WROV History Website Updates
Listing them here so when we say we updated the site, you'll know we aren't just blowing blue smoke....
July 1, 2007
- Added Jim Clark, J. Michael Graves and Terry Young to the "Where Are They" page.
- 1970s photo of Dave Moran added to his "Where Are They" page.
- A few edits and corrections made throughout the site.
January 7, 2007
- Gil King and Bob Hoya added to "Personalities Of The 1960s" list.
November 22, 2006
- Fixed a couple of HTML errors that were invisible to the naked eye, but now are correct. Only the best for The Rock of Roanoke.
October 27, 2006
- Added Rich's "Chuck Holloway" bio to the "Where Are They" page. Thank you, Richie!
October 25, 2006
- Moved the website to a new hosting service. If you couldn't get to it on 10/24-10/25, please forgive us. All should be working now.
- Fixed a few bad/incorrect links in the process (and if you find more, please let us know, as that may mean some of the moved files didn't upload correctly).
August 27, 2006
- Larry & Ron added to the "Hear The Voices" page.
August 26, 2006
- Updated and corrected the story on the 1950s pages.
- Added a few details to the 1940s and 1960s pages.
- Added "The Girl" and a jingle to the Jingles page.
- Added Jivin' Jackson to the "Hear The Voices" page.
- Added more from Fred & Jack to the "Voices" page.
August 20, 2006
- Updated the "Where Are They" page:
- Added tribute to Bucky.
- New photos of Ron & Jerry.
- New page for Sammy Russell.
- New group photo for 2006.
August 14, 2006
- Rewrote the 1940s & 1950s pages to improve accuracy, flow.
- Added picture of Ray Bentley to 1940s page.
August 12, 2006
- Added seven new Musicards.
- Made a few small additions/corrections to parts of the "story".
- Added--unfortunately--a tribute to my now-late pal Bucky.
July 24, 2006
- Have done a complete technical / cosmetic overhaul of the site:
- Fixed the "window opening" problem, P1; you can now open more than one at a time.
- Fixed the "window opening" problem, P2; now they all size correctly.
- Redid the picture captions and they look better now!
- Redid the links page (it was looking too "commercial").
- Fixed more errors and typos.
- Changed hyphens to M-dashes.
- Fixed the way "where are they" windows open.
- Resized some of the graphics so entire site can now be viewed on 800x600 screen with no scroll bars
- Broke up long paragraphs so now it's easier to read
- Changed quotes to italics for song & movie & pub titles
July 8, 2006
- Site is now cross-linked!
- Added Jivin' Jackson to R&R Heaven Section.
- Updated the "Epilogue."
- Added initial WROV News page.
- Updated all "Where Are They" pages with audio links.
July 4, 2006
- Added the Press Clippings page.
- Added the Musicards page.
- Added the Vikings pages.
July 1, 2006
- Updated the 70s & 80s pages. More pictures, more details, several corrections.
June 23, 2006
- Updated the 50s & 60s pages. More pictures, more details, several corrections.
- David Douglas, Perry Woods & Jan Wilkins added to "Where Are They Now" page.
June 17, 2006
- Updated the "Where Are They" page, added "R&R Heaven" section.
June 3, 2006
- Added LOTS of new audio files to the "Hear the Voices" page.
- Added a few new ones to the "Jingles & IDs" page.
- Added a brand new "Commercials" page with several old ones you'll remember.
May 29, 2006
- Added Bruce, Cliff, Bernie and Jerry to the "Where Are They Now" page.
- Fixed a few mistakes (we'll never tell where).
May 29, 2006
- Found and fixed problem with the email account; we weren't getting them all!
- Added all the recovered "lost" ones to the "memories" page.
January 2, 2006
- Put a new jingle on the home page. Variety is the spice of life.
December 5, 2005
- Updated the "Where Are They" page, adding six more folks & some new pics.
- Updated the "Memories" page, adding lots of new letters.
- Updated the "Voices" page, adding lots of new audio.
- Added Ken to the 55-59 page and made a few other corrections.
October 2, 2005
- Added Wally Gator and Jim Gearhart to the WATN page.
September 18, 2005
- Made a few corrections...
September 11, 2005
- FINALLY got and added a good photo of Glenn C. Lewis, The Voice of the Turtle. Thank you, Phil!!!
September 4, 2005
- Split 1970s into two parts, updated, added new stuff.
- Added new stuff to the 1980s pages.
- Added the "Epilogue" page.
September 3, 2005
- Split 1960s into two parts, updated, added new stuff.
September 2, 2005
- Updated 1940s page.
- Split 1950s into two parts, updated, added new stuff.
July 31, 2005
- Added Rob & Jim to the WATN page.
