WTBQ CELEBRATES ITS' 40TH ANNIVERSARY!
Frank Truatt, Pip Klein
(Original founder, Ed Klein's daughter),
Rob McLean, Souzie Miller
and Michael Johndrow
(Executive Director of the Warwick Valley
Chamber of Commerce)
Station General Manager Frank Truatt
dedicated WTBQ's tower posthumously
to Ed Klein, WTBQ's founder.
The tower ceremony took place
at 11:10 AM on July 27th, 2009,
40 years to the date WTBQ began broadcasting.
Pip Klein and her husband Bob,
Rob McLean, Rich Ball, Souzie Miller, Frank Truatt,
Walt Popailo, Benzee and Cyndee
in front of WTBQ's studios
for a barbeque after the tower ceremony.
Cub Scout Pack 488 from Monroe visited the WTBQ broadcast studios in October of 2009 and were guests of the “Into The Weekend with Walt and Benzee” program that airs every Friday from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Meeting with the boys before the show is co-host Erwin “ Benzee” Benz, right, with scout master Mike Endrizzi. The scouts toured the studio and were on-air guests for the show. With Benzee’s participation, the boys earned their communications badge. The kids also got a chance to meet local race champion Chuck McKee from Orange County Speedway and see the inner workings of a radio station.
(Photo courtesy of The Advertiser)
Soul Joel, a stand up comedian and producer can be found around town in his Soul Joel Mobile.
"The Comedy Point" brings EXCITEMENT to Tuesday nights with co-host comics
Rich Shultis and Mad Dog Mattern.
Elvis's long lost brother makes a rare appearance on the "Into the Weekend Show" with Benzee, Mark Scott from the Copper Bottom Restaurant and Walt on October 23rd, 2009.
Walt from "into the Weekend" plays the skipper with Mary Ann from "Gilligans Island" at "The Chiller Theatre" on October 30th, 2009