Really happy that someone is writing a lot about WBOR, my first true love. And as former technical director/station manager, I can nitpick about the RE-20 micrphones mention. Boy, would we have loved those mics in the late 70's, but our budget (I also served as business manager) wouldn't cover them, so we used a Shure SM-58 (you've previously posted a picture of Harold Wingood ('80?) at the mic that shows the SM-58 with a ripped and marked-up foam pop filter).
But here's the true magic: when we were moving the transmitter, we also tried to move the studios to...the second floor of Coles Tower! The Moulton Union had limited access hours, and we had to get special permission to broadcast 24 hours for Ivies Weekend. And we did the elevator show, hosted by Charlie Field '79 or '80, which was wildly popular. But we'd hoped to get the *entire* second floor, while they have you squeezed into a little piece of it. Then again, 24-hour access rocks.
See y'all in a few weeks at Reunion, where I'll definitely stop by to see the last days of Coe (saw it once before at a reunion weekend). Moulton was a blast, with lots of space, a performance studio, a production studio, and an office/record library. It used to have an air-conditioner right next to the studio, but we had to shut it down permanently when it made too much noise on air.
And, oh, the memory! The photo (on the History portion of the WBOR website) is indeed of Robert "UB" Hunter, whose program was utterly cool, not Harold as my faulty memory first thought. But the mic is still an SM-58 ;-) And yeah, I'd written elsewhere that we moved from 10 to 100 watts, but no, it was indeed 300 watts. There wasn't any fuss with local stations, though, given that we still barely reached beyond the Naval Air Station (folks stationed there were big, big fans). What there *was* trouble with was the antenna, since the Coles Tower was in the landing path for the Air Station and therefore our antenna couldn't be too high over the tower, even if we lighted it. So the edge of the Tower itself blocked part of our signal on the ground, but it was way better than the antenna atop the Moulton Union (and 300 watts meant we could continue broadcasting, because the FCC was phasing out 10-watt educational licenses.
I notice that the history section of the website says not much is known of the station from the 70s through maybe the mid-80's, but since that's my era, perhaps I can provide oral and written history (and probably some program guides, names of managers/personnel, and stories).
Really happy that someone is writing a lot about WBOR, my first true love. And as former technical director/station manager, I can nitpick about the RE-20 micrphones mention. Boy, would we have loved those mics in the late 70's, but our budget (I also served as business manager) wouldn't cover them, so we used a Shure SM-58 (you've previously posted a picture of Harold Wingood ('80?) at the mic that shows the SM-58 with a ripped and marked-up foam pop filter).
But here's the true magic: when we were moving the transmitter, we also tried to move the studios to...the second floor of Coles Tower! The Moulton Union had limited access hours, and we had to get special permission to broadcast 24 hours for Ivies Weekend. And we did the elevator show, hosted by Charlie Field '79 or '80, which was wildly popular. But we'd hoped to get the *entire* second floor, while they have you squeezed into a little piece of it. Then again, 24-hour access rocks.
See y'all in a few weeks at Reunion, where I'll definitely stop by to see the last days of Coe (saw it once before at a reunion weekend). Moulton was a blast, with lots of space, a performance studio, a production studio, and an office/record library. It used to have an air-conditioner right next to the studio, but we had to shut it down permanently when it made too much noise on air.
Oh, the memories!
And, oh, the memory! The photo (on the History portion of the WBOR website) is indeed of Robert "UB" Hunter, whose program was utterly cool, not Harold as my faulty memory first thought. But the mic is still an SM-58 ;-) And yeah, I'd written elsewhere that we moved from 10 to 100 watts, but no, it was indeed 300 watts. There wasn't any fuss with local stations, though, given that we still barely reached beyond the Naval Air Station (folks stationed there were big, big fans). What there *was* trouble with was the antenna, since the Coles Tower was in the landing path for the Air Station and therefore our antenna couldn't be too high over the tower, even if we lighted it. So the edge of the Tower itself blocked part of our signal on the ground, but it was way better than the antenna atop the Moulton Union (and 300 watts meant we could continue broadcasting, because the FCC was phasing out 10-watt educational licenses.
I notice that the history section of the website says not much is known of the station from the 70s through maybe the mid-80's, but since that's my era, perhaps I can provide oral and written history (and probably some program guides, names of managers/personnel, and stories).