Re: Portsmouth Radio

[Hopper <wlnhwbhg@lr.net>]

Martin J. Waters wrote:
> 
> >Rick Kelly wrote:
> >I believe Fisher was owner of WSPR, Springfield in the early eighties...
> 
>         Mr. Fisher, operating a company name that I forget, bought WSPR in
> 1977 from the Alan Tindal family, the long, long-time owners I raked over
> the coals here awhile ago. At that point, the station was like one of those
> Hollywood sets for an old-time western movie -- if you looked behind the
> facade of the buildings along the main street, there was nothing there but
> 2x4s holding up the front walls. I don't recall when Mr. Fisher sold the
> wreckage.

The company name: Northeast Communications Corporation.

The first WSPR bumpersticker showed bold call letters smashing through a brick 
wall.  

Hopper

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