THIS WEEK (WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH) WE AT KMAQ WILL OBSERVE OUR 51ST ANNIVERSARY. LAST SATURDAY, AFTER ATTENDING A FUNERAL IN MY HOMETOWN OF HORICON, WISCONSIN, NANCY AND I, ON THE WAY HOME, STOPPED AT FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN AND MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE BOB AND ELAINE BROWN HOME. BOB WAS THE FIRST MANAGER OF KMAQ AND HIRED ME IN
AUGUST 1958. BOB WAS KMAQ MANAGER FOR 1 YEAR AND THEN MOVED TO FORT
ATKINSON, TO MANAGE AND START-UP WFAW IN THAT CITY. WHEN IN MAQUOKETA, THE BROWNS FAMILY LIVED ON SOUTH NIAGARA STREET.
THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WERE THE WOODY FLENKERS AND THE JUDGE ART JANSENS. BOB IS 88....ELAINE A LITTLE YOUNGER....AND BOTH ENJOYING
RETIREMENT IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOME THAT THEY BUILDT IN 1965. WE
HAD FUN TALKING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS OF KMAQ. BOB'S MEMORY IS BETTER THAN MINE. THEY SAID THEY HAD SENT AN ANNIVERSARY CARD THAT
MORNING AND IT CAME TODAY. THANKS TO BOB AND ELAINE AND THE MANY FINE LISTENERS AND ADVERTISERS WE HAVE HAD FOR 51 YEARS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A BIGGER AND BETTER 52ND YEAR STARTING THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY