WEKY Information Page
By David Cox
By David Cox
| With the help of John Quincy, I am starting a WEKY page. I will need all the help you can give me. If you have worked at WEKY, no matter how long ago, please send your information to me. WEKY has been around for a long time, starting broadcasting in the early 1950s. I need history, dates, stories, pictures, audio etc. With enough interest, I am also planning an, "On-The-Air" reunion for former WEKY, WIRV, and WKXO employees to be held sometime next year. The program to be broadcast on all three radio stations (with the permission of Kelly Wallingford). Send to: Coxde3@aol.com ========================================================================= To get us started, thanks to John, here are a few audio files: |
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Here are a few audio files from 1982 and a WEKY "Hot Wax Weekend".
Using the name Dave Madison, I did a few weekends in 82 for Bill Walters.
Using the name Dave Madison, I did a few weekends in 82 for Bill Walters.
A very young John Quincy on his
17 birthday December 24, 1972 at
WEKY
17 birthday December 24, 1972 at
WEKY
I also worked for WEKY in 1965. I was 18 and did the 6 PM to Midnight shift
(sorry no audio, lucky you). As I recall, the station was owned by either
Henkin Inc. or Tinker Inc. Jim Kincer was the Station Manager. Also working
was Buddy Kaye (Kincer), Ralph Hacker, Ralph Gabbard, the late Ron Statzer,
and others. The station was located in the McKee Building in downtown
Richmond.
I remember the large fire, just a block up from the radio station at Jimmy's
Restaurant. We ran microphone cable out the front window to a news person on
the sidewalk below. I also remember, via AP wire service, covering the New
York blackout on November 9, 1965. I also remember Buddy and John Fox
traveling to Northern Kentucky to give us reports on a tragic air accident at
the Cincinnati airport.
I also remember the EKU Homecoming weekend when I was scheduled to work
three to midnight and then be replaced by someone else. When he didn't make
it, I worked until Noon the next day.
I have one picture of the old control room, on the second floor of the McKee
Building. This picture is of a very young John Quincy taken in 1972. The old
Gates board, John speaks of, was the same board I ran in 1965.
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(sorry no audio, lucky you). As I recall, the station was owned by either
Henkin Inc. or Tinker Inc. Jim Kincer was the Station Manager. Also working
was Buddy Kaye (Kincer), Ralph Hacker, Ralph Gabbard, the late Ron Statzer,
and others. The station was located in the McKee Building in downtown
Richmond.
I remember the large fire, just a block up from the radio station at Jimmy's
Restaurant. We ran microphone cable out the front window to a news person on
the sidewalk below. I also remember, via AP wire service, covering the New
York blackout on November 9, 1965. I also remember Buddy and John Fox
traveling to Northern Kentucky to give us reports on a tragic air accident at
the Cincinnati airport.
I also remember the EKU Homecoming weekend when I was scheduled to work
three to midnight and then be replaced by someone else. When he didn't make
it, I worked until Noon the next day.
I have one picture of the old control room, on the second floor of the McKee
Building. This picture is of a very young John Quincy taken in 1972. The old
Gates board, John speaks of, was the same board I ran in 1965.
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John's memories of WEKY
WEKY was a 24-hour Top 40 station in Richmond,
the home of Eastern Kentucky University -- and
other than the times I was on the air there,
sounded quite good for station in a town of its
size. The power was 1000 watts during the day,
250 watts at night. I worked two shifts each
weekend during my 2-month tenure there:
6:00-10:00 a.m. on Saturdays and 6:00 p.m. till
midnight on Sundays. I think I made $1.80 an
hour at WEKY. Moving on up!
WEKY didn't use any jingles on the air at this
time, but had these killer IDs voiced by Gary
Burbank (who was then at WAKY in Louisville).
WEKY had a Gates board that was so old that you
had to throw the mic key to the left to turn it on.
(On most boards the mic key is flipped to the
right.) Spots came from a 5-deck Spotmaster
machine.
WEKY was a 24-hour Top 40 station in Richmond,
the home of Eastern Kentucky University -- and
other than the times I was on the air there,
sounded quite good for station in a town of its
size. The power was 1000 watts during the day,
250 watts at night. I worked two shifts each
weekend during my 2-month tenure there:
6:00-10:00 a.m. on Saturdays and 6:00 p.m. till
midnight on Sundays. I think I made $1.80 an
hour at WEKY. Moving on up!
WEKY didn't use any jingles on the air at this
time, but had these killer IDs voiced by Gary
Burbank (who was then at WAKY in Louisville).
WEKY had a Gates board that was so old that you
had to throw the mic key to the left to turn it on.
(On most boards the mic key is flipped to the
right.) Spots came from a 5-deck Spotmaster
machine.
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Bill Purdom is now Creative Director at
the Cox Broadcasting in Orlando, Florida.
the Cox Broadcasting in Orlando, Florida.
John Quincy is now with WSSX-FM (95SX Charleston,
South Carolina) as Afternoon DJ and Production
Director. www.johnquincy.net/about.htm
South Carolina) as Afternoon DJ and Production
Director. www.johnquincy.net/about.htm