CRESTVIEW — Cub Scout Pack 530's Tiger Scouts can now knowledgeably discuss the merits of vinyl records, compact discs and digital audio.
The scouts recently visited WAAZ/WJSB, where long-time program host Joe Dunn gave the boys a tour of one of Northwest Florida’s longest-operating independent radio stations.
The visit was a field trip component of theme accomplishments required to earn the Tiger Scout badge, Den Leader Don Snyder said.
While the station uses advanced computer systems to program broadcast content, the scouts were surprised to learn it also uses old-fashioned vinyl records.
Dunn compared the size and content capacities of 45s, 78s and 33-1/3 albums. Outside, the boys saw the broadcasting tower that sends signals throughout Northwest Florida and South Alabama.
Tiger Scout Logan Schulte, 6, was impressed by the equipment and processes that make voices and music go out to people's radios.
“I thought the tower was big and the big records were cool,” Logan said.
In Studio A, Dunn interviewed some of the boys, including Logan, about their Cub Scout pack and schools.
“I liked to talk on the microphone and said, ‘My name is Logan Schulte, from Pack 530, and I go to Antioch Elementary,’” Logan said.
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