[IRCA] FW: [HCDX] Legend of WOWO dies

["Jim Pogue" <KH2AR@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow - truly the end of an era. I grew up about an hour's drive south of Ft.
Wayne. I'd say nearly 90 percent of people within at least a 100 mile radius
listened to WOWO and Bob Sievers every morning ... EVERY morning. Even many
more in the pre-dawn hours when the signal propagated over the pole and
south into the Caribbean with ease.

Especially in the winter, he either brought us the good news of school
closings or the bad news of "get out to the bus because the snow wasn't deep
enough." In addition to the weather, we heard the farm markets, corny but
always good-natured humor, world and local news, basketball scores and the
latest from the Ft. Wayne Komets. It was guys like him who gave AM stations
their unique personalities, and made it worth listening to back then. 

Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A
Memphis, Tennessee USA
 
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From: hard-core-dx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hard-core-dx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gayle Van Horn
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:36 PM
To: Hard-Core-DX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Cumbre DX; ODXA
Subject: [HCDX] Legend of WOWO dies

For those that follow medium wave and are familar with either WOWO or Bob
Sievers, the following may be of interest.

Legendary WOWO Radio Announcer Bob Sievers dies

Former WOWO morning host Bob Sievers has died at the age of 90. According to
friends of the Sievers family, he was taken to the Emergency Room and died
at around 7 AM Monday morning. Sievers hosted the Little Red Barn morning
show on WOWO for decades, and has been on the air in one way or the other
for over seventy years. You can read stories and memories from Bob's closest
friends and co-workers throughout the day onTuesday on Newstalk 1190 WOWO.

I have also posted a partial article about him on my blog.
Thanks for your time.
Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Teak Publishing, Brasstown, NC
World QSL Book
Shortwave Central Blog: http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/
Monitoring Times: SW Guide Frequency Manager
Broadcast Logs/QSL Report Columnist

 
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