TEEN TIME: More feedback today on our question about WESB’s
program for teen-agers in the 1960s.
Kathy Harbaugh of Bradford writes, “It was called HiFi on the
air WESB. I think later it became Teen Time or Teen Beat. Mr. Dan
Smith and Mr. Charlie Callahan were announcers for WESB. Mr. Smith
taught history at the High School and Mr. Callahan taught
English.”
“It was a half hour program every week night at 7 p.m. Teens
from the High School took requests and played the popular
songs.
“I remember some of the disc jockeys from BHS – Dick DeSantis,
Dennis Nearing, Joe Callahan (son of Mr. Callahan), Larry
Vanerstrom, Dave Winn (son of Bill Winn sports announcer for WESB),
Bill Beal, Wendell Williams.
“I believe Wendell Williams went on into television and was a
producer (?) for PBS in State College.
“Other names include Jeff Ellis, Bob Park, Mike Keating, Katie
Johnson. I am sure many more. It was a lot of fun, full of good
memories. A great time to grow up in Bradford and to attend
BHS.”
Many of the names she mentions jibe with recollections from
others, including Jim Pringle who writes, “My 1959 Barker (Is the
high school yearbook still the Barker?) has a picture of student
disk jockeys.”
“They were Dick DeSantis, Dennis Nearing, Larry Vanerstrom,
Dennis ‘Butch’ Lichtenberger, Dave Winn, Bill Beal, Wendell
Williams, Jeff Ellis, Bob Park, Mike Keating, Katie Johnson,
Margaret Foster and Debbie Boyle. I think Dave Winn might have been
the person Terry Williams was thinking of but I am not sure.”
Sue Macfarlane writes, “I remember a teen show on WESB while I
was in high school in the late ’60s and early ’70s. It was called
‘Hi-Fi Teen Time’ and the station played ‘our music (rock, etc.)’
from either 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. or 7-8 p.m.”
“Once a week, during the school year, a student from B.C.C.H.S.
and from B.A.H.S. (on different evenings) would report on school
happenings for that week which included sports, social activities,
important dates. I took my turn as reporter my senior year along
with many other classmates. Back then, it was the only time you
heard Rock ‘n Roll on W.E.S.B.!”
TODAY’S QUOTE: “Being offended is an occupational hazard in a
free society,” said Ursula Owen, chief executive, Index on
Censorship, 2005.
