1958 WCMI High School Day Picture

[The Interpreter]

Wow.

http://members5.boardhost.com/buzzboard ... 35781.html

[Big Media]

If only time stood still. Damn good find.

At first glance, I though the zippo on the desk in front of the ashtray was a cell phone.

That's a hell of a board. No wonder you needed to be licensed to operate it.

[AmpedNow]

Not a computer screen or LED lights anywhere.

I love old pics like this.

Wouldn't want to live it, but they are nice to look at.

[contracteng]

Love to own that RCA mic.

[Uncle Shishkabob]

Hope no one knocked over the bottle of coke ontop of the board.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Hope no one knocked over the bottle of coke ontop of the board.

It's amazing how pop and cigarette smoke were of no concern to Chief Engineers back in those days ...

[contracteng]

It's called job creation!

[Big Media]

In those days, the Chief smoked, too. Hell, who didn't smoke?

[genlock]

In those days, the Chief smoked, too. Hell, who didn't smoke?

They are all dead now.

[GlenBrannon1]

That board makes the one I worked on in the early '80's look state of the art
BTW,still smoking and drinking in the control room til '85, when the new stuff came in. They, hell no was the
answer, and the question was asked!

[Big Media]

In those days, the Chief smoked, too. Hell, who didn't smoke?

They are all dead now.

They would be anyway. Too much RF exposure.

Wait.. that's not funny.

[Tim Tyler]

That picture was taken when WCMI was located in a big two-story building at 20th Street and the floodwall in Ashland. The first time I was in a radio station was the same year that picture was made. My Cub Scout Den went there on one of our monthly visits. Seven years later I started my broadcasting career at WCMI AM/FM.

[genlock]

Don Rees lives in Maryland and at last report, worked for a bank.

[The Interpreter]

To me he was and will always be Dr. Don.

TRK? I have no idea where he ended up. Ain't seen Ellery Queen in years, either...I guess he finally graduated from ACC.

[genlock]

CHARLES D REES, II

2801 OLD LIBERTY RD

ELDERSBURG, MD 21784

USA

What was Johnny Thacker's full name?

[The Interpreter]

According to this, Johnny Thacker, and he later owned radio stations in Florida:

http://jeff560.tripod.com/whtn1.html

[Tim Tyler]

TRK Tricky Ricky Kool AKA Rick Shaw (Forest Richard Pope) is in Lexington, KY. I understand he is a Sales Manager for Cumulus Broadcasting.