Tube City Almanac

March 12, 2007

Seems Like Old Times

Category: default || By jt3y










Any relationship to any real radio programs is strictly intentional.

And now that I think of it, I think I forgot to mention that McKeesport's WEDO (810) is finally back on the Interweb at www.wedo810.com. There's no streaming audio, unfortunately.

WEDO has been licensed to McKeesport since 1947, but broadcasts from studios at Rainbow Village Shopping Center in White Oak and a transmitter on Foster Road in North Versailles, with 1,000-watts during daytime hours only.

Also, I hope you didn't miss Heather Mull's profile of Sal Patitucci, host of WEDO's "Radio Italia," which ran in City Paper a few weeks ago. I had the pleasure of working with Sal a few times at another local radio station a year or two ago, and found him to be a very pleasant gentleman.

I wish I could understand Italian, because I'd probably get even more enjoyment out of "Radio Italia," which airs weekdays from 5 to 6 on WEDO. It's a blend of news, entertainment and music, with nearly everything conducted in Italian.

(Frankly, I have a hard enough time with English, and although I did take three years of Spanish in high school, I can barely order dinner at Los Campesinos in North Huntingdon. Me disculpo, Mrs. Hill.)

While you're at the WEDO website, don't miss the program guide, which details the station's eclectic lineup of ethnic shows, polka music and (ahem) old-time radio dramas and comedies.






Your Comments are Welcome!

That is the same audio board that we were using at WXVX-Monroeville in the early 90’s.
Bob (URL) - March 13, 2007



Come to think of it, it looked like the U.S. Navy board we had at WNCC in the late 1970s. In fact, the whole studio could have been moved to Scranton from Barnesboro or vice versa and no one would know the difference. (Ditto WJNL in Johnstown in the mid 1980s, after the flood moved everything up to the transmitter site on Cover Hill.)
As for Stan Fremont, it sounds as if the call signs were changed to protect the competition. (Or was that to give the other suburban McKeesport stations some equal time?)
(Hmmm … suburban McKeesport. I know a writer who could start referring to those stations as … oh, I’ll cut it out here!)
Does it matter? - March 14, 2007



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