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The NEW WHVR/WYCR building

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AgingXer mentioned the old art-deco WHVR/WYCR a while back---no more! Was in Hanover yesterday and stopped in. As I drove down Radio Rd, I couldn't believe my eyes---they remodeled last year and it is GORGEOUS! Very very nice---new boards, cool lighting, really sharp exterior, they really did the works. They did save the old artdeco stairs as a memorial. And they built a brand-new apartment for John Bare's widow in the back of the place.
 
BL40Modulimiter writes:
> ... they remodeled last year and it is GORGEOUS!

I'm headed up that way in a few weeks -- and will have to make a side trip to Hanover to take a gander. Even in its "un-remodeled" state, I always thought it a cool, "classic-radio-style" building ... with a huge control room for YCR that was originally, I believe, a WHVR live performance studio in the pre-FM days.

BTW: Was the water at that place ever declared safe to drink (after the underground gasoline storage tank ruptured some 25 years ago)?
 
BL40Modulimiter said:
AgingXer mentioned the old art-deco WHVR/WYCR a while back---no more! Was in Hanover yesterday and stopped in.
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I finally stopped in Monday. Visited a manager, checked out the place, met some
of The Peak air staff, and other folks.

As I drove down Radio Rd, I couldn't believe my eyes---they remodeled last year and it is GORGEOUS!
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As I drove down Radio RD, I forgot about the [EDIT] speed bumps. The remodel
is a major improvement, inside and out. If there's a downside, it'd be the longer
trek from the front entrance to the parking lot.

Very very nice---new boards, cool lighting, really sharp exterior, they really did the works.
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The studios are completely modern. The new facade has a hint of art-deco,
resembling something you'd see along the streets of Miami.

They did save the old artdeco stairs as a memorial. And they built a brand-new apartment for John Bare's widow in the back of the place.
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You'd never guess that new section is an apartment. This ancient structure
totally deserves its new make-over. Very impressive.

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I, too, had a chance to walk down memory lane. Was back to the old stomping ground a couple weeks ago where I got my first gig in radio back in (wow) 1976. I wanted to slide across the old green polished concrete floor, hear the clack of the ancient teletype machines as I strolled through the two heavy doors to the old 98YCR studio, and smell that wonderful smell I always remembered (a curious mix of vacuum tubes, nicotine, coffee, vinyl, and newsprint ink) but AH! It was all gone :eek: I was taken on a tour by one of the managers (very friendly, but I forgot his name....) Nice n spiffy studios, but I wished it was still the way it used it be. Don't we all, though, huh? btw, when 98YCR was put to rest, did anyone save any of the vinyl or jingle packages from the heydays? Or what about any airchecks from those original days? Captain John Lawrence, Dennis Alan, Mark Richards, et al... "....the Rock Region..." If only rap hadn't infected contemporary hit radio, I think 98YCR would still be alive today.... I was "Ed Monroe" back in those days (John Lawrence gave me that name - I was hired as News and Public Affairs Director while still going to Delone Catholic High - he wanted a "catchy" name - "Edward R. Monroe" for 1 day before I shortened it - why not call me "Walter Crankcase" and get it over with, I thought hahaha!) - then moved on to some fill-in d.j. work, special weekend promotions (some were great, but the "Last Weekend" --to introduce the new Jam Jingle package that the station actually paid for, instead of ripping the intro's from other demo reels and splicing them with the old PAMS package-- listeners thought we went off the air. The ratings nosedived, but there was a recovery. I moved on, but will never forget that first gig.

R.J. Heim
 
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