tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post4632643359320610516..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: what's up the pike: hot shoppes . . .? (updated)Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-26088304443120639702009-06-06T07:11:50.718-04:002009-06-06T07:11:50.718-04:00Yes, C. P. Zilliacus, it is me! It is a small wor...Yes, C. P. Zilliacus, it is me! It is a small world.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180733496678026590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-76605836461571586412009-06-05T17:55:15.402-04:002009-06-05T17:55:15.402-04:00Dan Reed posted:
> - Jerry McCoy from
> th...<i>Dan Reed</i> posted:<br /><br />> - Jerry McCoy from <br />> the Historical Society points <br />> us to this obituary for <br />> Don Dillard, a former <br />> Woodside Park resident <br />> who introduced the region <br />> to Rock & Roll in the 1950's <br />> and 60's on his tiny AM <br />> station, WDON. <br /><br />I recall visiting WDON when <br />its studio (also small) was in <br />the 2600 block of <br />University Boulevard West, <br />in Wheaton. WDON is long gone,<br />but the tower that it used <br />remains.<br /><br />But the format of WDON back <br />when I visited (1967? or <br />1968?) was <i>not</i> rock <br />and roll (we had WINX <br />(Rockville), WPGC (Bladensburg) <br />and the late and lamented <br />WHMC (Gaithersburg) for that),<br />but Country and Western. <br /><br />> For those who grew up <br />> listening to him, Dillard <br />> was symbolic of an era in <br />> East County when it was <br />> just suburbanizing, a fresh, <br />> new place that inspired <br />> one resident enough to base <br />> a sitcom on it. Makes me <br />> wonder what the symbols of <br />> my generation growing up in <br />> this area will be.<br /><br />More on old radio stations in<br />the East County:<br /><br />Did you know that there was once <br />a radio station on Arcola <br />Avenue, near Lamberton Drive?<br /><br />There <b>was</b> - WQMR (AM 1050)<br />and WGAY (FM 99.5). It later<br />moved to the World Bulding <br />on U.S. 29 (Georgia Avenue)<br />in Silver Spring. The AM station<br />broadcast from the radio tower <br />on the Sligo Creek Golf Course.<br />Much more, including<br />some great images, on the WGAY<br />tribute site <a href="http://www.wqmrwgaymemories.org/" rel="nofollow">here</a> (<i>broadband <br />recommended</i>).C. P. Zilliacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08535902582159859946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-38961148339907352152009-06-05T17:22:54.069-04:002009-06-05T17:22:54.069-04:00Robert, is that Robert as in REO from MISC?
If ...Robert, is that Robert as in REO from MISC? <br /><br />If yes, nice to see you again!C. P. Zilliacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08535902582159859946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-58927437289221653562009-06-05T07:23:25.137-04:002009-06-05T07:23:25.137-04:00You mentioned that Don Dillard was a former Woodsi...You mentioned that Don Dillard was a former Woodside Park resident. I'm working on the second edition of the Woodside Park history book and was not aware that he had been a resident of Woodside Park. Could you give me his former address or a source for his residence in Woodside Park.<br /><br />Thanks!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180733496678026590noreply@blogger.com