Tom and Billie Durand, Wes Hopkins, and I really forget many of the other personalities who staffed this old Trenton radio station. My friend, the late Mike Fondi gave me this photo many years ago. He dated it for me. I will leave it to more radio experts to determine whether the 1948 era date is accurate. Were you to look inside of those "boat anchors" as we in the amateur radio community refer to old pre transistor equipment, you would see huge vacuum tubes, heavy transformers, and other vestiges of radio technology of yesteryear. -
Michael said... Tom:
I remember listening to Ernie Kovacs who had the "night owl" show which was the grave yard shift in radio. One night He said enough of this noise, and walked out leaving a dead mike as he sat at the counter of the Towne Restaurant next door having coffee. The engineers across the river in Bucks County were going ballistic. There were located on West State St, between The Hildebrect and Stacy Trent Hotels.
Regards
Mike Kuzma-
- Ralph Lucarella said...
HI TOM....I RECALL WTTM BEING ON EAST STATE ST. AND REMEMBER THE DURANDS AND WES HOPKINS. ERNIE KOVACS WAS INVOLVED IN SO MANY PROJECTS IT'S HARD TO PLACE HIM IN RADIO. I RECALL HIM WORKING IN THE DRUG STORE AND OF COURSE MY SISTER LAW BABY SITTING HIM ON GENESEE STREET MANY MOONS AGO. REGARDS.
Tom:
ReplyDeleteI remember listening to Ernie Kovacs who had the "night owl" show which was the grave yard shift in radio. One night He said enough of this noise, and walked out leaving a dead mike as he sat at the counter of the Towne Restaurant next door having coffee. The engineers across the river in Bucks County were going ballistic. There were located on West State St, between The Hildebrect and Stacy Trent Hotels.
Regards
Mike Kuzma
HI TOM....I RECALL WTTM BEING ON EAST STATE ST. AND REMEMBER THE DURANDS AND WES HOPKINS. ERNIE KOVACS WAS INVOLVED IN SO MANY PROJECTS IT'S HARD TO PLACE HIM IN RADIO. I RECALL HIM WORKING IN THE DRUG STORE AND OF COURSE MY SISTER LAW BABY SITTING HIM ON GENESEE STREET MANY MOONS AGO. REGARDS.
ReplyDeleteTom:
ReplyDeleteWho could forget Bob Kent.
as you know I grew up in South Trenton just across the "Trenton Makes" bridge from Morrisville.
Many nights we would meander over the bridge to walk up above Prior's drug store On the corner of Bridge, and So. Delmore to see the stars of WBUD do thier majic.
WTTM was originally on East State St. next to the Trenton Conservatory of Music between So. Clinton, and Lee Overalls. They moved to West State across from Mary Roeblings Trenton Trust years later. That's where Ernie worked.
Another note of coincidence;
I attended our annual board meeting in Massanutten VA, and when taking questions from the members, an older gentleman struck a cord. Turns out he was born and raised in Trenton at the corner of So. Broad and Hudson a block from Ernie's family "Village Tavern" He grew up with Ernie, and I wonder if your Sister in law baby sat for him also. You probably remember him Ralph, he coached baseball locally; Moe Webber?
BTW do you all remember WTNJ when they broadcast from Bellevue Ave. in the block between Prospect St., and Mercer Hospital?
Mike Kuzma