Jim Bishop, long-time disk jockey and host for WEMC (91.7 FM), uses the occasion of the final recording of his 11-year-old “Friday Night Jukebox” program in 2011 to offer viewers a tour of the vintage WEMC broadcast facilities on EMU’s campus. Bishop reminisces about his 40-plus years of involvement with WEMC, “Virginia’s oldest public radio station.” WEMC is now housed, along with WMRA (90.7 FM), in facilities owned by James Madison University.
Learn more about WEMC: emu.edu/wemc or listen online: wmra.org
I remember spending time with my husband, Steve, in the production studio in the summer of 1977! It was beastly hot and humid for a long stretch that summer. We lived in a small upstairs apartment in a house with no air conditioning where the Seminary parking lot is now. The studio was air conditioned for the sake of the equipment, so when Steve did his work-study stints in the evening, I would hang out there with him. Wow! That really was a long time ago!! :)