- January 24th, 2008, 5:01 pm
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I considered putting this in the Lynchburg Life before deciding on this forum. That's because most fo our younger posters are going to have zero interest in this topic. But since it hits close to home for me and forging ahead.
Back when I was in school in the Dark Ages (i.e. '80s) there were scant few choices for music on the radio. There was WRVL-FM if you had insomnia, WLBU-AM if you happened to live in just the right dorm and didn't have too many plugs in your wall outlets and secular radio. Obviously neither of the first two were reasonable options for students driving around town so the latter was commonplace. The left you the following choices:
I tell you all of this because I have a ton of memories associated with working at this station that sat over near Boonsboro at 2020 Mimosa Drive. Recently I stumbled across a website put up by a DJ named Mad Lad who did afternoons at WJJS back when I was on the air. It shows what is left of the studios that were actually the original home of WSET before they moved to their current location.
Sadly the place looks like a combination of a museum and a graveyard ... more the latter than the former.
Anybody remember listening to cheesy Debbie Gibson and hair bands on the station back in the day? And yes, I know it was outside of the Liberty Way.
Back when I was in school in the Dark Ages (i.e. '80s) there were scant few choices for music on the radio. There was WRVL-FM if you had insomnia, WLBU-AM if you happened to live in just the right dorm and didn't have too many plugs in your wall outlets and secular radio. Obviously neither of the first two were reasonable options for students driving around town so the latter was commonplace. The left you the following choices:
- K92, Roanoke - Top 40
Q99, Roanoke - AC/Top 40
WLVA, Lynchburg - Oldies & Talk
WROV, Roanoke - Rock
WYYD, Amherst/Lynchburg - Country
WJJS, Madison Heights - Urban
WGOL, Lynchburg - Soft Rock
Z100, Lynchburg - Top 40
I tell you all of this because I have a ton of memories associated with working at this station that sat over near Boonsboro at 2020 Mimosa Drive. Recently I stumbled across a website put up by a DJ named Mad Lad who did afternoons at WJJS back when I was on the air. It shows what is left of the studios that were actually the original home of WSET before they moved to their current location.
Sadly the place looks like a combination of a museum and a graveyard ... more the latter than the former.
Anybody remember listening to cheesy Debbie Gibson and hair bands on the station back in the day? And yes, I know it was outside of the Liberty Way.