1957: The Art of Sound

The equipment used to create, record and transmit WHYY-FM in its early years was considered "state of the art" at the time, but was a far cry from the technology advancing 91FM today. (Check out the audio console at left being used by former staff member Joe Burton). Bill Weber, WHYY's Chief Technology Officer who joined the station in 1966 as a radio and TV technician, recalls the cumbersome nature of 1950s and '60s sound: "Audio recordings were made on expensive, reel-to-reel
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