THIS IS MARY LEE GREEN OF CLINTON STREET IN GRAND MOUND. SHE WON THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY JANUARY RADIO. IT IS ON THE TABLE IN FRONT ON
HER. MARY IS 77 AND HAS LISTENED TO KMAQ SINCE THE 60'S. WHEN SHE SENT IN HER NAME FOR THE MONTHLY DRAWING, SHE WROTE THAT SHE ESPECIALLY LIKES THE DERRY BROWNFIELD SHOW AND THE DEWITT CALLING SHOW.
I TOOK THIS PHOTO IN STUDIO B, WHERE MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ORIGINATE,
INCLUDING THE BINGO SHOW. SEE THE CAGE ON THE SHELF. THE BIG CONSOLE CONTROL BOARD ON THE SHELF WAS THE FIRST ONE WE USED HERE AT KMAQ, AND IT WAS IN SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS IN THE CONTROL ROOM. IT WAS MADE BY COLLINS RADIO, THEN IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE FIRST TO USE IT WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR WAS BOB BROWN, OUR FIRST MANAGER, NOW LIVING IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. NOTE THE BIG LETTERS AND NUMBERS ALONG THE TOP OF THE PHOTO. THE DATE KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING. I HAD THE 9 TO 11 A.M. SHIFT AND THE 2 UNTIL 5 IN THE AFTENOON SHIFT THAT DAY. THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN THE NATION WAS VOLARE. AND IT WAS THAT DAY THAT EASTERN IOWA WAS INTRODUCED TO POLKAS. OUR FIRST POLKA SHOW WAS BROADCAST THAT DAY AT 11:30 AND THE SHOW HAS BEEN ON KMAQ-AM AT THAT TIME EVERY DAY SINCE, INCLUDING SUNDAYS. IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ON KMAQ-AM. AND, OF COURSE, MANY PEOPLE DISLIKED THE POLKAS TOO AND TUNED OUT FOR THE HALF HOUR AND CAME BACK AT NOON FOR THE NOON NEWS AND MARKETS. THANKS MARY LEE GREEN FOR BEING A LONGTIME LISTENER TO KMAQ. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW RADIO.
OUR NEXT FREE RADIO WILL BE DRAWN FOR ON MARCH 1ST.
DENNIS VOY

THE WEEKEND WAS COLD. IT IS COLD TODAY. WILL BE COLD TONIGHT.
SNOWING MOST OF TODAY. GOING TO BE SNOWING AGAIN TONIGHT. DO I WANT TO MENTION ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER? NO!

MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED TWO WRESTLERS FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN DES MOINES. MARCUS BREEDEN WAS THE DISTRICT RUNNERUP SATURDAY AT ANAMOSA, AT 112 POUNDS. HE GOES TO STATE.
THOMAS MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE DISTRICT CHAMP SATURDAY AT 160 POUNDS. HE GOES TO STATE. DEWITT WILL HAVE 3 WRESTELERS AT STATE AND DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN BROADCAST THE 2-A MATCHES BY MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT GRAPPLERS, STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE CARDINAL BOYS HAD A REGULAR SEASON MAKE-UP GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST DYERSVILLE AND WON 58 TO 54. DANIEL HOLMES POURED IN 23 POUNTS FOR THE CARDS. BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE RECORD FOR MCHS IS 48 POINTS IN A GAME. IN THE EARLY 60'S, BY RICH O'HARA.

PAMELA LEDFORD, 41, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID LEDFORD MANAGED DICK'S CONVENIENCE STORE. SHE ADMITTED REFUNING ITEMS THROUGH THE CASH REGSITER AND KEEPING THE MONEY FOR HERSELF. SHE SAID SHE TOOK $4,800 BETWEEN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND JANUARY THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, RECEIPTS FROM DICK'S SHOWS $30,615 IS MISSING.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, TRACY MILLER, AGE 32, WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON NORTH FIFTH STREEET AND GROVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BECAUSE SHE RAN A STOP SIGN. SHE HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY JOHN MONNER, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

LOLA HAYES, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.

THE MEN WHO COOK DINNER IS THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 5 UNTIL 7
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST, MAQUOKETA KIWANIS AND DELMAR LIONS. YOU ARE INVITED.

THE UP WITH PEOPLE GROUP COMES TO TOWN WEDNESDAY. CONCERT IS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SUZY BAGUSS PUTS ON A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK PHOTOS I TOOK LAST WEEK, BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY