KMAQ IS 50 TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. RAY SHIELDS, OUR MORNING ANNOUNCER AND CHIEF ENGINEER, DID THE SIGN-ON SHIFT FROM 5:30 A.M. UNTIL 9. STAN BARTON, WAS THE NEWS DIRECTOR AND READ THE MORNING NEWS AT 8 AND THEN
SPUN RECORDS UNTIL 9. I CAME ON (THAT'S ME ABOVE AT AGE 19) AT 9 A.M. AND
WENT TO 11. THEN RAY WAS BACK FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. STATION MANAGER BOB BROWN WAS ON FROM 1 UNTIL 2 AND I CAME BACK AT 2 AND WENT UNTIL SIGN-OFF AT 7. LONG DAY, BUT IT WAS FUN. GITTE BOLLINGER WAS OUR
RECEPTIONIST, DUANE WILLEY OUR SALESMAN, JANE BEAN OUR BOOKKEEPER,
AND NATE GOETZ FROM MONROE, WISCONSIN, WAS PART-OWNER AND CAME DOWN TO MAQUOKETA WEEKLY. THE OTHER CO-OWNERS, HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER PARTNER, ARE NO LONGER LIVING. ALSO DECEASED, BOLLINGER, SHIELDS, AND WILLEY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE STAN IS, BUT BELIEVE HE IS STILL LIVING. BOB BROWN AND HIS WIFE ELAINE LIVE IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. NATE GOETZ AND HIS WIFE RUTH LIVE IN FLORIDA. WE WERE AN AM STATION ONLY, WITH FM COMING ON THE AIR IN 1967. IN 1958, WE STARTED AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND MOVED TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION IN 1970, FOLLOWING A NEXT DOOR FIRE THAT DID DAMAGE AT KMAQ. THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD HAS A STORY
ABOUT THE KMAQ 50TH TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN READ IT ON LINE. ALSO,
A VIDEO THEY DID WITH ME THIS MORNING. WE ARE HAVING A STAFF AND
FAMILY DINNER PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT. LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN
DAY TOMORROW AND WILL THEN START WORKING ON YEAR #51 WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT HAS OR IS ADVERTING ON KMAQ...THANK YOU! IF YOU ARE A LISTENER TO KMAQ...THANK YOU! OR, IF YOU ARE OUT OF REACH TO LISTEN AND A REGULAR VISITOR TO THIS REPORT...THANK YOU!
WE HOPE YOU'LL STAY WITH US IN THE YEAR AHEAD AND WE PROMISE TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO BE YOUR RADIO STATION.
DENNIS VOY