[BC] WPAQs Owner passes

[Scott Fybush]

Kent Winrich, K9EZ wrote:
> The past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of talk about tube 
> equipment.  WPAQ appears to be a working museum of broadcast equipment, 
> especially tube equipment.  May 31st the owner Ralph Epperson passed.
> 
> Here is a link to a great pictorial of the station:  
> http://www.well.com/~dmsml/wpaq.html

I'm very sorry to hear that. One of the biggest regrets from my 2003 
trip through the Carolinas was that I didn't take the time to stop and 
visit WPAQ, beyond just shooting an exterior picture of the building and 
tower. I hope the station's able to stay in family hands and keep doing 
what it's doing - the programming (lots of bluegrass, much of it 
performed live in studio) is as distinctive as the facility.

s