In spite of brutally cold weather and a foot of snow, 100.7 WHUD is still pumping out 50 thousand watts of Today's Hits & Yesterday's Favorites to our vast listening area! That's a credit to our engineering staff consisting of Dave, Tom, Jeff, and Paul...who make sure our signal is always strong and CLEAR using the latest digital technology in every aspect of delivering our music, traffic reports, weather forecasts and contests to your homes, offices, cars and of course the internet! It's a complex system of relaying high speed signals from location to location (I have no idea how the magic actually works) ...I just watch in awe as these guys do their thing.

But for all the training and expertise needed to be an engineer for multiple radio stations...one of their best "tools" is a simple spray bottle.

We never have a "static electricity" problem...like "pops" when we touch the on-air switches or mics...because we spray the stuff (pictured below) around all the studios religiously to prevent the build up of static. You know that pesky phenomenon that makes your hair stand on end. Now that I sorta understand LOL

Speaking of Phenomenon.....worth re-watching this 1996 movie starring today's birthday boy, John Travolta and the late, great Robert Duvall.

I've had this on my desk since the movie came out...coolest promotional item I've ever seen! The magnet holds the pen in mid air and the pen still writes after 30 years of hanging around!