WRPN Sports Announcer Fondly Remembered
30 October 2019 News
WRPN 93.1 and 1600 has a rich heritage and shared that with members of the Ripon Rotary Club Monday night. Current and former employees talked about its 62 year history and commitment to the community. There were tours and a chance for some to remember the good days of radio. Rotarian Joan Karsten remembered fondly when her father Jack Arnold did sports for the station back in the day. She says he was very proud and passionate about his job, which included doing college and high school sports. He hosted a daily sports show. “It was a sports show, but also did all the football and basketball games for the high school and the college. And that changed over the years, but then it was just the college because the radio station was able to expand and do different people doing high school and college. People wanted to hear all the sports programs and his passion was with Ripon College so that’s what he stayed with.” Karsten says her father would be proud of the way the radio station has been brought back.
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