I spent most of last week in Burlington, Vt., where I was on the faculty at a communications conference, and am just now catching up on a week’s worth of CDTs. Here’s a story that caught my eye: QWK Rock, the longtime FM rock station, has changed to a conservative talk radio format.

I have a special interest in the subject because my first job in State College was at that radio station. The late Bob Zimmerman ’58, who was general manager at the time, hired me to be the all-night DJ on QWK Rock—for those of you not familiar with State College, it’s pronounced “quick rock”—way back in 1976. I did that for about a year, then spent three years as news director of QWK’s AM counterpart (WRSC) before enrolling as a student at Penn State.

I really haven’t listened to the station in a long time—the various State College radio stations have changed ownership and formats so many times over the years that it’s hard to keep track of it all. But for QWK to go from rock to conservative talk is a bit of a change, to say the least.

Tina Hay, editor