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The Maco Light

WHQR | By Shane Fernando
Published November 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM EDT
By Josh Bluntschli
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Following a long-standing New Hanover High School tradition, commentator Shane Fernando and six of his friends  headed out... in search of the infamous Maco Light and the headless Conductor, still issuing his centuries-old warning on the abandoned, Wilmington line. 
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Shane Fernando
Shane Fernando grew up in Wilmington, NC, being an avid WHQR listener during his childhood during the station's first years. He also served as WHQR's first intern. After graduation from UNCW in 2000, where he spearheaded the project and fundraising for the UNCW Millennium Clock Tower, he moved to Washington, DC to work in the U.S. Senate. In 2005, Shane returned to Wilmington, receiving his master's degree in Public Administration.
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