James Brownyard and WHYP

I want to thank Cosmik for posting that aircheck of WHYP from December 24, that sounded like a great signal and sound quality! I've heard music broadcasts from them before, but not a special retrospective program like that.

I was hearing the announcer telling the back story of WHYP and its origins on 1530 AM, the voice of James, and how he left records in the run-out groove playing static for half an hour, repeatedly. I thought it was fictional until I looked it up and found a fan page on a website and Facebook too, with actual soundbites!

All this time I thought 'James Brownyard' was a take on James Brown, and WHYP shortwave played James Brown's music, so that was the answer for me, but now maybe something else is true.

Boomer