ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, October 10, 1996             TAG: 9610100114
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

TOWER RECYCLERS

LENGTH: Short :   25 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Brian Boardman, a tower maintenance contractor from 
          Hurricane, W.Va., lowers a 20-foot section of a 200-foot FM tower on
          the intersection of North Franklin and Cambria streets in 
          Christiansburg. The tower will be relocated in Greenup, Ky. Radio 
          stations WJJJ and WVVV broadcast from the location before they were 
          bought by the New River Media Group and relocated several years ago.
          The tower, built by Blacksburg radio entrepreneur Vernon Baker 40 
          years ago, is being moved to make way for an interchange on the new 
          U.S. 460 bypass connector. The recycled tower will serve a 
          Portsmouth, Ohio, FM station that's part of the Baker family's 
          Positive Radio Group, a series of Christian-oriented radio stations 
          in five states, including the local WPIN (91.5 and 102.5 FM). 
          color.