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WBRD 103.3 QUESTION

T

thebeach33445

Hey Guys:

I know this goes way back but does anybody know what format was on WBRD 103.3 from 1963 to 1973 before it became WDUV "the dove"?

Thanks for your help!!


T.J.
 
T.J.

I have a question and a few thoughts for you...

You've asked about dozens of stations from long ago... WHY? What are you doing... writing a book... starting another radio history website...or checking to see if RF exposure causes long-term memory loss in old radio guys. (and girls!) 8)

As I've read the answers... and even posted info for you well... your theme seems to be about call letters, frequencies, dates and formats... but that's NOT what radio is about. Radio is a very personal means of communication... between the person sitting behind the mic... and the listener (just going about their daily life) who has decided to tune us in. It's an effective means of communicating information, entertaining the audience through music and the spoken word... and of course... selling product for the advertiser. That's what radio is about... that's the magic.

Instead of gathering cold, impersonal data about those stations that are long gone... how about collecting stories about what went through those transmitters and how "radio" touched the lives of the people who listened.

Instead of "what was WBRD before the dove.." I'd like to hear about the family whose home burnt to the ground and the DJ who started collecting money and clothes to help rebuild their lives. You know there is a story out there about the little girl with a deadly disease who found a bone marrow donor as a result of a radio appearance. How about update regarding one of those wacky "long-distance dedications."

That's what radio used to be about... somehow... and in some meaningful way... reaching out everyday to touch the lives of the people in the local communities we're licensed to serve.

Isn't it strange that radio's fall from grace started about the same time that "shareholder value" became more important than serving the needs of the listeners.
 
Wow, I sure do agree with you Michael, I do think it is great that people like TJ are keeping old radio
alive --special kudu's to Jim Maloy for his Radio Years --but, more people need to know about the
great things radio, all around the country used to do in the "old" days.
 
Re: WBRD 103.3 QUESTION to mike

Thank you for your reply. I like to collect this history of call letters fomats and history of each station because it should be put somewhere where we all could have easy access to it, like the Orlando radio site that is amazingly complete and perfect. YES, I would love to hear the personal stories that radio has done for people!! Bring on those stories I want to hear them!! They should be put in a site or a book as well!!

Thanks for your imput. Got any stories I would love to read them.
T.J.
 
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