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Hey.. Just found this message board.. pretty good. I lived in the Cincinnati (S.W. Ohio) area until about 1977.. Worked at a few stations. My question. why does this name: KEVIN FODER.. sound familiar? Who is KEVIN FODER?
 
Chuck:

I'm not sure where you know me from...

But around 1977 or so, I was a newsperson at either:

WONE/WTUE in Dayton, or WAVI/WDAO in Dayton.

By 1978, I was News Director for WCIN in Cincinnati and was there till around late 1980.

Any of that ring a bell?
 
But Kevin's true claim to fame was in 76 when he was the "voice of authority" at WDHK in Wilmington.
He was the man that kept the place together.
 
Jerry:

So, you remember that FCC inspection, huh?

For the record, the station had been in the process of a sale to a new owner and, for some godforsaken reason, I was selected as "Acting General Manager" at age 18 (I think!). Basically, I was told to just keep the place on the air till the new owner got there.

Unfortunately for me, the FCC got there before the new owner did. Which is how we discovered the previous owner didn't keep stuff...like, uh...transmitter logs. All of the employees had been told that the owner and his family all had FCC licenses and lived at the transmitter site and handled such matters. (That part was true...at least the part that they lived at the site and were licensed.)

My look of frantic desperation must have made the inspector take pity on us...he didn't shut us down (though he informed me he could). Instead, I was instructed to closely monitor the transmitter until the new owner got there on Monday. (And, take readings every 3 hours!)

That ancient "Rust" transmitter (that was the name of the brand) finally gave up the ghost two nights later. Just 12 hours before the new owner arrived.

Things got better after that, but if I managed to do anything, I managed to (almost) keep it on the air.

So...there you go!
 
KevinFodor said:
That ancient "Rust" transmitter (that was the name of the brand) finally gave up the ghost two nights later.
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Back in the early-80s I witnessed an unfortunate experience with an ancient Rust remote control unit at a small AM station in Kentucky. Prominent in the center was an old-telephone-style rotary dialer. Insert your index finger and dial “9” to adjust the juice. The trouble was – “9” often turned out to be “8” – and that took the station off the air. A friend working there found himself the victim of that malady one afternoon while I was visiting; and he couldn’t get the rig back up. Concerned listeners began calling the control room “Swap Shop” line... He answered and cheerfully said “I’m sorry, we were making a phone call and it knocked us off the air – let me try to dial again and maybe that will kick us back on.” After the second try – it did!
 
Kevin, you may not remember my Mamaw, but she lived in Sabina and baked pies for all the DJ's. I think she my have made you a pumpkin pie, but I'm not sure.
 
DJ Oldschool said:
Kevin, you may not remember my Mamaw, but she lived in Sabina and baked pies for all the DJ's. I think she my have made you a pumpkin pie, but I'm not sure.
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You know what? I believe she did!
 
I'm at Cox Radio in Dayton...

On the air at WHKO (K-99.1 FM) and WHIO AM/FM (1290/95.7)

I am also Assistant Program Director for WZLR-FM (95.3)
 
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