WUVT History - In their own words...
Hal Copenhaver's story:
I didn't remember this until I checked my old 1958 BUGLE but we had our tenth anniversary that year.
We did the Radiothon so it started before 1958. Back in the 50s you didn't need talent,
just the desire, otherwise my southwest VA thang would have never made it on the air...
but then we didn't talk much. I did 11 to midnight and then shut her down for the
night. Julie Christy was always good for the "troops" in those days. The big news event in '58 was the
big uprising when B-burg wanted students to buy city tags. We leaned out the SAB
windows and covered the event "live" from the studio which fortunately was upwind from the tear gas.
Hal Copenhaver - '58
(Previously posted at the official WUVT Website.)
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