Welcome to the discussion forum of History of WOWO.com! This page is open for you to discuss the Golden Age of WOWO, swap stories, ask questions, and perhaps to interact with former WOWO air personalities and staffers! http://www.historyofwowo.com/index.php Sat, 19 May 2012 01:07:09 -0700 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,129,129#msg-129 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,129,129#msg-129 Jude2003 WOWO Memories Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:44:03 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,125,125#msg-125 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,125,125#msg-125
We both remember these two radio personality names - Ron Britain and Barney Pip. Barney would blow on a trumpet - making strange sounds to introduce songs and such.

Were these WOWO personalities or if not, what station were they with??

Thanks so much!!]]> VickiA WOWO Memories Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:12:17 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,123,123#msg-123 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,123,123#msg-123 oldswab WOWO Memories Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:18:37 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?3,119,119#msg-119 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?3,119,119#msg-119 scmckinney The Big 50,000 Watt Voice... Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:40:21 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,116,116#msg-116 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,116,116#msg-116 Ritas4293 WOWO Memories Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:21:31 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,114,114#msg-114 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,114,114#msg-114 I'm Tom. My partner Steve and I, owned WFDT, Columbia city, from 73-75. In about 72, I was hired by Bob Moomey at WIND, Chicago, to record 2500 music carts for the "Number One Music" format he ran. A few years later WIND went talk, and shipped all the carts to WOWO for your format. Just wondering what became of those carts?]]> tjthedj WOWO Memories Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:15:20 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?5,75,75#msg-75 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?5,75,75#msg-75 rjp WOWO Memorabilia Wed, 04 May 2011 21:09:08 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,53,53#msg-53 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,53,53#msg-53 Fender Strat WOWO Memories Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:26:27 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?3,52,52#msg-52 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?3,52,52#msg-52 watts)in the flesh! Though that particular transmitter is no longer in regular use,is the transmitter still at the site? Anyone know? How much power is the current Harris transmitter putting out?]]> KC9SYJ The Big 50,000 Watt Voice... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:07:42 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,51,51#msg-51 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,51,51#msg-51
73s all
Dewey
KC9SYJ]]> KC9SYJ WOWO Memories Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:59:08 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?6,50,50#msg-50 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?6,50,50#msg-50 Retro Commercials!

Take a listen when you have a sec! I bet you'll hear at least one jingle (or more) that will make you smile! We'll be adding more over the next few weeks and months.

So which advertising jingle drove you so crazy, you couldn't get it of your head?]]> HistoryOfWOWO.com Retro Commercials Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:15:42 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,46,46#msg-46 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,46,46#msg-46
Dad and Bob Sievers were good friends and Bob was one of a kind and someone that I could look up to and aspire to be. Listening to him on the EBS alert and the time that a streaker went through the newsroom were events that I never forgot and for a moment was feeling like I was in the kitchen at the house that we lived.

The greatest thing about this site was the pictures. One in particular brought a lump to my throat. It was a picture of the transmitter and as I looked closely at it, I saw a man smiling on the roof. Almost as if he were coming down through the clouds, there was my Dad, smiling at me. Well it was more than a lump to my throat, I could not help but smile back.

Thank you again so much.]]> sevans1956 WOWO Memories Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:58:33 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,34,34#msg-34 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,34,34#msg-34
This is your big chance to help: what would you like to ask Chris, if you had the opportunity? We may use your suggestions!]]> HistoryOfWOWO.com WOWO Memories Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:42:00 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,31,31#msg-31 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,31,31#msg-31 Fender Strat WOWO Memories Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:50:48 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,29,29#msg-29 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,29,29#msg-29 Jerry WOWO Memories Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:37:08 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,28,28#msg-28 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,28,28#msg-28 Cal Stewart which tells of the transitions in radio during these days. I was pretty young, born in 1947, but was able to
spend many hours hangin around the station. Going to record hops and stamping people's hands so they could get back
in if they left (the stamp would show up under the blue light). I think I got paid a quarter. I went to Komet's games and
even Pistons games before they moved to Detroit.

