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Buy, Sell, Trade, and Give Away
WHAW’s Swap Shop
By John Lilly
“You are listening to WHAW radio, 980 AM, along with WOTR 96.3 FM, broadcasting from Weston/Lost Creek. Good morning, this is the Swap Shop”
“Good morning. This is Randolph County. I’ll tell you a little secret. I don’t have near as much since the snow went off. I do have a four-wheeler for sale – a Suzuki. It’s got a snow plow on it. It’s a ’99 model. And it’s in good shape and I’m asking $1,400 for it. The price is negotiable on it.
“I still have a Red Ryder wagon and a scooter, and iron-runner sled, it sells for $135 and the price is negotiable on them.
“I still got two wooden chairs – kitchen chairs – for $30. I also got that metal iron stand, it’s got rollers and it’s in excellent shape for $15.
“I sold one of them boards, I got the other board. I’m asking $10 for it. It’s an inch-and-an-eighth thick, it’s seven-and-a-half-foot long, it’s 16 inch on one end and 19 on the other. They’ve not been pressed together or nothing, they’re solid boards. I’m asking $10 apiece for them.
“And I sold my stereo, but I still got an air-conditioner/heater core for a Ford pick-up truck for sale for $25. Also got an aluminum bell housing for a Ford pick-up. It’ll fit a 302 or a six-cylinder. Everything goes with it, for $25. It goes from an ‘80 back down to a ‘72, it’ll fit that six-cylinder down to a 302. There’s nothing wrong with it.
“I still have a window for sale. And I got a storm door – a 36-inch storm door. Vinyl door, and I’m asking $20 for it, and all the hardware’s with it.
“That’s about it today. I’ve sold about everything else I got. And my phone number is 636-5106 or 642-4807 is my cell phone number. You all have a good day, and take care!”
Since 1997, radio listeners in Lewis County and surrounding areas have tuned into WHAW on Saturday mornings to station co-owner Steve Peters and his weekly Swap Shop. Cars, swimming pools, coon dogs, tire rims, pepperoni rolls, domestic relationships, and who-knows-what-else go on the block as listeners wheel and deal over Weston’s air waves.
“Good morning. You’re on the Swap Shop.”
“Good morning. I’ve only got two items today. I got a lot of kids. I got one that’ll haul junk. And he’s here in Lewis County. I’ve got a collection of Avon Christmas plates. And the number for them is 997-8470.”
“Do you have a price on them?”
“No, no, no. I’ve got to get them out and see how many I got.”
“Is that it?”
“That’s about it. You all have a good day.”
“269-5555. We’re coming back. Y’all come back with us.”
Steve Peters is a genial fellow, probably in his early 60’s, with a relaxed manner, graying temples, and a pleasant radio voice. He doesn’t like to talk about himself, but it is clear that he loves Weston, West Virginia people, radio, and old-time country music. He and his son do some performing around central West Virginia, and Steve opens his studios to local and traveling musicians on a regular basis.