Now we're getting into rare territory...WOWO video!
Nancy Lee & the Hilltoppers and the Little Red Barn were profiled by Charles Osgood in this broadcast on "CBS This Morning," which aired on Oct. 16, 1989.
A couple of memorable television spots were created to promote WOWO in the early 1980s.
The above WOWO commercial, titled "Crowing Man," includes an appearance by Indianapolis native and future soap opera starlet Kristina Malandro Wagner. She's the young woman pictured above, bopping around in the convertible. She was just 18 and it was her first time on camera. She went on to appear in 110 episodes of General Hospital between 1983 and 2008, and in real life, she married her General Hospital co-star, Jack Wagner.
This 30-second WOWO spot is titled "Make Your Day."
The two WOWO TV spots won Best-of-Show Addy Awards in Fort Wayne two years in a row.
Special thanks to writer/producer Dennis Neary for generously providing both of the spots.
When Mr. WOWO passed away in 2007, End Zone Productions of Fort Wayne produced a short Bob Sievers memorial video for his family. It contains rare photos from the Sievers family scrapbook.
This is a 2009 video featuring Bob Chase sharing stories of his life, including how he ended up at WOWO in 1953.
WOWO.com video recorded on the day Bob Chase retired from his position as WOWO Sports Director in 2009.
These barely qualify as video, but they ARE on YouTube. A pair of great-sounding skywave AM stereo airchecks of Chris Underwood (yes, he is Jack's son) on WOWO from 1992.
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