WXLK K92 ROANOKE

[voldog559]

What ever happend to Bart Prayder of K92 in Roanoke.He was on in the late 70's-early 80's.I would visit from Fresno and I found myself liking his style...

 

[Pepperjack]

> What ever happend to Bart Prayder of K92 in Roanoke.He was
> on in the late 70's-early 80's.I would visit from Fresno and
> I found myself liking his style...
>
Bart Prater was on K92 from 1981 til late 1988. He took over for "Cosmic" John Barry when K92 was dominant in the Roanoke ratings. Following the departure of PD Russ Brown and the arrival of Jan Jeffries, Bart decided he had had enough of the daily radio rat race and the way the industry was turning. He and Fred Palmer (from WROV days) opened an ad agency in Roanoke called Prater/Palmer. The advertising community failed to embrace their comedic wit. Following that, he moved on to the Director of Computer Operations post at WVTF Public Radio in Roanoke where he currently resides and hosts a Saturday evening show with fellow WROV alumni Larry Bly. Check it out Saturday evenings on the stream at their website at www.wvtf.org. Lots of info and audio about Bart is available at www.wrovhistory.com, a tribute site to the AM station he programmed through most of the seventies before going to K92.

His son Jay, a second generation broadcaster, is currently programming mainstream rocker 100.5 MAX-FM in Hampton Roads.

 

[voldog559]

> > What ever happend to Bart Prayder of K92 in Roanoke.He was
>
> > on in the late 70's-early 80's.I would visit from Fresno
> and
> > I found myself liking his style...
> >
> Bart Prater was on K92 from 1981 til late 1988. He took over
> for "Cosmic" John Barry when K92 was dominant in the Roanoke
> ratings. Following the departure of PD Russ Brown and the
> arrival of Jan Jeffries, Bart decided he had had enough of
> the daily radio rat race and the way the industry was
> turning. He and Fred Palmer (from WROV days) opened an ad
> agency in Roanoke called Prater/Palmer. The advertising
> community failed to embrace their comedic wit. Following
> that, he moved on to the Director of Computer Operations
> post at WVTF Public Radio in Roanoke where he currently
> resides and hosts a Saturday evening show with fellow WROV
> alumni Larry Bly. Check it out Saturday evenings on the
> stream at their website at www.wvtf.org. Lots of info and
> audio about Bart is available at www.wrovhistory.com, a
> tribute site to the AM station he programmed through most of
> the seventies before going to K92.
>
> His son Jay, a second generation broadcaster, is currently
> programming mainstream rocker 100.5 MAX-FM in Hampton Roads.
>


Thank you very much pepperjack and I will try to listen online sometime...

 

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[voldog559]

> > What ever happend to Bart Prayder of K92 in Roanoke.He was
>
> > on in the late 70's-early 80's.I would visit from Fresno
> and
> > I found myself liking his style...
> >
> Bart Prater was on K92 from 1981 til late 1988. He took over
> for "Cosmic" John Barry when K92 was dominant in the Roanoke
> ratings. Following the departure of PD Russ Brown and the
> arrival of Jan Jeffries, Bart decided he had had enough of
> the daily radio rat race and the way the industry was
> turning. He and Fred Palmer (from WROV days) opened an ad
> agency in Roanoke called Prater/Palmer. The advertising
> community failed to embrace their comedic wit. Following
> that, he moved on to the Director of Computer Operations
> post at WVTF Public Radio in Roanoke where he currently
> resides and hosts a Saturday evening show with fellow WROV
> alumni Larry Bly. Check it out Saturday evenings on the
> stream at their website at www.wvtf.org. Lots of info and
> audio about Bart is available at www.wrovhistory.com, a
> tribute site to the AM station he programmed through most of
> the seventies before going to K92.
>
> His son Jay, a second generation broadcaster, is currently
> programming mainstream rocker 100.5 MAX-FM in Hampton Roads.
>


I've checked out both web sites and it sounds like Bart Prater was the MAN!!!!
I even went as far as making recordings of Bart and taking them to different stations in Fresno pushing this guy.I had one PD who at the time had a 2-6 afternoon slot open tell me after that was the best tape he had heard so far and was going to contact him.And for my troubles...free Journey tixs...