- Updated the links page.
June 30, 2005
- Three photos of Fred King added to the 60s P2 page.
June 25, 2005
- Fred King, John King & Matt Eakle added to the "Hear The Voices" page.
June 22, 2005
- W.A.T.N. pages for Fred King, Ellen Butler & Bill Jordan added!
- Updated links page, added "Reel Radio" link.
- Updated the engineering page, adding a few photos and another Al story.
June 21, 2005
- Added a pic of Jack with Dick Clark to 60s P1 page.
- Updated Starr's bio.
June 20, 2005
- Added several photos and more info to the 1960s P2 page,
including stuff from Fred King, Sam Russell, Gale Henley,
and Marty Shayne.
June 18, 2005
- Added photo of Bill to 1970s P2 page.
June 12, 2005
- Updated the 1970s P1 page, adding several photos.
June 11, 2005
- Added the 1946-1954 history of the station, it's the new "The Beginning" page.
- The old "Beginning" page is now 1955-1959 and covers the early Burt years.
- Added four "Winners" jingles to the jingles page.
April 26, 2005
- 1970s P2 "Wanted" poster and photo added, compliments of John King.
April 24, 2005
- More "Listener Memories" added.
- Lots of small additions and fixes to many other pages.
March 20, 2005
- Added photos of Lee Garrett & Jim Shell to the 40s-50s page.
March 13, 2005
- Reworked the "Welcome" page.
- Added info about PAMS to 70s, P1.
- A new photo of BP to 70s, P2.
- Info about Shrop's "Star Wars" petition t 80s, P1.
March 7, 2005
- Added "The Enormous Jack Curtiss" to our website.
February 28, 2005
- Added "Skylab" promotion to 1970s P2 page (Thanks, Ellen!)
- Began adding names of news people and station staffers to the "story" pages.
- Plus a few other updates & corrections (have fun finding them!).
February 10, 2005
- Added the links page.
- Also, a few additions to the "listener memories" page.
January 20, 2005
- Added "1964 Caravan of Stars" page.
- Added 1960s Sales Brochure to 1960s P1 page.
- A few other small additions / corrections.
January 1, 2005
- Added some great photos to the 1960s P1 page, thanks to Ron Sunshine.
- Added more info about the "Chimes" format, thanks to Bob "Dale" Lackey.
December 29, 2004
- Added the Jingles page & some jingles.
- Reworked the 1980s Part 1 page.
- Added the 1980s Part 2 page.
December 27, 2004
- Added a few photos to the 60s P1 page, thanks to Jack Shields.
December 24, 2004
- Added a Doug McCloud aircheck.
- Added airchecks by Finnegan & Garrett.
December 23, 2004
- Added the "Engineering" page.
- Added "Where Are They" pages for Doug Rorrer & Jack Shields.
- Added 1962 playlist to the first 60s page (thanks, Jack!)
December 14, 2004
- Added the "Hear The Voices" page...!
December 8, 2004
- A few small updates, corrections...
- And, sadly, added H. Gale Henley to the dedication after finding out he passed away about a year ago.
December 5, 2004
- More additions, corrections to existing pages...
- Added the 1980s Part 1 Page!
December 3, 2004
- Added a WATN Barry Michaels page.
December 1, 2004
- Added the 1970s Part 2 Page!
- Added some FINMAN bio info (had to rip it off from his WMAG page but at least it's there!)
- Replaced the Musicard photos on the 1960s P2 page with ones in color (Thanks, Phil!)
- Added another paragraph of text to the 1960s P2 page.
- Two more letters added to the Listener Memories page.
November 28, 2004
- Added a Wolfman page.
- Added a few other bits of text on the other pages.
November 23, 2004
- Added a WATN Jack Fisher page.
- Fixed THIS page so now the headlines are at the top.
- Made a few other corrections & tweaks.
November 22, 2004
- Added more text / pictures to the 1950s page.
- Made a few other corrections & tweaks.
November 21, 2004
- Converted to frames format with navigation bar on the left (easier to get around that way!)
- Added the Listener Memories page.
- Added a few new jingles to the home page.
- Added a WATN page for Vince & FIN
November 18, 2004
- Added thumbnails to "Where Are They" page, return links to "Where Are They" pages, added pages for Bucky & Charlie.
- Added jingle to home page (plays when you open the page, though some browsers do it better than others).
- Added more personalities' names to the 1950s, 1970s pages.
- Made a few fixes/editions to the early 1970s page.
November 17, 2004
- Added text of Jivin' Jackson's show open to 1950s page, thanks to Dave Moran.
- Added more personalities' names to the 1960s pages.
November 9, 2004
- Initial site, in its infancy, is put out there, including 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s pages.