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Pre POP - click
for an undated photo of Ralph Kanna; note the WONS
mic flag. This was shot between 1946-54 before Ralph
became the first program director of Channel 30 in West
Hartford, and went on to a distinguished career in cartooning.
Ralph was 90 when he died on August 19, 2000. |
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July
20, 1956 - WPOP's Top 40 origins |
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1957-1958 - WPOP's George Hound Dog
Lorenz |
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December
7, 1958 - ad for WPOP Color Radio |
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1950s-1960s
- montage of record hops emceed by WPOP Personalities. |
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January,
1959 - Bob Scott and the Children's Marching
Song marathon |
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August
2, 1959 - ad for WPOP's 24 Hour Broadcast
Service |
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December,
1959 - photos of the Newington transmitter
building by former engineer Neil Fitzgerald |
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July
1, 1960 - Jack Brooks Profile |
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March
25, 1961 - letter from WPOP's Ray Somers |
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1962 - Joey Reynolds
earns a theme song by writing liner notes for The Four
Seasons |
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February
5, 1963 - Joe Amaturo buys WPOP |
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July,
1964 - Jack Kelly attempts roller coaster
record at Riverside |
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Summer
1965
- The WPOP Good Guys |
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September, 1965
- Lou Terri's Tune |
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June
30, 1966 - the kind of publicity no radio
stations wants... |
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July
17, 1966 - ad for WPOP Good Guys George Brewer,
Bill Bland, Lou Terri, Jim Meeker, Ken Griffin, John
Sherman & Sam Holman |
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February,
1967 - Ken Griffin in Teen Life magazine
(note: Ken left WPOP in Oct. 1966 but there was obviously
some delay before this article appeared in print) |
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May
21, 1967 - Danny Thomas drops Big D for WPOP |
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1967 - Pictures of the WPOP Good Guys |
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January,
1968 - Bill Winters in Profile |
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July
12, 1968 - Dick Heatheron really is
Joey Heatherton's brother! |
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July
26, 1968 - Tracy joins the Boss Jocks |
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December
22, 1968
- WPOP Boss Christmas Edition |
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August
2, 1969 - WPOP help wanted ad |
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November
16, 1969 - WPOP Boss Edition |
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Winter
1969-1970
- the WPOP BOSSketball team takes on the faculty of
Pulaski High School in New Britain. |
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Spring,
1971 - the WPOP Crumpet Caper |
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November
3, 1971 - Scott St. James and the Morning
Mayor |
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March
22, 1972 - ad for WPOP's Coffeytime morning
show |
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August
16, 1972 - Merv Griffin |
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September
1, 2004 - read more about the late Steve
"Wildman" Gallon |
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June
25, 2005 - The WPOP Reunion (also the 2008
Reunion) |
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August
10, 2006 - Tribute to Augie Santana |
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March
23, 2008 - Death of Jack Armstrong |
