"Another shot from the WIVK days...as appears in the Ed Hooper book "Knoxville's WIVK", yours truly, 1972, and in the same control room as the George Vavalides photo of 1978; but a different control board was in place. Here you can see the albums filed away that once constituted it's being called the 'album room'. I don't remember a foot switch for the mic in here, but there might have been one. Most vivid memory of this setup was Chief Engineer Milton Jones's installation of a tiny toggle switch (today we'd call it a micro switch) to flip when we separated am and fm at 10 am. I was pleased to hear back from Jack Hansen, via Knoxville Radio History 101. I still remember the promo WIVK ran when Jack came back to to WIVK after a stint in (Florida?). I think he was on the 'Big Ape' WAPE, Jax in the late 60s. I remember discovering Jack there one night while surfing the channels on my car AM radio in Maryville, a couple years before getting in the business. Jack---if you're listening, as far as I was concerned yours was the best style of delivery of any of the WIVK guys back then, or now. Clear, relaxed, smooth, and professional." (Bob Catron)
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HBD to Gary Adkins (one of The Brothers)!!!