Results tagged “101 Ranch Boys” from York Town Square

This photo shows the York County-based country-and-western group the 101 Ranch Boys in 1956 or 1957. The boys are identified: upper left, Harold Dunn; upper center, Bob Weston; upper right, Andy Reynolds; lower left, George Rowe; lower center, Steve Goba; and lower right, Willy Landis. Goba provided this photo. Background posts: Don't forget Del McCoury on list of York celebs, 101 Ranch Boys hooked musician and Shorty Fincher, Elvis, Three Stooges shared stage.

There's something about the 101 Ranch Boys band that spawns memories.

Steve Goba was one of the boys for a short time in the 1950s.

He saw the York Town Square post Story on famed 101 Ranch Boys spawns memories and contributed information via a comment on the story.

He caught readers up on group members from the 1950s: ... .

This is all that remains of the former WSBA radio building along the Susquehanna Trail in Manchester Township. Susquehanna Real Estate, the building's owners plan to build a business center at the site. For more on the demolition, see story below. Background posts: 101 Ranch Boys hooked musician and Story on famed 101 Ranch Boys spawns memories.

The original home of WSBA Radio is no more, knocked down for commercial development.

The colonial-design building was the original home of York's second radio station, occupied upon its completion in 1942.

Some facts about WSBA, gleaned from Philip K. Eberly's "Susquehanna Radio, the First 50 Years:"

The 101 Ranch Boys stand outside the York Furniture Center, local sponsor of the nationally know country and western group. Background post: Story on famed 101 Ranch Boys spawns memories

John Contino submitted a photo of the 101 Ranch Boys to pass on to the reporter who wrote a recent Hanover Evening Sun and York Daily Record story on the group.

People really remember the boys.

But the group is more than a memory for Joe Mirasola.

It help launch the career of the York musician and seller of instrument, as Mike Argento reports in a 2006 story.

Leonard Zinn holds a photo of the group from 1949 during a recent Zinn family reunion near Hanover. Band members, from left are, George Long, Smokey Roberts, Cliff Brown, Leonard Zinn and Andy Reynolds.

Randy Shaffer of Manchester learned something from a recent York Daily Record story on the nationally known country and western group, the 101 Ranch Boys.

"I never knew that there were local members in the group. Especially people such as Smokey Roberts, mostly known for his underwater filming. I use to work next door to Smokey's film business and would have loved to pick his brain about the group."

Randy went on to explain how his grandfather, a meter reader for Edison Light and Power, would become distracted when doing readings at WSBA radio. The radio station then was located along the Susquehanna Trail, just north of York. WSBA's towers and transmitters are still located in the field beside the old station.

Randy's grandfather always seemed to be there on live performance days.

"One day when the 101 Ranch Boys were
performing, I guess he was watching a little longer than normal. He was really embarrassed when the
announcer said, 'If the Edison Power Company is missing a Meter Reader, you can find him here in
the studio watching the performance.' The announcer was most likely Wayne Trout."

Randy also had a question that readers might be able to answer: