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One Of My Favourite Long Distance DJs Is Gone
Back in a very different time, when the AM band was less subject to interference, one of the stations I listened to regularly at night was WOWO 1190 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. And the guy on the air at night was the great Ron Gregory, whose show could be heard across parts of the U.S. and Canada on the 50K powerhouse.
Sad to hear that Gregory has passed away after over 45 years in radio, at various stations.
He was 77.
The world famous WOWO fire escape will never be the same.
Fort Wayne mourns radio legend Ron Gregory, passes at 77
WOWO Remembers Ron Gregory
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When I was kid I got a crystal radio kit for Christmas. On Christmas night, after our Christmas dinner, my dad helped me put it together. The first station we heard was WOWO.
After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.
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Next to CHUM, perhaps one of the greatest set of call letters ever. 
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I have one exclusive memory of WOWO. One night, at the TV newsroom where I was working, one of the anchors was showing a friends of his around. He introduced me to the guy and he told me he worked in Fort Wayne, which he was sure I'd never heard of.
To his stunned surprise, I stood up from my desk and was wearing the T-shirt pictured below. The guy almost lost his mind. The odds of running into someone in Toronto who not only knew of his hometown but had its most famous radio station on his shirt was incredible.
I still have no idea who the devious-looking character depicted on the shirt is supposed to be. 
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