My Dad left in 1957. He was transferred to KDKA in Pittsburgh, later on to WIND in Chicago. He ended up here in Texas
working with Crosley Broadcasting(Later Avco) managing WOAI in San Antonio, He Passed away of a heart attack in
1970 at the young age of 49.

Just recently came across this website and brought back memories. Thanks Randy !!!

Richard Guy Harris
San Antonio, Texas]]> RGuyHarris WOWO Memories Sat, 21 May 2011 10:25:13 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,27,27#msg-27 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,27,27#msg-27 www.dafont.com]]]> arnie zlotnik WOWO Memories Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:44:53 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,25,25#msg-25 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,25,25#msg-25 I am new to this group and joined to help fill in some moemory gaps.
After DXing and listening to WOWO off and on since I was a kid summering on Long Island (NY), I found myself actually living and working in Ft. Wayne for a few years in the late 1990s to about early 2000. Of course I had to visit the studio and even check out the ol "Fire Escape." Great times but, for the life of me I can only recall one or two of the on-air personalities from back then. Can anyone help me by listing some of the names I knew on WOWO in say 1999-2000? Sure would appreciate it.
One host recognized my NY accent and recommended me to try "Julies Family Pizza" in Avilla knowing I hadn't found "good" pizza in town yet and I finally did that. (Great pizza there too especiall their Seafood Pizza!). I'm trying to remember those names I knew then from WOWO. That one host, I think, left WOWO after some sort of legal dispute about something (contract maybe) but I don't know where he went. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance all, hope to visit Ft. Wayne and Avilla again next Summer on a last road trip across America.
-Briggs Longbothum, ab2nj Gloucester, Mass.]]> Bruggo WOWO Memories Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:43:12 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,21,21#msg-21 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,21,21#msg-21
Hey Bob, any chance you saved some audio from that weekend and could post it on the site?]]> therad WOWO Memories Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:26:10 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,20,20#msg-20 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,20,20#msg-20 arnie zlotnik WOWO Memories Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:42:29 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,13,13#msg-13 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,13,13#msg-13 JAC_46808 WOWO Memories Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:30:26 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,10,10#msg-10 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,10,10#msg-10
Calls would regularly come in from the Eastern seaboard with song requests, and from every other place you could imagine.

The weirdest call I ever got came in from New Orleans one night in the wee hours. It was some crazy dude calling from a phone booth, half raving. He kept asking me to stop playing "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins because it was sending some kind of evil rays into his brain. Guess he'd had too much fun on Bourbon Street!

I also recall the sudden transition in the studio. I'd be wrapping up the Saturday overnight show, with the studio lights dimmed and everything low key. Suddenly Jack Underwood would leap in the studio at 7AM, fresh as a daisy, and flip on all the lights. It was blinding, kind of like the sun coming up instantaneously!

Just a few fun memories I wanted to share.]]> chris WOWO Memories Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:37:28 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,9,9#msg-9 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,9,9#msg-9 arnie zlotnik WOWO Memories Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:39:44 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,7,7#msg-7 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,7,7#msg-7 arnie zlotnik WOWO Memories Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:51:44 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?4,6,6#msg-6 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?4,6,6#msg-6
Scott B]]> blik WOWO Jingles Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:14:15 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,5,5#msg-5 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?2,5,5#msg-5
Scott B]]> blik WOWO Memories Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:23:27 -0700 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?1,4,4#msg-4 http://www.historyofwowo.com/read.php?1,4,4#msg-4
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In 1972--in the So Pacific on a sub--I copied WOWO on our 2500\' long wire floating behind the sub, we were down about 650\' with the wire out about 2000\' was good the hear from home.

Born in Ft Wayne 1938, 5529 S Webster st went to Central HS, then to the Navy in 1955!

Keep up the great work!

Jerry KB8MAF]]> Jerry Rhodes The Big 50,000 Watt Voice... Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:48:20 -0700