as a hot CHR in the early 70's before FM took over. Sadly, the station went dark in the early 90's when the land its 3 towers were on became worth more than the station was worth, and it was too expensive to move them.
 
> 94KX. Tom Shannon and Terry Ford ruled
>
mix 99.3 1993-96 working with schteddy eddy and jeffro t mason what a hoot. what a dumpy building too. but then again the listeners could care less if your broadcasting out of a porta pottie as long as you have a godd product
 
WLS (i know, but we lived in the boonies, couldnt get anything from this area back then)
 
Nice 101.3 WNCE<P ID="signature">______________

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> > 94KX. Tom Shannon and Terry Ford ruled
> >
> mix 99.3 1993-96 working with schteddy eddy and jeffro t
> mason what a hoot. what a dumpy building too. but then
> again the listeners could care less if your broadcasting out
> of a porta pottie as long as you have a godd product
>
Solid Rock 92.7 - Starview.
 
> > > 94KX. Tom Shannon and Terry Ford ruled
> > >
> > mix 99.3 1993-96 working with schteddy eddy and jeffro t
> > mason what a hoot. what a dumpy building too. but then
> > again the listeners could care less if your broadcasting
> out
> > of a porta pottie as long as you have a godd product
> >
> Solid Rock 92.7 - Starview.

Speaking of shoddy buildings....
 
> > >
> > Solid Rock 92.7 - Starview.
>
> Speaking of shoddy buildings....

If you want to talk shoddy buildings, it'd be hard to beat 98YCR. This 1953 art deco is a real gem. All potable water came from coolers, as the well was contaminated with gas from the emergency generator's underground fuel tank, which had leaked into the ground. Bare cement floors, could not carpet because the heat came from hot water pipes embedded in the floors! The late John Lawrence once had a cow come into the production room via the open back door. WHy was it open? No heat or A/C in production. You had to wear a jacket to do production in the winter. Also had the most ancient Coke machine I'd ever seen---a carousel type arrangement---but they were only a dime!

AS for the fave station---WSBA when I was 8 or so, then WZIX, then I got a better radio and discovered WFIL, WCAO, and realized I didn't live in a major market!
 
> If you want to talk shoddy buildings, it'd be hard to beat
> 98YCR. This 1953 art deco is a real gem. All potable water
> came from coolers, as the well was contaminated with gas
> from the emergency generator's underground fuel tank, which
> had leaked into the ground. Bare cement floors, could not
> carpet because the heat came from hot water pipes embedded
> in the floors! The late John Lawrence once had a cow come
> into the production room via the open back door. WHy was it
> open? No heat or A/C in production. You had to wear a
> jacket to do production in the winter. Also had the most
> ancient Coke machine I'd ever seen---a carousel type
> arrangement---but they were only a dime!

The building was still pretty bad as close as 2.5 years ago when I worked there. However, they just completed a multi-million (from what I understand) dollar renovation. Everything is brand new and state of the art. Supposed to be an amazing building now. I've yet to stop by and check it out, but its something I definitly want to do.<P ID="signature">______________
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http://www.makmckeehan.com
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And eventhough I was no big country fan, I loved Todd Jeffers and Feerless Fremish on Z107, as my mom drove me to school.....

Anybody seen the ZBear??
 
> 98YCR. This 1953 art deco is a real gem.

Founder John Bare used to raise beef cattle. I remember walking out the back production room door and seeing cows grazing in the field when I worked there in the 70's. The WHVR production room featured an RCA board from the 1940's. The same model is pictured in Cousin Bruce Morrow's autobiography in a picture of Bruce in broadcasting school in New York in the early 50's. I've seen the new building...it IS beautiful...its sad to see the "museum" go, though...
 
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