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Old WFXW Geneva

The station sold and was made a part of wedc, then wsbc in the 80's.. I believe the tower was dismantled in (educated gguess) prior to 1990.

The people who own "The Embassy Hotel" tower location were quite wealthy and persnickety about details.
 
I was hired at FXW in Dec. 83',right as Howard Miller was leaving. Mr. Gerald Gamel hired me on as a staff announcer and had me do an 'Earlybird Show' from 5am-6:30am.This was my 1st radio gig,and I enjoyed getting all the experience that goes along w/ being a 'new guy'.
The show had extreme emphasis on agriculture w/reports,weekly grain/futures etc.(I think Mr. Gamel wanted to compete with WGN's Orion Samualson and that type of info)

I had a gut feel that absolutely no one was listening to that type of programming,but I stuck it out and stayed at WFXW for 2 1/2 yrs.(at that point I was doing mid-days.) and an lite/contemporary format.

Other staff I've worked w/at FXW were Michael Baptist,(PD) Bill Martin(sports),Robin Lange,Bob Berkeneder,Joy Wagner,Les Hodge (sports Saturday mornings) Linda Girardi (news)

I really enjoyed those 'formative' radio yrs. at WFXW,I learned the basics and complex parts of the business.Many good times.
 
I was CE / morning DJ at WGSB in 1962-3 and again in 1966-7. Then it had been on the air about a year (I remember celebrating the 1st anniversary there). AT that time we had a staff of over 20 people and it was owned by 5 investors (one of whom was Bill O'Connor who later sold his radio interests to start Chan32).

Back then WGSB was a profitable enterprise until Brickhouse & friends got involved and it went downhill after that (which is why I left - I won;t detail here).

Yes, today radio 1480 is now WSPY with the transmitter on McKee St. In Batavia on a temporary basis. The antenna is a half wave dipole, not a long wire (the location belongs to a ham friend of mine).
 
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