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New WKBO tribute wbsite

I started to check out the site, but became annoyed by the pop-up that won't go away; so I left the site. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind checking it out again some day.
 
most air talent from WFEC are now in prison or on parole. They need the help of Bob Alexander (Bob Klepic)! (job placement!)
 
to clarify----WFEC was the Top40 station in Harrisburg till WKBO knocked it off. I was at WFEC under another name not to be revealed here.
 
jayedwards said:
to clarify----WFEC was the Top40 station in Harrisburg till WKBO knocked it off. I was at WFEC under another name not to be revealed here.
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Why? Are you an escaped prisoner? ;D
 
No Scott --but many former employers in radio-tv-film-video-theater-internet-- are looking for me!
 
now what we need is a WFEC tribute site----operated by Lucky Pierre!!!! (I think he's in LA!!!!)
 
it's amazing there's no tribute site for the old top40 WSBA! that station had a major market sound! The best station ever in central Pa! (WKBO, WFEC, WLAN came close but WSBA had the best sound.)
 
now what we need is a WFEC tribute site----operated by Lucky Pierre!!!! (I think he's in LA!!!!) Now that I’d like to see. Lucky Pierre and the rest of the Good Guys RULED when I was a teenager, especially around 1964-65-66, the height of the British Invasion and Motown eras. They were great personalities, and like WKBO in later years, there was always something going on at 1400. WFEC lost some of its luster after Herb Scott bought it, but there were still some good people who toiled in the basement of the Blackstone Building. Were you, Mr. Edwards, one of them? I’d like to talk with you sometime.I don’t know at this point how a person could even begin to put together a WFEC tribute. Many of the Good Guys have gone on to the great record hop in the sky. I still have a bunch of the old “Very Important Platter” music surveys they published every week. No, they’re not for sale. WFEC, in it’s heyday, was as significant and memorable to those of us who grew up in the 60s as WKBO is for 70s kids.But I digress. Nice job on the WKBO site. I saw it a few weeks ago when you first put it up. Now that it‘s out there, I hope you can get some quotes from Jim Roberts, John St. John, Jim Buchanan and Chris Andre, and more from Rick Shockley and Dan Steele. They were the real WKBO power crew! I was a little embarrassed to be so profusely quoted when I only worked for WKBO for a comparatively short period of time, early in its development.Still, I like the tone of the site. It reads as a true appreciation, and I think we can all thank you for it. Had I known my picture would be floating around in cyberspace after all these years, I would have gotten a haircut!
 
I was at WFEC very briefly. I've been in touch with the great WFEC, WSBA, WLAN, WGAL jock Fred King a while back. sorry to say he's not well. Fred was likely the best jock ever in central Pa. Recall his show---The King's Castle!
 
JP-- Great job on the site! I just got done cruisin' through the memories. Made me feel like a teen again!I'm hoping someone comes forward with John St. John airchecks; the Saint is the guy who inspired me to get into radio. What a voice, and the coolest guy on Harrisburg radio. In fact, I got my foot in the door by imitating him. Captain Dave Edwards heard me, and introduced me to St. John. From there, I got a high school internship working with Dave Dillon over at WCMB.By the way, there was a weekender at WKBO whose first name was Hillary. She had a great voice and excellent delivery. I wonder if anyone else remembers her.Also, I remember as a kid calling Mike "the Teacher Creature" Conrad and asking him why he doesn't give up teaching and become a full-time jock. I knew nothing about the kind of money jocks made at the time.
 
My good lord! What an awesome site for the history of a very vital radio station for the midstate! I'm lucky enough to have worked with a few of those guys (but was unlucky NOT to have been alive during that era to experience it.)Teach me more!!!
 
By the way, there was a weekender at WKBO whose first name was Hillary. She had a great voice and excellent delivery. I wonder if anyone else remembers her.

Was it Hillary Howard? No idea of her whereabouts?
 
I believe you're thinking of Hillary Gill, whose real name is Ann Alexander and who most recently had worked for WSRT in Mercersburg, PA.
 
RockofHBG said:
I believe you're thinking of Hillary Gill, whose real name is Ann Alexander and who most recently had worked for WSRT in Mercersburg, PA.
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Ring the bell! That's a correct answer! ;D
Last thing I heard from Hillary was when she called me with a request back in the late '70s; I think I embarrassed her when I recognized her voice. At that point, she had quit radio.
 
There will never be a WFEC tribute website. Most former WFEC people are dead, in prison or homeless.
 
Some of us ex-WFEC jocks are still gainfully employed in radio--making a very nice living, thanks. No, I'm not one of the "greats"--just a guy who warmed the air-chair--but John Summers is right. During the sixties, 'FEC was every bit the gun that 'KBO became in the seventies. Actually a bigger deal, overall, since FM was nipping at KBO from the very start in 1972 but was a non-factor during WFEC's glory days. Its legacy was no doubt tarnished by the way Scott allowed Dame to kick his ass, but it doesn't change the reality of its reign in Harrisburg. WFEC was a very good radio station. Those of you who were babies at the time just don't remember it.

And, as John metioned, WSBA during the sixties was a GREAT radio station. Major league talent doing major market personality-driven Top 40 radio in York, PA. One of the first true "regional" monsters. It's not an exaggeration to suggest that the mid-sixties version of 'SBA would've held its own with "legendary" stations like WFIL, WIBG, KQV, WCAO...
 
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