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W I N G R A D I O
1960S
W I N G
R A D I O
1960S
W I N G
R A D I O
1960S
THE WING STUDIOS ON FIRST STREET IN DAYTON OHIO CIRCA 1962
WING RADIO WAS NAMED ONE OF THE
TOP TEN
RADIO STATIONS IN THE NATION BY
BILLBOARD
MAGAZINE FOR MOST OF THE 1960S
THIS WEB PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE
EMPLOYEES OF WING
WHO PROVIDED THE TALENT AND DRIVE
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THE MAN WHO HEADED THIS GROUP OF UNUSUAL AND GIFTED TALENT WAS..
DALE MOUDY
GENERAL MANAGER
THE MAN WHO PROVIDED THE PROGRAMMING
LEADERSHIP WAS
JIM SMITH (left-shown here with contest winner and announcer Bob Holliday)
It was Jim Smith who served as program
director, implementing the top 40 format
that resulted in the highest rateings
ever recorded in the history of Dayton radio.
SMITH ALSO WAS THE "M.C."
OF DAYTON'S MOST POPULAR DANCE
SHOW, THE "COCA COLA HI FI
CLUB, BROADCAST EVERY SATURDAY
THE BIG EVENT EVERY SUMMER IN THE
DAYTON
AREA WAS THE Le SOURDESVILLE LAKE
"W
I N G WING FLING"
JIM SMITH
ROD WILLIAMS
STAN SCOTT
SOME OF THE WING FAMILY TAKING A
PHOTO "OP"
ROD WILLIAMS..."ON
THE AIR AND IN THE AIR"
MIKE GAVIN AND LOU SWANSON
ON THE DUNKING MACHINE
G
"GENTLEMEN...START YOUR ENGINES"
FANS
WITH ROD WILLIAMS,GENE BARRY AND STAN SCOTT
AND SPEAKING OF FAST CARS..........
JACK WYMER INTERVIEWS JIM SMITH
AS DALE MOUDY GETS SET
TO RETURN TO THE WING STUDIOS
AND SPEAKING OF
"GREAT WHEELS"
WING'S JUDY SEUBERT AT AN AD CLUB CELBRATION WHEN
NOT WINNING BEAUTY CONTESTS
BOB BARRON-ROD WILLIAMS-ROD WILLIAMS-BOB
BARRON
BOB BARRON"S SIGN OFF.'' the moving finger writes
and having written, moves on''.
THE RADIO INTERVIEW
THAT SAVED
A
LIFE
Sewing teacher Edythe Klumpp was
scheduled to be the first woman to die in
the Ohio electric chair, charged
with first degree murder of a Cincinnati woman.
Newscaster Rod Williams & sound
engineer Jake Yancy traveled to Klumpp's
death row cell in Marysville Ohio
reformatory and Williams' exclusive inter-
view was broadcast on radio stations
throughout Ohio and later broadcast on
all three major networks; NBC-ABC-CBS
Following the interview, Ohio Governor
Michael Disalle joined the condemed
woman in her cell and as a result
commuted her sentence avoiding the death
penalty and later resulting in
her release from prison
FRONT ROW
GENE BARRY-JACK MURRAY-STAN SCOTT
BACK ROW
BOB HOLLIDAY-LOU SWANSON-BOB BARRON-ROD WILLIAMS
B
FAIR STAFF AND ENGINEERS ALONG
WITH VOLUNTEERS
FFODURING A "HALLOWEEN" PROMOTION
IN(IN SUITS-LEFT TO RIGHT)
LOU SWANSON, GENE BARRY, LES BODINE,
JAKE YANCEY,ROD WILLIAMS, JIM SMITH,
JOSIE DYKSTRA AND BERNIE KOVAL.S
ENGINEER JAKE YANCEY
KEPT IT "ON THE AIR"
STAN SCOTT LEADING A WING PARADE
(BELOW) LEFT TO RIGHT...ON
WATER SKI'S
lou swanson-bobby harper-bob holliday-gene
barry-jim smith
A PARTY WITH SOME OF THE WING STARS OF THE 1 9 6 0 ' S
LINDA MALLORY-JERRY PERISI
LOU SWANSON BARBARA WILLIAMS DALE& ELLE MOUDY
WILBUR BOTTS & WIFE
ROD WILLIAMS KEN WARREN
GRACEGRACE WEISS
BOB HARPER
WILBUR " ELVIS" BOTTS
JIM SMITH
BOB MELBERTH JAKE
YANCEY
ROD & BARB WILLIAMS
JOHNNY SAUER
STAN SCOTT
JACK WYMER
"D.D." SWANSON
GEORGE LENNING
AND A FEW MORE PHOTOS TO GO....
(ABOVEABOVE.....LOU SWANSON
"HALF BAKED AND ON HIS ASS
