The Archive

This page contains a handful of the hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements and sales flyers written about WROV and its personalities over the years, etc. We will always be adding more and will never get them all. Each is listed with source and date. All files are PDF files that require Adobe Reader (if you don't have it you can get it free here . Most files are less than 1M in size.

	Station WROV On Air Tomorrow  (520K) The Roanoke Times, December 14, 1946
	WROV's First Day Program Highlights  (520K) The Roanoke Times, December 15, 1946
	Arlington Men Will Run WROV  (520K) The Roanoke Times, April 14, 1955
	WROV Requests FCC To Approve Change  (296K) The Roanoke Times, May 10, 1955
	Transfer of WROV License Approved  (515K) The Roanoke Times, May 2, 1955
	Koehler To Head WDBJ Radio Sales  (434K) The Roanoke Times, June 5, 1955
	WROV Congratulates Merchants    (Advertisement, 944K) The Roanoke Times, July 14, 1955
	Tennis Court Dancing    (Featuring Ken Tanner) The Roanoke Times, Summer 1959
	1961 Hooper Radio Ratings   P1   P2   P3   P4   P5   P6   P7   P8   P9   P10 (all files between 1.1M-2.2M)
	ROVer Never Sleeps in Roanoke   Front   Inside   Back  (each <= 788K) WROV Sales brochure, early 1960s
	Entertainment with Jesse Chapman Ron Sunshine on "The Twist"  (856K) The Roanoke Times, January 20, 1962
	Fred & Ron in "Spotlight On DJs"   P1   Cover  (each <= 735K) Rock & Roll Songs, April, 1962
	Bernie Mann Manager at WROV  (661K) The Roanoke Times, September 8, 1962
	Roanoke VA Pulse Radio Ratings    (Sales Flyer, 957K) WROV Sales Department, April, 1963
	Heironimus Ad (featuring WROV playlist)  (28M) The Roanoke Times, May 15, 1964
	Jerry Joynes Joins WDBJ  (487K) The Roanoke Times, November 7, 1964
	Writer Initiated As Beatles Fan   P1   P2   P3   P4   P5  (each <= 263K) The Roanoke Times, August 17, 1966
	WROV & WPXI Battle for Listeners The Statesman (Patrick Henry High School paper), October 7, 1966
	Jack Fisher in "Dialing The DJs" P1   P2   Cover  (each <= 715K) Teen Life, September, 1968
	15 Vie For Jr. Miss (featuring Dan Alexander)  (176K) The Roanoke World News, March, 1970
	Miss VA Pageant Reception (featuring Dan Alexander)  (122K) The Roanoke World News, June, 1971
	Bacon, Eggs, Breakfast Anyone? (featuring Dan Alexander)  P1   P2 The Roanoke World News, June, 1971   (each <= 459K)
	Bart Prater Tells All The Knight Letter (Cave Spring High paper), September 20, 1974   (6.3M)
	Wolfman Jack Flies High P1   P2  (each <= 383K) The Roanoke World News, April 18, 1975
	Community Station to Go On Air (featuring Rich Randall)  (2.8M) The Roanoke Times, February 22, 1976
	WROV Game Of The Week Ad (featuring Jim Carroll)  (269K) The Roanoke Times, September 3, 1976
	WROV "WANTED" Ad  (250K) Roanoker, April 1977
	WROV's Mighty Mouth (featuring Bart)  P1   P2  (each <= 447K) Roanoker, July 1977
	Salem's Own American Bandstander (featuring Jack)    P1   P2   P3   P4  (each <= 1.4M) Roanoker, July 1977
	WROV Heeds Public Needs (featuring Barry Michaels)  (1.4M) One of the music trades, 1978
	Short & Tall - The Height Report (mentions WROV & Kevin O'Neil)    Cover   P1   P2   P3   P4   (each <= 7M) Redbook, May, 1978
	Nighttime's The Right Time Featuring Finnegan & Garrett   P2 (each <= 2M) The Roanoke Times, August 6, 1979
	What's Your Share? 1979 Ratings article by Jeff DeBell  (1.4M) The Roanoke Times, August 25, 1979
	Radio Notes by Jeff DeBell Suzy Mink Fundraiser on WROV  (751K) The Roanoke Times, January 26, 1980
	The WROV Supercard Flier (front)  (10.5M) March, 1980
	The WROV Supercard Flier (back)  (11.5M) March, 1980
	The Oddball Olympics Promo Story 1  (3.7M) The Roanoke Times, April 19, 1980
	The Oddball Olympics Promo Ad  (1.5M) The Roanoke Times, April 30, 1980
	Oddballs - Baseball Advertisement  (1.5M) The Valley Shopper, May 1, 1980
	The Oddball Olympics Promo Ad  (2.8M) The Roanoke Times, May 5, 1980
	The Oddball Olympics Promo Story 2  (4.1M) The Roanoke Times, May 6, 1980
	The Oddball Olympics Daily Ads 5/6   5/7   5/8   5/9   5/10     (each <= 3.4M) The Roanoke Times, May 6-10, 1980
	WROV Ad in The Valley Shopper (Featuring Chris Stevens)  (863K) The Valley Shopper, May 5, 1980
	WROV Ad in The Valley Shopper "Radio On Wheels" and WROV Rovers  (2.9M) The Valley Shopper, June 1, 1980
	Rob in the Toucan Cage Mill Mt. Zoo Fundraiser  (195K) The Roanoke Times, August 18, 1980
	Mill Mt. Zoo Fundraiser Ad (featuring Bart & Rob)   (250K) Roanoker, August, 1980
	Radio Notes by Jeff DeBell Fisher & Frelantz A Hit!  (912K) The Roanoke Times, April 1, 1981
	Radio Notes by Jeff DeBell Fisher & Frelantz Return  (366K) The Roanoke Times, May 9, 1981
	WROV's DJs Keep Small Station Big   P1   P2   P3   Barry   Bart  (each <= 680K) The Roanoke Times, July 24, 1981
	1983 Roanoke Centennial Party P1   P2   (each <= 1.3M) The Roanoke Times, January 1, 1983
	WROV Adult Radio Ad (featuring Rob)  (875K) The Valley Shopper, 1983
	Roanoke Times ad featuring Bruce   (230K) The Roanoke Times, 1984
	New Morning Man, Rob Joins Bruce P1   P2   (each <= 572K) The Roanoke Times, April 3, 2004
	Rob & Bruce Solo Acts Again on WROV Also Larry & Laban  (168K) The Roanoke Times, September 15, 1984
	From Bed To Worse  (263K) (featuring Bruce) The Roanoke Times, September 15, 1984
	Fisher & Frelantz Signing Off WROV  (201K) The Roanoke Times, August 10, 1985
	More Airing Out Needed... P1   P2   (each <= 575K) The Roanoke Times, November 8, 1985
	Fred's Obituary  (119K) The Roanoke Times, June 13, 1986
	Letter to Editor Saluting Fred  (372K) The Roanoke Times, June 20, 1986
	Fan Wins World Series Trip  (9.5M) The Roanoke Times, October 24, 1986
	So Who's Boss?  (10.5M) The Roanoke Times, November 8, 1986
	WROV Fights Takeover...  (8.7M) The Roanoke Times, April 2, 1987
	Alien Invaders at WROV  (12.4M) The Roanoke Times, April 3, 1987
	WROV Stumbles but Doesn't Strike Out  P1   P2 The Roanoke World News, October 21, 1987   (each <= 3M)
	WROV Lives On In Memories P1   P2  (each <= 383K) The Roanoke Times, November 9, 2004