Whatever Happened to Capt. Bill? - WOGL Traffic Chopper
Regina Litman
Captain Bill, who reported traffic from a helicopter, was no longer on
WOGL-FM, the oldies radio station. Someone named Wendy Martin, doing it
from inside the studio, and not doing it very well, has taken over.
Whatever happened to Captain Bill?
Just once, I'd like to hear Wendy Martin call that state across the
river NEW Jersey, instead of just by the second word in its name.
Me
200 years ago it was "New." Just be glad she isn't calling it "Ol'
Jersey."
Me
Litman" <rsli...@philly.infi.net> wrote:
> Some time in twenty hundred or early twenty oh-one, I noticed that
> Captain Bill, who reported traffic from a helicopter, was no longer on
> WOGL-FM, the oldies radio station. Someone named Wendy Martin, doing it
> from inside the studio, and not doing it very well, has taken over.
> Whatever happened to Captain Bill?
I don't know, but this is typical of radio stations. In my experience, radio
stations tend to switch traffic reporters at least two or three times a
year.
Liftwayts
It's basically whatever type of "sound" the program director wants for the
station as to their traffic reporter....male?---female?---young
sounding?---older/mature sounding? etc.
I was doing WPEN back 11 or so years ago between Rod Carson and Randy Chepigan
and was booted for sounding "too young"....it's all based on the station.
As far as "Capt Bill" however, I do think I heard he got out of the business.
He owned that helicopter you know, not WOGL....He attempted to make a stab at
his own traffic service, "Freedom Traffic", however WOGL was his only
client....
Regina Litman
It may be typical of most radio stations, but Captain Bill had been
doing traffic for WOGL for many years. Actually, I suspect that they
made a change a few years ago and got a new helicopter pilot/traffic
reporter but continued to use the "Captain Bill" name. The voice had
changed a bit. But even if the years were split between two different
"Captain Bills", each one spent a long time with the station.
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> I miss hearing his updates. Really loved listening to him.