Radio traditions

Gene O. Morris/McCook Daily Gazette

One of McCook's radio pioneers met the new regime Tuesday during Armada Media Corp.'s open house at the Coppermill Restaurant. Jack Rogers, left, who started with KBRL Radio in 1950, spent time visiting with Tommy Thompson, board chairman of Armada Media. Thompson, who gave the keynote speech at the open house, is the former governor of Wisconsin and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Rogers is former editor of the McCook Daily Gazette and is a McCook city councilman. Armada is the owner of seven radio stations in this area: KICX, KBRL, KRKU, KFNF, KADL, KSTH and KJBL