My personal beautiful music radio story continues at Connie B Gay stations WQMR and WGAY-FM. In 1963 I was producing radio programs for the US Air Force Band at Bolling field, Anacostia DC. WGAY, Silver Spring, MD became WQMR (A daytime AM station at 1050 on the dial) with The Concert Hall Sound of beautiful music. At sign-off the AM-FM simulcast switched to country music on WGAY FM. A juke box semi automation system in the hallway played 45 RPM country music records until FM sign-off at midnight. Winton and sales manager Ted Dorf asked owner and country music promoter Connie B. Gay to continue with the beautiful music format on FM and I was hired as the first evening operator-announcer. In 1964 I left for American Forces Radio (AFKN, Korea) and when I returned Ed Winton re-hired me as news director of the stations. Sometime later Winton started his Florida operations. WWBA, Tampa and WOCN, Miami. I briefly helped him, with Bill Miller, at his AM station in Jacksonville. I left to join the WFLA AM-FM-TV operation in Tampa. From there I was hired by the Thomas Jones stations to work at their beautiful music stations KBON and KDIG-FM in Southern California. Jones set me up with his Hawaii station for a year before I went to work at Honolulu's beautiful music stations KUMU AM-FM where I remained until retirement in 1994.
