RE:

[Roger Kirk <rkirk@mail1.videoserver.com>]

Sean P. Smyth wrote:
>Speaking of WBOQ, does anyone have any stories about Simon Geller,
>who owned WVCA, which was later sold to Tanger and became W-
>BACH? A man operating a radio station out of his apartment was a
>really fascinating story.

Nothing super extraordinary - I visited him in 66/67 (not sure exactly   
when) along with the Chief Engineer of WRYT.  The apartment was (to be   
polite) a little less than meticulous.  The announcer's booth/control   
room overlooked the main street of the town.  Mr. Geller was (as everyone   
knows) a tad eccentric.  It appeared from our conversation that earlier   
in his boadcasting career, he crossed swords unsuccessfully with someone   
in New York somewhere.  From what I remember of the discourse   
(diatribe?), it appeared that it had been a union vs. management issue   
and he felt he was the "scapegoat".  His lifestyle seemed to be his way   
of "getting even" with those who "done him wrong" i.e. "it was his   
station, he bought it/built it, and he'd run it any way he darned well   
pleased".  I guess it's sorta what we all dream of, it's just he just   
managed to "do it" - eccentricity and all.

It was kinda sad.  A man with a grudge who became a legend.  

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