Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Small station's 50th birthday is community event

WANY Radio in Albany, Ky., celebrated 50 years on the air Saturday, Oct. 25. The station, 1000 watts on AM and 2,700 on FM, "celebrated with listeners, past and present disc jockeys and others with a five-hour open house that saw well over 150 visitors stop by and tour the station and past memorabilia," reports the Clinton County News. "In all, four generations of owners, managers and employees representing different families that were the backbone of founding WANY in the late 1950s, were represented."

Yes, we know anniversaries like this happen frequently in American radio, but this is a point of personal privilege; we used to work there, signing our first log at 13 and signing on and off by 14. And, yes, we still believe in "the editorial 'we'." (Encarta map)

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