The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

Ralph "Bud" Galow
at the Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Here's Bud's bio written by the person who knows him best, himself. Bud says:

In 1925, I was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Wilkes Barre, PA and at age 18 months, my family moved to the country. I grew up working on my Uncle’s and Grandfather's farms. I graduated from Fairview High School and then enlisted in the Navy and took my Boot training at Sampson NTS (in Romulus, NY).

I attended Navy Radio School, and then served aboard the USS Tennessee BB-43 as a Radio Operator for three years. After returning home, I found myself without a job so I attended Philadelphia Wireless Tech. at 16th and Pine (in Center City Philadelphia).

After graduation, I worked for 6 months at WBRE in Wilkes Barre in order to get an endorsement of my 1st class license (now called a General License). The Chief Engineer at WBRE found me a position with WDOV in Dover, Delaware.

From there it was back to WBRE and then when a returning GI came back, it was on to WEEX in Easton, PA. While at WEEX, I received a call from an old friend telling me that KYW was looking for an engineer full time. It took me about one hour to be at the Studios of KYW at 1619 Walnut St, after the interview was over I was hired.

A year later, KYW had a cutback and I was cut from the roster and moved to WCAU for the next 6 months. In the mean time, there was a change at KYW and I was recalled to KYW and stayed there for the next 40 years. I married Fay Snyder, formerly of Mountain Top, PA in 1950. Fay and I had two Sons, Christopher and Scott. Fay Died in 1989 and Christopher, deceased at age 36 in 1996. Scott, a retired LT. after serving in the Navy for 25 years, and family now lives in Maryland. I retired on January 15, 1991 and have been very happy since.

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