Thomas H. Twine's WUVT Alumni Page
  Favorite stories, history, practical jokes, embarrassing moments, strange projects, hacks, etc.

This page is for reminiscing about your time at Woovit.

Bob Ridle: Randy Jessee took this picture during my 24-hour marathon on WUVT back in the spring of 1967. (More details here.)

A "Ben-Hur" Production - By Bob Sweeny

The Great Cable Cutting Caper - By Peter Morrison

From Russ Marshall:

Paul McCartney dead? - Woovit's "Cousin Eddie" (Ed Bayne) on Roby Yonge's last show on WABC/New York!

Memories of WUVT AM and FM engineering during the late 1970s and early 80s
- By John T. M. Lyles, otherwise known as jtml

WUVT History - In their own words:

  • Ed Bayne - "Cousin Eddie" on the air with Dating Reports and homecoming singalongs.
  • Dean Hearn - '55 - All the "wild" stories about the good old days are true!
(The following were previously posted at the official WUVT Website...) Some thoughts or memories (ramblings) from a former Woovit engineer.... - By Mike Williams

The Ceremonial First Sign-On of WUVT-FM - October 6, 1969

WUVT-AM "Gag Rag of the Air" - A few times during its history, WUVT-AM aired a parody show...

WUVT-AM "Registration Race" - Hokie Bob Ashcraft explains an on-air contest...

Buffalo Bob's Remembrance Rant - An e-mail from Rob Thurston...

How We Got Those Jingles - Scott (Greg E. Lovin) Wainwright tells how WUVT acquired the first PAMS jingle package produced for a college radio station...

The "Sole Dictatorship" of WUVT - Bob Ridle tells of his rise to power...

The Wreck of the WNRV Van - Not to be confused with any song by Gordon Lightfoot - The first WUVT/WNRV Van met with its demise on a wintry day on Brush Mountain. Mike Williams explains...

The Bogus WPUV ABC Newscast - April 1, 1976 - This story includes a RealAudio file; even though it isn't a WUVT aircheck, the dastardly deed was organized and done by Wooviteers. It all started when your Humble Webmaster, who was working part-time at WJJJ/WVVV, noticed a phone line wire with a paper tag that read simply, "WPUV-ABC"...




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