The
WJRB studio in 1967. Doug Riddell is singing his heart
out and is ready to play the
next "45".
First song played on his first
WJRB program: Different Drum, Linda Ronstadt and the
Stone Ponies. |
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The studio was equipped with the
latest state-of-the-art tube equipment. The rack of
equipment (right rear of photo) maintained the levels of voice
and music to a FCC specification required of all
broadcast stations. |
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Fred Whiting (seated wearing
headset) had lots of help in preparing the newscasts
circa 1967. Ties were required of all on-air
personalities and ladies could not wear slacks or shorts
except in their dorm rooms. Actually this is a staged
picture since Fred wasn't actually on the air. He had
forgotten his tie and a news recording from a previous day
had to be used for his entire shift.
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Left to Right:
(standing) John LeGarde, (seated) Fred Whiting, Unknown
(Davis), Lynn Meadwell.
(standing back row) Jim Webb, Alan Davis, John Alford, Jim
Atkinson.
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The station members gather in the
basement lounge to discuss the politics of the day along
with the latest happenings with Dobie Gillis. The guy wearing a
T-shirt
(far right) must have been one of those
anti-establishment guys (note the missing tie).
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Left to Right: (lower row of 6) Bill Phlager,
Unknown,
Doug
Riddell (coat, tie & sweater, Allen Seawell (white
shirt), Unknown (coat & tie) , Unknown (coat & no tie).
(back row of 4) Norman “Mike” Blalock (white shirt), "Dusty Roads"
(coat, tie & sweater), Dee Nichols,
Jerry Williams.
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Station ID's were important to
gain access to various places on campus and to identify
us as sales representatives to our advertisers. We
were probably the only student organization/club with
photo ID's. |
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Fred Whiting (left) discovered that wearing his
headphones actually made his visits to the station much
nicer as they muffled the sound of the rowdy station
members that frequently gathered around him during his
air shift to read the news. On this afternoon, Frank
Minor (far right) was conducting interviews with the staff as they
prepared to follow Fred into the studio. Al Smith is
seen giving one of his biting sarcastic yet pithy
remarks to Frank which summed up the excitement of the
day. Notice
that this spot in the basement lounge (see photo above)
was a frequent gathering place for staff. When we got
chairs and a sofa it got even more popular. |
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front to back center:
(standing) Fred Whiting, Elise Medding, Doug Stell
(standing tall under stairs) , Judy Marshall (Stell), Barry Fitzgerald,
Cliff Sleeman.
(kneeling) Mark Meuller, Bill Kaffenberger.
(standing behind Mark and Bill - left to right) Karl Strandfeldt, Linda Baker, Kathy Doran, Jim
Kent (behind Kathy), Al Smith (with his famous hat), Frank Minor (with microphone).
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Steve Antonacci
(right)
in the upgraded 1968 studio. Cart machines were introduced into
the studio to play commercials and station IDs. It also
made it look more like a real radio station studio.
John LeGarde went pro (broadcast engineer at WRNL-AM)
and served as a liaison between WRNL and WJRB as he
helped our engineers with technical issues, donated
equipment and providing us news feeds. |
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A classic year book group photo of
the station members. Seems the year book photographers
weren't so interested in seeing the people that they
were shooting as putting them in interesting poses and
situations. Here the photographer has been chased onto a
nearby roof during a photo session. Here we see the
crowd carefully stalking the photographer. |
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| Barry Fitzgerald coming
into work at the station for the famous underground
radio program, UGLY. |
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Midnight meant it was time
for the Ugly program. Our answer to Casey Kasem.
(click on the poster) |
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After Barry crawled into work and sat down to
work, he provided an alternative play list to the many
faithful UGLY fans. This was the cutting edge in radio
in the entire country and the first in Richmond. Albums
were the format and if it played on commercial radio,
you probably wouldn't hear it here. |
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