tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post2814205191328309659..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: WNAK is goneD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-2345464183745340142021-11-04T13:38:06.972-04:002021-11-04T13:38:06.972-04:00I got to know Bob while I worked at WQEQ FM in Fre...I got to know Bob while I worked at WQEQ FM in Freeland and WKAB FM in Berwick.<br />He was a true gentlemen and tried so hard to keep the station on the air.<br />I knew he had heart problems and sadly when he died it was his wish to not have any announcements made about it.<br />He is buried in Fort Indiantown Gap and I have visited his grave on several occasions.<br />Bill BellAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17884816987169892782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-27961582317554607422013-01-12T15:28:50.143-05:002013-01-12T15:28:50.143-05:00I can still remember relatives visiting from New Y...I can still remember relatives visiting from New York a couple of years before 2003 when Bob Neilsen sold the station. They asked if it was a CD I had on that Sunday afternoon and I said no, it's a radio station. They were shocked at the music they heard.<br /><br />This station was a soundtrack to our lives for so long. I grew up listening to it and actually recorded one of Bob Neilsen's Good Friday programs near the end before the station was sold. If it was Good Friday, it was 730 AM from 12:00-3:00 P.M.. It was our family's favorite radio station for so long. (In line with that, remember WEJL and WBAX when they were standards??)<br /><br />How well I remember everything others have mentioned, including the signature signoff to Jim Reeves "The Night Watch" and the ticker tape background in the segment "Another Point of View." What I miss the most is the Sunday "Hymn Time."<br /><br />I still recall my mother telling me that she once sent a Christmas card to Bob Neilsen and received one back.<br /><br />Hindsight is 20/20 and looking back, I wish the station had not been sold. I was happy when it was picked up on FM and was named PA Adult Standards Station of the Year in 2005. Even in lieu of that, I guess Route 81 had other ideas. Would've been great to have a worthy Northeast PA legacy living on. Not too many radio stations nowadays you can listen to with your kids.<br /><br />We miss you Bob and we miss your station! We remember what you built. Help us from above to rebuild here below.AYoungWNAKListenernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-13408184130468808762010-07-25T17:03:03.198-04:002010-07-25T17:03:03.198-04:00Well WNAK is really gone, forever. The sale of WN...Well WNAK is really gone, forever. The sale of WNAK to Rt 81 was a mess with switches in format and ownership only to be sold to Bold Gold Media which silenced the station until arrangements were made as to what they would do with the station. After a few months the station was sold to the owners of GEM-104 in Tunkhannock. They decided that WNAK was to be no more, for WNAK's call letters were sent back to the FCC and AM 730 is now known as WZMF, broadcasting GEM-104. <br />The music is not WNAK's style but at least it does carry some decent music.<br />Guess it's time to say a final farewell WNAK........Rest In Peace!WMXH AM 750https://www.blogger.com/profile/03466539429129397343noreply@blogger.com