This radio program includes excerpts from the original news stories that aired during the year. In 1964, management of WGHN radio is assumed by George Kleist and Doug Tjapkes. The US Air Force Thunderbirds participate in the Coast Guard Festival. The Musical Fountain is re-dedicated by Claude VerDuin, and the Nativity Scene on Dewey Hill is dedicated by Governor George Romney. Fires occurring at the home of George Christman in Spring Lake, Seaver Industrial Finishing Company, Muskegon Christian School, and Nunica Tavern are mentioned. The Spring Lake Junior and Senior High Schools are expanded. The new Grand Haven Junior High School and the Fruitport Branch of the Muskegon County Library are dedicated. Other construction projects in the area include the Ottawa County Building and the M-104 bypass bridge, and the plans for the new Grand Haven Post Office are approved. Strikes occur at Anderson Bolling and Gardner Denver, and a new world-record is set by Grand Haven water performer Dave Rue, who is pulled across Lake Michigan by a large kite and accompanied by Felix Pytlinske. The program also includes a list of prominent citizens who passed away during the year.
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