Dwight Dingle
April 4, 2011 by Kevin Dayhoff
Labels: Media Radio WTTR, People Dingle Dwight
Recently I have received several requests for what I wrote about our local beloved WTTR radio personality Dwight Dingle, who passed away on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 at his residence. He was 63.
I still miss him. http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/4359218631/dwight-dingle-shares-a-laugh-while-helping-mc-the
So on April 4, 2011, I Tweeted: kevindayhoff: Re: requests 4 what I wrote on Dwight Dingle: @explorecarroll: 'Voice of Carroll County,' Dwight Dingle, dies at age 63 shar.es/3NJnL https://twitter.com/#!/kevindayhoff
Please find stories on Dwight Dingle and WTTR here: http://tinyurl.com/3utfjfj http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dingle&action=GO
To Carroll's benefit, WTTR and Dwight Dingle grew up together By Kevin Dayhoff Published December 6, 2009 by Carroll Eagle http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/3684/wttr/
Our good friend Dwight Dingle, popular longtime on-air personality with our county ... in our great community. In many ways, Dingle was the personification of everything right about ... done for our community." WTTR, Dingle, and the other personalities at the ... ...
'Voice of Carroll County,' Dwight Dingle, dies at age 63 By Kevin Dayhoff
Published December 6, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... who always advocated for Carroll County. Dingle, the popular, larger-than-life cheerleader ... leaders have shared memories of Dingle's activism. The Community Foundation of ... the board of Westminster Fallfest, saidDingle "was a consummate professional, ... ...
Obituary and Appreciation By Kevin Dayhoff
Published December 2, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
... of Carroll County honored WTTR and Dingle as the Business Philanthropists of the Year ... the board of Westminster Fallfest, said Dingle “was a consummate professional, and ... daughter-in-law Ryan and LeithaDingle of Manchester and granddaughters Carlie, Kirsten ... ...
Published March 22, 2009 by Carroll Eagle http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/2578/wttr-history-air/
... Corp. (as in Pat, the game show host). "Pat Sajak really believes in community radio," says station manager Dwight Dingle. "When he bought us he didn't change a thing." Who listens? According to the station's promotional material, 66 ... ...
Noon, July 14, 1953: The AM station, founded by the late H. L. Russ Morgan and a group of local investors called the Carroll County Broadcast Corp., has its inaugural broadcast.
1958: Carroll County Broadcast Corp. launches an FM station, WTTR-FIVL.
1984: WTTR expands its 6 a.m-to-sunset broadcast to 24 hours and erects two additional 309-foot towers to supplement the original tower of the same height. Broadcast power: 1,000 watts.
2005: Station bought by Sajak Broadcasting Corp. (as in Pat, the game show host). "Pat Sajak really believes in community radio," says station manager Dwight Dingle. "When he bought us he didn't change a thing."
Who listens? According to the station's promotional material, 66 percent of WTTR's listeners are 35 to 64 years old, 99 percent are homeowners and more than 80 percent have attended college or hold college degrees.
Location: For the past 56 years, WTTR 1470 has broadcast from the same building and same location in Westminster. Once on the edge of a cow pasture, the station's facilities are just up the hill from a large subdivision.
Web site: www.wttr.com.
Golden Oldies http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/2589/golden-oldies/ For more than 50 years, WTTR has been a breath of Carroll County air By Bob Allen Published March 22, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
... can't get anywhere else," adds Dingle, a former Baltimore County school teacher who ... need to know." "Mark? ..." Dingle says, posing a rhetorical question to ... to do all these different things." Dingle is particularly proud of WTTR's ... ...
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April 4, 2011 UPDATE:
On August 26, 2010, s.stein commented: “i wish, if not could find, WTTR history online. he was part of that.. back when WTTR was just some 'old backwoods' mistake. :D even wiki has NOTHING on WTTR. (not that i'm surprised.) 8/26/2010 11:34 PM”
And then on April 4, 2011, Brian Beddow said... “If you write one I would love to read it. I spent 7 years there 4/04/2011 4:37 PM”
Mr. Bedlow and s stein, I did write a piece or two on Mr. Dingle, but I do not see them on "Soundtrack http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/" For other articles I have pieces I have written about my good friend Mr. Dingle, please click here: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/People%20Dingle%20Dwight
Meanwhile, go here, on the www.explorecarroll.com newspaper website: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dingle&action=GO to find what I wrote about Mr. Dingle for the Carroll Eagle, especially: http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/3689/dingle/
Thanks for being in touch.
Kevin Dayhoff
For articles on Dwight Dingle on www.explorecarroll.com go here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dingle&action=GO
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Pictures: September 17, 2006: http://twitpic.com/4h4ebz Dwight Dingle shares a laugh while helping MC the Westminster Fallfest parade on September 17, 2006. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/3utfjfj
September 23-26, 2004: http://twitpic.com/4h4fhn Kevin Dayhoff, left, mayor of Westminster 2001-2005 with Dwight Dingle, right, at a Westminster Fallfest event in September 2004. Picture date: September 23-26, 2004, photograph by Caroline Babylon http://tinyurl.com/3utfjfj
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