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August, 2014
Community Radio Comes to Sun City Center Friendly Local Voices Want You to Have Fun in the Sun NOKP Staff There’s a new voice on the airwaves in Sun City Center, and they are hoping to hear from you. Sun Radio, 96.3 FM began its first official broadcast on June 1, though they had been on the air since the second week of May. Tune to WSCQ day or night for easy listening favorites from the 50s, 60s, 70s and a handful of familiar adult contemporary hits from later decades, as well as fun talk shows and compelling interviews with local club presidents and civic leaders. But if you are looking for political talking heads or acerbic partisan radio, search elsewhere on the dial. “We not going to get political,” Station Manager Peter Swartz said, “We’re the friendly voice of Sun City Center and Kings Point. Our goal for this station is to help bring the community together. We want to promote the lifestyle
WSCQ Staff
The Sun Radio team includes L to R: Vern Hendricks, Elysa Hendricks, Peter Swartz, Jeanne Wadlin, Brenda Vavrina, Frank Vetrone, Judi Long, Peg Goodenow and Kevin Goodenow.
and activities available in Sun City Center, and we want to have a good time. If this wasn’t fun, we wouldn’t be doing it.”
Swartz is a pro with more than three decades in all aspects of the radio industry. His right hand man, Vern Hendricks,
has about three months of broadcast experience, but Swartz says he could not run the Continued on Page 13
Emergency Squad Update
Our 4th of July Emergency Squad Volunteers
Through rain, sleet, snow, fireworks, sparklers and barbecues, our Emergency Squad volunteers are more reliable than the U.S. Mail. Many people don’t realize that the Squad operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, including all holidays. Our 4th of July volunteers are pictured below; Left to right, standing: Barry Bogart, Mike Albanese, Grace Spence, Joyce Kline, Betty Williams, Marty Gifford, Lillian Stone, Rick Smith, Bill Smith, Naomi Layton and Joe Kushneric. Front row: Robert Leonard, Harold Kline and EMT student Brianne Briggs.
Our Front Desk Volunteers L to R: Katherine Marcario & Sally Haight.
Working, but not pictured: Robert Mulcahy, Stephen Livingston, Howard Decker, Brenda Vavrina, Ron Windsor, Jonie Fleischm, Lannie Cardwell, Patricia Riddle, Irene Arnio and Norma Dallas.
ES Holds Appreciation Luncheon
2nd Crew L to R: Justin Roscoe, Bob Geida, Elaine Shaefer and Chris Mann.
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More than 170 people, Squad volunteers and their guests, attended the Summer Volunteer Appreciation Lunch held at the South Community Hall on July 15. Every summer, the Squad experiences shortages in its staffing and its volunteers always step up to fill the
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