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Weekly Scans

Posted by Dick Halsey on 27 November 2023, 7:20 am

The first thing I scanned last week was WVET and the Eager Beavers from 1948. This was a large sized promotional booklet for the radio station. It has pictures of staff and also some pictures of the programs on the station. At that time they were part of the Mutual Broadcasting Service (MBS). MBS was …

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Potpourri of Uploads

Posted by Dick Halsey on 4 April 2022, 7:07 am

To prove that I scan just about anything, this last week I scanned a variety of things. There is bound to be something of interest. I scanned two programs given by the Chatterbox Club of Rochester. They were for high society ladies but in both of these programs you will see that they gave money …

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Filed under radio, theater programs

Rochester Gets a Radio Station

Posted by Dick Halsey on 1 March 2022, 7:07 am

Most histories say that on the first of March 1922 Rochester got it’s first radio station, WHQ. Like in this ad from April 7th, I suspect that they would have broadcast daily for only an hour or two. The station was owned by Frank Gannett and he had Lawrence Hickson build on antenna on top …

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Jon Wolfert & his Jingles

Posted by Dick Halsey on 30 October 2021, 1:14 pm

Last week I mentioned that I was on the same college radio station as Jon Wolfert that owns JAM Creative Productions. His company makes jingles for radio and TV stations. Come to find out, he also does a live internet radio show on Rewound Radio. His program is on Sunday afternoons from 3 – 6 …

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