Rock & Roll legend Bill Haley was music director and disc jockey at WPWA when it was here, for several years starting in 1947. WPWA's program director, Bob Johnson, told him to use Comets as his band's name because of worldwide interest in Halley's Comet. See the Wikipedia page for WPWA, and, for ex., http://www.oldchesterpa.com/wdrf.htm and https://www.history-of-rock.com/haley.htm.
| Publication date | Mar 26, 2021 |
Rock & Roll legend Bill Haley was music director and disc jockey at WPWA when it was here, for several years starting in 1947. WPWA's program director, Bob Johnson, told him to use Comets as his band's name because of worldwide interest in Halley's Comet. See the Wikipedia page for WPWA, and, for ex., http://www.oldchesterpa.com/wdrf.htm and https://www.history-of-rock.com/haley.htm.