Great site Kahuna, and those building pix are sad. I even rode by there (the radio ranch) last time i was in Charlotte in October of last year.
Late 60's, maybe 1967, my sister won tix on Big Ways to BWB (Big Ways Birthday Party) to see the Monkees. She won them from Long John Silver! We went to the building to pick up the tickets. This was before they expanded. Later in high school, we went out and visited the station,I think Scott Slade was on in the afternoon. Even later, I got to work there.
I know am a fool, but that place has loads of memories for me. I heard tales too. Boo Baron told me at night, back in the Big Ways days, the jocks (or maybe just him) and listener would jump the fence at Camp Wayside and skinny dip. Later, in '87, John Hill (Johnny Magic now WXXL Orlando) had some wild overnight happenings.
I remember even going back to work at what was then WAQQ, and the office in the back, that I knew as Mr. Wards office, had a trash can collecting water from the roof leaking, it was bad even then.
WOW...i have been told it was going to happen for the past few years, but this is really it huh?
I hope someone takes pictures or video. I doubt I will make it there from Florida. I would if I could...
> Mike;
> That's the entrance page, look for the text link in the
> middle that says "CLICK HERE TO ENTER THAT WAS RADIO", it
> will then take you to a sub-page about Fred Hardy's passing,
> then click on "PROCEED ONTO THAT WAS RADIO", and then you'll
> be able to scroll down and see a drop-down menu of all the
> other stations, including WROQ with the pics of those old
> studios.
> It's set up like that because I originally set it up years
> ago as a Z-100 tribute site only, but it has grown over the
> years, let me know if it is too confusing, maybe it's time
> to change it.
>
> Kahuna
>
www.thatwasradio.com
>
> > Hey, Kahuna. I went to your site but found only
> information
> > for Z-100 and the WBT tribute page. How about directions
> to
> > the other material, it sounds interesting.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please keep us posted as t
> o when they might destroy history
> >
> > > out there. I am so glad I made it out there last year to
>
> > > take the pictures I have on my site, I just wish I could
>
> > > have gotten inside to take a few pics. I talked to one
> of
> > > the jocks at WSOC-FM recently and he said there is stuff
>
> > > growing up through the floors in that building, he said
> it
> >
> > > is mushrooms, LOL.
> > >
> > > Kahuna
> > >
www.thatwasradio.com
> > >
> > > > > I heard from a good source that the old
> > offices/studios
> > > at
> > > >
> > > > > 400 Radio Road will be coming down soon. The
> building
> >
> > > is
> > > > in
> > > > > bad shape and the transmitters were move out long
> ago
> > to
> > >
> > > > > another building.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sad news for those of us who listened to the
> stations
> > > back
> > > >
> > > > > when they were out there in Oakdale.
> > > > >
> > > > > MikeM
> > > > >
> > > > Some may think this sounds ludicrous, and maybe it is.
>
> > > But,
> > > > wouldn't it be a good idea if someone who had the
> > > resources
> > > > would buy that building and make it into a museum of
> > > > Charlotte broadcasting history? Take what Kahuna has
> > done
> > >
> > > > with thatwasradio.com as a "springboard" and maybe
> make
> > a
> > > > room for each of the big stations to have its
> > memorabilia.
> > >
> > > > Just a thought...
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
