… Please, please, do not call us to ask what is the matter …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Eric Rhoads]
Bob Sievers
Bob Sievers was on WOWO in Fort Wayne for more than
50 years, retiring in 1987. At one time, Sievers was heard in 28 states as host of The Little Red Barn Show and The Bob Sievers Show. Sievers passed away September 3, 2007. He was 90.
On February 20, 1971, Sievers was on the air when the Emergency Broadcast System was activated. A system operator “accidentally played the wrong tape” during a regularly scheduled test. In this rare recording, we hear Sievers’ confusion and concern, and finally, his relief when the activation is declared a mistake. This incident highlighted major flaws in the nation’s emergency broadcast procedures, and the EBS was eventually scrapped.