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July 30 2010
Radio Remembers: Elmira's "Mr. WENY", Rhode Island's Russell Gasparian
Steve Christy began his broadcasting career in 1960 in Upstate New
York on WNIA-AM and then WBUZ-AM in Fredonia before he moved to
WENY-AM (1230) in Elmira, where he was a popular DJ and later became
the PD. When WENY added a TV station, Christy became its first
weatherman, a job he would keep for three decades. Also known for his
work hosting the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon for 36
years, Christy passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 75. The
Star-Gazette newspaper has a tribute to Christy here ¦ Russell
Gasparian came to the US from Syria with his family when he was eight
years old. Without any formal radio training, he established the
Armenian Radio Hour in 1947 on WRIB-AM in Providence, and in the more
than 60 years he put the show together, it aired on a number of area
stations. His show has reportedly become the longest continuously
running ethnic program in the United States. Gasparian passed away. He
was 91.
http://www.radio-info.com/news/radio-remembers-elmiras-mr-weny-rhode-islands-russell-gasparian
From: A. Papazian
July 30 2010
Radio Remembers: Elmira's "Mr. WENY", Rhode Island's Russell Gasparian
Steve Christy began his broadcasting career in 1960 in Upstate New
York on WNIA-AM and then WBUZ-AM in Fredonia before he moved to
WENY-AM (1230) in Elmira, where he was a popular DJ and later became
the PD. When WENY added a TV station, Christy became its first
weatherman, a job he would keep for three decades. Also known for his
work hosting the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon for 36
years, Christy passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 75. The
Star-Gazette newspaper has a tribute to Christy here ¦ Russell
Gasparian came to the US from Syria with his family when he was eight
years old. Without any formal radio training, he established the
Armenian Radio Hour in 1947 on WRIB-AM in Providence, and in the more
than 60 years he put the show together, it aired on a number of area
stations. His show has reportedly become the longest continuously
running ethnic program in the United States. Gasparian passed away. He
was 91.
http://www.radio-info.com/news/radio-remembers-elmiras-mr-weny-rhode-islands-russell-gasparian
From: A. Papazian