Roanoke Radio: Old Studios Transformed Into Upscale Loft

It may not look like it now, but this upscale loft in Roanoke, Virginia used to be a hopping radio station with big names walking through its doors.

“Gene Autry was here, Shirley Temple celebrated her fifth birthday here,” says owner Will Trinkle.

WDBJ (now WFIR 960 AM) was the town’s first radio station built in the 1930s, the art-deco building was eventually purchased by Will Trinkle’s father and later by Will who had visions of a metropolitan lifestyle.

The loft has it all, a dining room, living room, kitchen two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The renovation was difficult but the results are stunning and many of the station's original features were reused in interesting and elegant ways.