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We thought it would never stop snowing.

EVENTUALLY, it did. And by-the-time-it-did, over 100 New Englanders had died. But for many, The Great Blizzard of '78 is a fond memory. It sure is for 30+ staffers stranded at 1502 Wampanoag Trail, a building which -- at the time -- had NO SHOWER. (A situation quickly rectified thereafter.)

We patrolled and reported live from WPRO's fabled "Green Machine." Once we dug-it-out, that is. But that wasn't the only shag-rug-lined custom Chevy van pressed-into-duty. Here, posing in-front-of HC's own "Yellow Submarine" are WPRO Sales rep Debi Luis, WPRO News infobabe Magee Hickey (now at WCBS-TV/New York), writer Paul Goldstein, and Brother Bill Goodman.

Re-stocking vital supplies... ...to keep WPRO-ers nourished and alert: Goldstein, Sales Manager Bill Campbell, and staffer Marie Panzarella. Below left, Campbell commandeers a plow, to clear a path for staffers' buried cars. On the right, "Franz Laubert, WPRO News" gets a tech assist from Chief Engineer Eddie Policastri.

92Pro-FM PD Gary Berkowitz and DJ Giovanni.

WPRO 1977
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