HITS 25th Anniversary Photo

BACK WHEN RADIO PROMO GODS ROAMED THE EARTH: Long before discovering Eiffel 65 and Chumbawamba and appearing on 48 Hours, Universal Republic's Monte Lipman was just another Atlanta regional promo man,visiting Tampa to hock SBK artists for Charlie Koppelman like Francesca Beghe. Pictgured never dreaming that HITS would last 25 years, while brother Avery was across the street at K-Mart purchasing cassette decks for on-air giveaways, are (l-r) WFLZ Tampa APD Booger, Beghe, PD B.J. Harris and Lipman. (2/1p)