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W9IZJ Kenneth E. 'Ken' Kunze Plymouth, IN QCWA # 35524 |
Kenneth Kunze has been in the radio business since 1947. After serving in the Merchant Marines from 1943 to 1946 as a Radio Operator aboard many ships he went to Val-Tech Institute in Valparaiso and graduated with a degree in broadcasting. Once he got his degree he went back home to Port Huron, MI and built WTTH. 11 years later Ken decided to venture out on his own and built WERT in Van Wert, OH. and then a couple of years after that he built WMVR in Sidney, OH.
In 1964 Ken and his wife Jeanne came to Plymouth and started WTCA and two years later they built and created WTCA-FM.
Ken retired in 1998 but still serves as the Chief Engineer for the WTCA transmitter.
March 09, 2020