But we knew what was going on, especially in Covington, because Dwight Rohr and his fellow announcers at WKEY told us. And they also gave us what we loved and valued. I vividly recall how the weekday mornings would feature recordings of Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” and Tennessee Ernie Ford singing hymns. Ford’s style of singing, of course, represented an ideal for many American Protestants of days gone by. That’s what you were supposed to sound like in church.
The stations also featured the short devotional segment “It’s Something to Think About” by Pastor Howard Merrell of Covington Bible Church. He would be my own pastor in my high school years, but, before that, I mostly knew him because his wife taught me Kindermusik. Before the short devotional, right around noon (if I recall correctly), we had to “stand by for news.” Paul Harvey came on, and, if he said it, that’s the way it was. He said so.
In my naïve childhood mind, Dwight Rohr existed on the same level of fame as Paul Harvey. After all, they were both on the radio, they reported the news, and everybody in town knew who they were. But Paul Harvey I never met. Mr. Rohr, however, taught me my Radio merit badge with some local HAM enthusiasts at the annual Moose Lodge Boy Scout Camporee. As far as I was concerned, I had been in the presence of greatness.
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St. Jude's Anglican Church
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