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“WPRB and Me”

[By Chris Fine]

LISTEN: Mic breaks and news reports from Chris Fine’s rock show on WPRB, February 25th, 1980.

 

Introduction
I write these words about WPRB because I love the station. The people of WPRB were some of my best friends during my years at Princeton. WPRB was the single best activity (including courses – as my transcript reflects) in which I participated during my undergraduate years. My interest in radio, and technology in general, dates back well before my journey to Princeton University in September, 1976. Encouraged by my father, who was an audio engineer and inventor, I started tinkering with electronics and chemistry at a young age. Predictably, a number of shocks and small fires resulted – but fortunately no major injuries, and my family was always patient with me.

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The John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Station ID

Here’s the Public Image Limited frontman, former Sex Pistol, and dairy product spokesman laying it all on the line for WPRB. For a time, personalized station IDs from popular college radio acts were frequently circulated to stations in a (corny but probably pretty effective) effort to increase a band’s airplay. The John Lydon/PiL ID likely coincided with the release of “Album” in 1986.

 

Digitized by Aida Garrido.