1942 - A Part of the War Effort

During World War II radio students and staff, including Program Director Harold McCarty, Harold Engel and other key personnel, left to serve in the Armed Forces.  Although women had been on the air since the 1920s, the station trained female students to work as operators and announcers for the first time.

Peg Bolger, UW Madison Class of 1942, was one of the students who learned to run the control board in Radio Hall.  Bolger also performed in radio dramas as part of the WHA Players.

UW-Madison Archives Images: S08156    
Dated ca. 1949