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Re: [IRCA] WRIB-1220 photo
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] WRIB-1220 photo
- From: The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:47:13 -0700
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WRIB! The only R.I. station I can ever remember hearing. Caught on DX
test circa 1950 from Iowa. QSLed too..............
don k.
Milspec390@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Beautiful. Thank you. Still have couple B&W negatives taken late
> afternoon autumn '71 from west bank Seekonk River, off Gano St. Didn't
> '76 hurricane topple original self-supporting tower w/"WRIB"
> prominently affixed below magnificent Hughey & Phillips 300mm beacon?
> Providence's techno-urban rendition of Lighthouse at Alexandria.
> Inspirational foot lamp to ore carriers frequenting Cohen Scrapyard -
> long ago reincarnated as India Point Park - and claw torch to 'nieces'
> of oulde East Side families locked safely away in attics with little
> to do but gaze thru solitary south facing window.
> WRIB early 50's innovative with "race records", R&B, Rock 'n Roll.
> Batled upstart WPRO. Ever unconquerable, when PRO emerged victorious
> and sallied forth to fight "The Mighty Twelve-Ninety" WICE, 'RIB
> embraced C&W and ethnic narrowcasting. Eddie Zack's Hayloft Jamboree
> radiated brightly from small island, as did Brother Al - Oil of
> Salvation, 50 cents/bottle - Gloria Isabella's "Portuguese Hour", as
> well as Italian Hour. Rich history.
> Is tower situated upon Potato Island? No longer own Providence
> Harbor nautical chart. Confiscated at border, '94 upon being exiled to
> FL.
>
>
> =Z.=
> 21 1955Z OCT 05
> Paul Vincent Zecchino
> Manaexiliado Key, FL
> BT
>
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