Wow great video 👍 I remember the Sanford station, I live about a mile from there been in Sanford almost my whole life, I do model railroad myself and also film some on my channel I wish I would have got something out of old station before tore down, we also had a president many years ago come for the grand opening of it, I also remember rand yard and the old ice plant, great rr history Thanks for sharing 👍 I just subscribed to your channel Thanks again Eddie @elwtrains
Thanks for sharing your memories of the Sanford ACL station. The ice house was still standing when I started shooting video back in 1984. And thanks for subscribing.
We drop off to WPB, Okeechobee, and Sanford. Sanford is mostly for the AutoTrain convenience, and it ain't much, but it's way more comfortable than either WPB or Okeechobee and lot more safe and fresh than is the old station in Tampa.
Dave, Thanks for posting this. Grew up in Sanford, my parents took me on the train in 1960, all of 6 months old. Rode the train from Sanford to Boston and back must be 50+ times. Damn shame City of Sanford couldn't step up for road and station improvements to keep that alive. Kills me to see that shot of the Station demolished. When my father was Mayor he never would have let that happen. Moved to Boston now travel the NEC mostly, everything you knew about Sanford and Florida is changed and gone. Progress.
According to the 1976 broadcasting yearbook, Rounsaville Radio purchased WMBR 600 KC and WAIV-fm 96.9 on 7/18/75. This was a very successful top forty station and according to the yearbook was programmed by the legendary Tom Kennington. WAIV had an album oriented rock format and was very well received by the Jacksonville audience. WIVY-fm 102.9 and am on 1290-AM, was owned by Jacksonville Broadcasting Corp, Y Tom Kirby president and general manager. Hope that helps Al, your questions and comments are always appreciated.
@@DaveEdwardsEntertainment thanks Dave! Hope all is well by you. I know Tom Kennington left WFUN as PD In the fall of 1974 to become national PD for Rounsaville and Don Wright was the last PD of WFUN before they went away 1-06-76. Tom West, who was the morning guy at WFUN following Bwana Johnny’s departure in August 74, went on to be PD of the legendary BJ105 in February 1975…so I’m guessing Tom was national PD and took care of Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville. I have talked with Tom on occasion over the years and he was extremely nice to me and we traded a lot of stories.
I was Tom Edwards at Y-103 in 1987 and knew AJ Davis (taught his son in middle school), Tony Mann, and Dave Scott. I worked the graveyard shift. In fact, Dave donated some legal IDs and sweeps for my middle school students' internet radio station in 2012. Great memories for a, then, 27-year-old.
Great station Tom, Glad you got to be a part of it. I was there in 1974-75, had a great time and learned a lot from some very talented people like program director Lee Fowler. Lee went on to be one of the most respected talk show hosts in the Miami area. Morning guy Frank Reed went on to WNBC after his gig at 96X Miami. As I type this I'm looking at that picture of the Gulf Life Center, next to the Hilton where the station was located. The building was lit for the holidays and I was out there, In freezing weather, doing time exposures. Thanks Tom for sharing your memories.
WAME was a direct competitor to WQAM in the late 50's and early 60's, before WFUN was launched. WAME was a daytimer back then; they had to sign off at sundown. When they went with the R&B format, the owners upgraded the station to 24 hour. Had they been full time back then, they might have given Tiger Radio a real run for its money.
Dirty secret about Treanor - he had issues with the bottle and would go on air buzzed. EDIT: Not all the time, but he even admitted he had issues with alcohol through the years and would go on air with a buzz once in a while, but not completely wasted, either.
I lived in Satellite Beach in 1965-66 and this was my favorite station. Saturday nights we'd eat at the Tradewinds Cafeteria and go to the Sarno Raceway in Eau Galle to watch the stock car races.
The Gulf Wind did not serve South Florida. It was a Jacksonville-New Orleans train. The South Wind alternated with the City of Miami in Florida-Chicago service.
That was my go to staton back in the late 60”s!!! That was a groundbreaking broadcast that pioneered the FM ‘underground’ station concept. Sadly, it fell by the wayside, to be replaced by ‘corporate’ stations who tried to emulate KPPC, but failed miserably…
When B. Mitchel was on KFWB-AM, he had a late night show and he was allowed to play anything he wanted, similar to the FM underground stations. I heard Interstellar Overdrive on his show. Blew my mind.
Very interesting footage and images of the original Auto-Train. As an historian on this subject, I can safely say every "scrap" of film -- 35mm, VHS, you-name-it -- is valuable in preserving the history of this unique aspect of railroad history. Thank you for sharing... 👍👍
Joey is the best and still active in the entertainment industry, not to mention his cheesecake business. Wish I had better news regarding Ed Little's news cast but I do not have the whole thing. Thanks for watching.
WABR 1440 was country when Rounsavill purchased, shortly thereafter went automated ( AR-2000 ) BEAUTIFUL 😢 MUSIC. Becoming WBJW. don't recall the dates, but remember we gave country LPS, etc. To WHOO ( our competitors). That's how I remember it, but its been well bout 50 years ago.
It's great getting information from somebody that was actually there during that time period. Thanks Gabe for sharing and helping preserve radio's past.
