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The following was written by John Roberts and is reproduced from the May 12, 1967 annual banquet program. (I have re-typed the words, but the signature block is a scan of the original.)

ONCE MORE - A PROGRAM SCHEDULE

To hear the old fellows talk about it, and you know who we mean, radio today just isn't what it used to be.

And take it from me, it isn't!

You learned in RTF 43 that there is more to radio than words - that there is music and sound.

But there should also be more to radio than just sound.

And for the most part that is what radio has become. No more do we talk about the "exciting program I heard last night." Most radio disc jockeys have to be content with saying, "We're the station with the good sound."

How poor we have become!

So it is not surprising that newspapers no longer list elaborate program schedules for what you can hear on the radio. They're not necessary, because we know in advance that we shall hear nothing more than "the good sound."

Imagine then the pleasure WRTI-FM gave to the old fellows, and you know who we mean, when this year you came up with a spectrum of programs that restored the program schedule. When we can go down the list and say, "This sounds like an exciting program. I think I'll listen to this." Like:

1967 - the year WRTI-FM restored the program schedule to radio!

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