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Doug Neatrour Photos of WWOD

Many of these are from 1973 and show a WWOD that was in good condition and operating, in contrast to the more recent photos.

To see all of the photos in a larger format, just click on the advance button under the first large photo below.

Doug,
Thanks for getting these to me.
Rick B.
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Doug Neatrour Photos from August 2006

Doug took these when passing through on vacation in 2006.  Click on the photo to get a brief description.
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Doug sent this email with his 2006 photos of the WWOD Building.

From: Douglas Neatrour
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:36 AM
To: rick1031@hotmail.com
Subject: WWOD Photos

 

Rick:
 
Please accept my apologies for not getting at least this first batch of WWOD photos to you earlier.  I have no excuse, except...well...let's leave it at that.
 
I will attempt to attach 6 or 7 digital photos, taken in the summer of 2006, while on vacation in Virginia.  As any good radio person (junkie), I just HAD to visit a radio station, while away from my own facility.
 
I had always wanted to visit WWOD, and except for one time about a year or so after leaving 'OD' for KXEL, the 2006 trip was my first and now my last. 
 
It is indeed sad to see the place boarded up.  The photos speak for themself, including one of the vacant field, where the towers used to sit. I also took a photo of the right side of the building, and after looking at it closely, I don't know why.   Two of the photos are of me in front of the building and I'm trying to find my old non-digital pix to mail to you.  One of those photos, I believe, has me standing in pretty close to the same place on the walkway leading to the station front door...some 35 years earlier.  Those photos (the non-digital that I will mail to you) have a good staff pix during my leaving party...I will attempt to name the people in that one.  
 
Thanks and I really appreciate all the work you have placed in this tribute site. It certainly brings back the memories.
 
Regards,
 
Doug Neatrour
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Doug,

Thanks for sharing the photos.

Rick B.

The airchecks on this site were recorded off the air and are on this site to provide historical examples of Twin Cities radio.  These recordings are not intended to by used by others for commercial purposes. 


Some of the airchecks are off reel to reel tapes that were recorded off the air by Rick Burnett while living in the Twin Cities.  Many other airchecks were recorded of the air by other people.  In May 2006 the recordings started to be converted to MP3 and shared here.  In addition to the Burnett recorded airchecks, there are also many airchecks that were recorded and submitted by friends and acquaintances, or acquired from other available collections.  Sources are cited, if known.  The contributed recordings from friends and contributors of both airchecks and other material are greatly appreciated.  Without their help, the site would have many less pages of radio history.  The recordings of Burnett and other contributors who recorded them off the air may show up on other sites and have may been "borrowed" and listed for sale on auction sites.  This site does not charge any fees to listen to the posted recordings.  The purpose of this site is to preserve some of the Twin Cities radio history.

Windows Media Player works well to play these MP3 files, and depending on your internet settings, will start streaming the file, or will automatically open the file after it is downloaded. Some files are large.  Should you have any aircheck of Twin Cities radio stations, let me know and I may be able to include them at this site.  Contact me at  Rick(at)HotMail.com  --- NOTE Replace "(at)" with @ when typing email address