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Announcer Del Viney Inside WVLR Studio
1965
Radio announcer Del Viney on the air inside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station during the dinner music show. Caption reads: "Dinner Music Show is announced by Viney, whose meal usually come...
WVLR Radio Set
1965
Close-up of a WVLR radio set, an FM radio that is a special, single-station receiver manufactured and advertised as a "barn radio" whose reception is unaffected by electrical equipment, compatible ...
International Scout outside WVLR Radio Station
1965
Station manager Ron Nicols and an International Scout truck with plow outside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio station headquarters. WVLR shared quarters with Cuca Records and Sara Sound Studios. James ...
Sara Sound Productions
1965
James Kirchstein, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station chief engineer and originator, inside his recording company, Sara Sound Productions, Inc. WVLR and Sara Sound Productions were located i...
Young Disc Jockeys
1965
Caption reads: "Young Disc Jockeys, Mary Speth and Peggy Schaefer, get briefing from announcer, Del Viney. Station strictly limits rock-'n-roll to one hour a day, makes teens responsible for schedu...
August Derleth in his Office
1965
Office of author August Derleth, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio's (WVLR) unofficial consultant on the history of the Sauk-Prairie area. Derleth's novels and stories documented this community 40 miles ...
