The top of one of Connecticut's highest peaks doesn't sound like a great place to be during a blizzard, but for WDRC engineer Bob Coe, it was almost like a vaction. This Hartford Courant article from December 30, 1947 details what life was like atop West Peak in Meriden.

Bob started his broadcast engineering career with WTIC. During World War II he was instrumental in developing the Radio Proximity Fuse at Johns Hopkins Laboratory in Washington, D.C. After the war he began a lengthy career with WDRC, retiring to his home in Manchester in 1971. He died on March 23, 1994 at the age of 87!

For a look at some of the WWII-era WDRC engineers click here. For more on later studio engineers click here. And for more photos of West Peak click here.

The Hartford Courant - December 30, 1947, p.1