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As a WROV alumnus who worked there twice ('67-'68... hired as a part timer by Fred Frelantz, and for my first full time gig in 1971-72). I have very fond memories of the old Quonset hut at the corner of 15th & Cleveland.
I first visited there as a kid in 1962 when I was growing up in Bedford. The 1kw signal wasn't too great in Bedford, but I knew I was listening to something special. I idolized the jocks there (especially Jack Fisher) and was floored when they hired me to spin some 45's, play some carts and get paid for it!
Their late engineer Al Beckley taught me a lot about engineering and actually let me wire the old AM newsroom! Behind his back, I modified the processing to make WROV the loudest and cleanest station on the radio dial in Big Lick. I cut my chops in that building and they have served me well.
I can still see the place, smell its unique smells (especially near the old Gates BC-1T transmitter) and hear the transmitter buzzing and rattling in time to the beat. I remember my office as Music Director tucked back in a corner of the transmitter Quonset hut. I remember the powerful fresh air blower in the studio that would bring in the smell of honeysuckle in bloom... and take out any 'plant' smells deemed illicit.....
They had those old huge Western Union clocks in the c.r. and the production room (which was the newsroom after 1970 or so), When I worked there as a part-timer in '67 and '68 (sounds like a Chicago song!) it was really kind of cramped to have the whole station in small building and a Quonset hut. Bernie and Burt Levine shared an office.
The music room was where it remained, opposite the studio down a couple of steps. The only bathroom was the one behind the transmitter. That part of the building always had a certain smell to it that was uniquely 'ROV (no, it wasn't backed-up plumbing!) We kept the oldies on shelves just as stacked-up 45's... no sleeves on 'em. I will miss that old place.
I can remember trying to do production while on the air and haulin' ass back to the studio just as a 3 minute record was fading out. I could go on, but you can see where I'm coming from. A piece of broadcasting history died when the WROV building was torn down, and a little bit of me died with it.
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