Robert Smith of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, was the announcer who put WGET on the air.
Twenty years later, on August 27, 1970, he and Lester M. Blair of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, an engineer/announcer, were the only two people still working for WGET.
As an aside, Walter Lane, photographer and amateur radio operator W3KGN in town had a transmitter that produced 275 watts.
[2] In January 1951, WGET affiliated with the short-lived Progressive Broadcasting System radio network.
[7] The stations again began playing Christmas music under the "Santa" name on November 1, and annually ever since.