[BC] SBE Membership

[Mike McCarthy]

We did the same thing at Forest View HS, Arlington Heights, IL. for 
WFVH-FM in the late 70's.  All 10W of Class D power.

The electronics teacher was the station advisor and he made sure all the 
students tested and passed their 3rd class during their freshman year on 
field trip(s)to the FCC office in Chicago. That and the studios were 
also in his class/lab room. Broadcast Endorsement was bonus points.

A few guys each year tested for their second or first and went down with 
the freshman class to take the exams.  FCC field guys loved it when a 
class of 20 or so kids showed up to take their tests and see them all pass.

There were at least a half dozen 1st class students running around that 
high school at any given time until the station went dark in 1979.  I 
think my class had the last of the first class guys as the school 
shifted focus away from radio the year before we went dark and much 
emphasis was taken away from the licenses.

MM

On 11/23/2013 6:02 PM, Fred Gleason wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2013, at 19:23 28, James B. Potter <jpotter at jpotter.com> wrote:
>
>> I skipped a History class exam to head down to the Customs House at 2nd &
>> Chestnut Sts. in  Philly to take my First Phone. Passed.
> I had quite the Red Carpet experience by comparison: passed my First Phone during my junior year in high school on a field trip to the FCC New York City field office on Varick Street.  Why would my school mount a field trip to such an "unusual" place?  Easy: WVPH Piscataway, 90.3 FM, "The Voice of Piscataway High".  All blazing 10 watts of it.
>