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60th Anniversary Reflections

All year long, we've been collecting photos of our 60th Anniversary signs with our supporters and friends. Above is a gallery of some of those shots.

We also were lucky enough to receive messages from many of our supporters near and far and have collected them into a single file:

60th Anniversary Congratulations

Finally, we had each current staff member reflect on their time with the station, whether it's been one year or over 40.

ANA LONGORIA 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
CAROLINE MACGREGOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
DANIEL LONG 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
DAVID FAIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JEREMY BALDWIN 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JESSICA WEBSTER 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JOE TIBONI 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JOHN BOMMARITO 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JOHN PETELKA 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
JOHN STOCKWELL 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
KEVIN MEERSCHAERT 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
MARC TARAS 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
MAT HOPSON 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
MICHAEL JEWETT 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
MOLLY MOTHERWELL 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
NIK THOMPSON 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION
WENDY WRIGHT 60TH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION

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My background is almost entirely music industry related. I have worked record retail, record wholesale, radio and been a mobile disc jockey as the four primary jobs I've held since 1985. Sure, there were a few other things in there - an assistant to a financial advisor, management level banker (hired during the pandemic with no banking experience), I cleaned a tennis club and couple of banks. The true version of myself is involved in music somehow. Since I don't play any instruments, my best outlet is to play other people's music and maybe inspire you to support that artist.
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