HISTORY

BNC stands for Brad, Not Chad. This reference comes from the inability of one of our co-workers at WEEK-TV to remember our videographer/budding bassist's real name, even after having worked with him for several years now. Of course, BNC is also a play-on-words of the video connector of the same name, but that's just geeky so I won't give it any more attention. BNC was started in February 1997 when a bunch of us realized we all played instruments and had a place to practice. We play mostly 60's and 70's rock (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, etc.), but also have branched out into more contemporary music (Nirvana, Beck, and Green Day, to name a few). Our playlist grew with each passing rehearsal, depending on what we heard on the radio that week.

Sadly, in May 1997, BNC officially disbanded before we could even have our first real gig. Chris Ackerknecht, one of our guitarists, got a job in North Carolina and moved far away, taking the future of BNC with him. Drummer Rich Klein was  quoted as saying, "We need someone else besides just me and you, Dave." So maybe we did. In May of 1998 our founding member, Chad Dillefeld, left WEEK to pursue his directing career in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has since become part-owner of a wrestling league (no, that's not a joke), and has also returned to the station.  Rich Klein also left WEEK a short time later to pursue other interests.  Hank left to work for IBM and is now in Chicago.  Heather has moved on to Madison,Wisconsin.  Lee and Chad are the only ones left at the station.

We wish them all the best, but now BNC will never play again, at least with the original lineup. But please continue to enjoy this page in all of its BNC-ness. I have left it up for the sake of the former members' nostalgia.  I have added some new photos as well, and perhaps sometime I will put up some audio and video files as well of our rehearsals.  Unfortunately the recordings I have were done onto 3/4" videotape using a single shotgun mic pointed in the general direction of the stage, so they don't sound great.  But I do have about 8-12 hours worth of stuff.  Someday I'll get the time to go through it all.

MEMBERS

	Founding member Chad Dillefeld tops the list, even though he has no formal musical training of any kind. He plays a mean tambourine and has aspirations of producing BNC's first music video, when we can play a song from start to finish. The WEEK-TV Director is also hoping to learn to play bass when he finds one to play, and enjoys a good game of Skee-Ball when time allows.
	Former WEEK-TV Technical Director Rich Klein is in charge of percussion. We all get excited when Rich brings more pieces to bang on to rehearsal. Rich's aspirations include the start-to-finish completion of any one song, and to learn the drum solo from Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick.
	That brings us to me, Dave Lennie. I play a (usually heavily distorted) $15 guitar with homemade wood paneling in place of the pick guard, sharing both lead and rhythm duties with our other guitarist. Left to my own devices, I will probably start playing a Led Zeppelin song.
	Former WEEK-TV Production Manager Christian Ackerknecht has a rich musical history which includes tunes by the Kinks and the Beatles. Seen here playing a Fender Strat, his usual axe is an electrified acoustic. When not playing with the band, Chris seems to enjoy getting worked up.
	Former WEEK-TV Production Manager Hank Hughes (otherwise known as Frank Huggies) also joins us from time to time to sing for us. In his spare time, Frank enjoys co-anchoring News 25 at Eight, one of WEEK's newest ventures into ground-breaking local news programs. Hank has since left WEEK to pursue a career at IBM in South Bend, Indiana.
	Heather Lennie is also one of our vocalists. When not singing with the band, Heather worked at WEEK as the graphic artist.
	WEEK-TV Sports Director Lee Hall (referred to from here on as Lew Hill) is one of our vocalists. Lew's roots lie in The Rolling Stones, and is in fact seen above in the middle of a Mick Jagger strut. When not belting out the tunes for BNC, Lew Hill is in charge of all TV.