After a month off the air, WANO signed back on on Friday April 20th at approximately 6:45pm! Due to the hard work, dedication and efforts of many people, we've managed to turn tragedy into victory. Arsonists may have destroyed our building and hurt our spirits, but perseverance and love have resulted in the rebirth of a new WANO, one which sounds great, and will serve the community for years to come! Soon, we'll plan a get-together for all our friends and neighbors, so that we can come together and celebrate success. Here's to another fifty years of WANO!
For pictures and details of the last 36 hours of our rebuilding process, click here!
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Wednesday, March 21st - The rebuilding begins. Thursday, March 22nd - The foundation is poured! Friday, March 23rd - The transmitter arrives! Saturday, March 24th - Sand and blocks, and trespassers. Sunday, March 25th - One week later, and we have walls! Monday, March 26th - A fresh logo for a fresh station. Tuesday, March 27th - Lots of planning, but no pictures. Thursday, March 29th - Another day, more progress. Friday, March 30th - Lots of progress, lots of pictures! Monday, April 9th - Finally, an update! :) Wednesday, April 18th - The Rack Comes Together.
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 The front door of the building, showing obvious signs of fire.
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 The side of the building, with smoke stains.
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 An old on-air studio, and storage for records and reels. The reels, which contained historic broadcasts, were destroyed.
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 The original Gates transmitter, not in use at the time of the fire, but still in working order.
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 .45 records, now destroyed.
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 Melted plexiglass windows between studios.
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 Old sales contracts, charred beyond recognition.
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 Cart recordings of old commercials and news reports.
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 No explanation needed here.
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 The turntables, all three, still worked.
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 Countless radio people started their careers sitting in that chair, looking through that melted window.
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 Here, obvious evidence that the fire was arson. You can see clearly where the accelerant was poured.
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 The front door, where the fire was lit.
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 The transmitter, water-damaged beyond repair.
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 More evidence of arson. Notice the preacher's podium in the background.
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 Close-up of the transmitter. It wasn't hurt by fire, but was ruined by water damage.
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 Directly above the transmitter, cinders ignited a second fire here in the ceiling. Extinguishing these flames caused the water damage which destroyed the transmitter.
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 More melted .45s. Any historic artist you can think of is probably represented here. They were still in alphabetical order. Notice the old tubes on the bottom shelf.
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