"Bring Back the Beatles!" said the home-made placard being carried in front of WONE radio station at 11 S. Wilkinson St. yesterday.

About 15 teenagers had gathered, from West Milton, Wayne Twp. and Belmont high schools, to protest the station's ban on recordings by the British singing group.

WONE's action was precipitated by Beatle John Lennon's remark, in a magazine interview, that the Beatles are "more popular than Jesus."

A WONE spokesman yesterday said the Beatle-ban orders came from the station owner, who also operates station WAKR in Akron, and that there was no plan to rescind the policy.

Not until Monday, anyway, the spokesman said.

Eileen Harrison, a pretty 17-year-old from West Milton, seemed to be leading the pickets yesterday morning. The station managers, she declared, "are acting like babies."

"Everyone should have a right to freedom of speech," Miss Harrison said. "And stuff like that," added a long-haired boy at her side.

"England didn't care what John said," added Mike Anderson, 16, also of West Milton. "Besides, the Lennon comment was taken completely out of context in the newspapers."

"We'd rather fight than switch from the Beatles," said another placard. "WONE—Get the Facts Before You Act," said another.

"The Beatles are tops with us," said Jennin Lovins III, a Belmont student. That was fairly obvious from the lad's clothing and hair style.

Asked why she was picketing, 16-year-old Sheila Myers of Wayne Twp. replied, "Because these other kids came and picked me up this morning."

According to a WONE spokesman, some feeling for the station's stand was expressed in a picket Friday night. That one said, "God, Si; Beatles, No."

Anyway, yesterday was a pleasant day for being outdoors.