Yearbook of radio and television (1964)

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TENNESSEE Program Director Richard Cole For other OK Group stations see lAIultiple-tetation Owners. WMC— Memphis— 1923 Frequency: 790 Kc Power: 5000 Watts Owned By Scripps Howard Bcstg. Co. Business Address I960 Union Ave. Tel.: B'way 4-8515 NBC Representative John Blair VJ>., General Manager H. W. Slavick Station Manager Stan Torgerson Conunercial Manager Ray B. Gill, Jr. Program Dir Dean Osmundson Chief Engineer Robert A. Frase For other Soripps-Howard stations see MultipleStation Owners. WMPS— Memphis— 1924 Freq.: 680 Kc Power: 10 Kw. d.; 5 Kw. n. Owned By Plough Bcstg. Co. Address 112 Union Ave. Tel.: JA 5-2663 Independent President Harold R. Krelstein For other Plough stations see Multiple-Station Owners. WREC— Memphis— 1922 Frequency: 600 Kc Power: 5000 Watts Owned By Cowles Bcstg. Service Business-Studio Address.. Hotel Peabody Tel.: JA 5-1313 CBS Representative Katz Board Chmn Hoyt B. Wooten Chief Engineer .Wilson Raney For other Cowles stations see Multiple-Station Owners. WKBJ— Milan— 1955 i Frequency: 1600 Kc Power: 1000 Watts Owned By. W. Tennessee Bcstg. Co. Address Milan Hotel Tel.: MU 6-2481 Independent President Ben Ivie King Station, Sales Prom. Mgr Bill Haney WGMM— Millington— 1962 Frequency: 1380 Kc Power: 500 Watts d. I Owned By Radio Millington. Inc. i Address Plaza Shopping Center i Tel.: 872-3396 • Independent President Woodrow Wages General, Commercial Mgr Al McClain Chief Engineer Emmett Kozel WHEY— Millington— 1957 Frequency: 1220 Kc Power: 250 Watts, d. Owned By Shelby County Bcstrs. Address 7534 Raleigh-Millington Rd. Ili; Tel.: CAnal 3-3000 KBS General Mgr J. J. Kirk ' Chief Engineer. ...Bill Patrick WCRK— Morristown— 1947 Frequency: 1150 Kc 1 Kw., d.; 500 W., n. Owned By WCRK. Inc, Address Radio Center Tel.: 589-9101 KBS-MBS Representative Hal Holman General Manager.... Howell Ashiord Chief Engineer J. A. Redden WMTN— Morristown— 1957 Frequency: 1300 Kc Power: 5 Kw.. d. Owned By E. Tennessee Bcstg. Corp. Address...... .,,,.., .P.O. Box 70 Tel.: 586-7993 .Independent Pres., Ch. Eng George Guertin General Manager Bill Holland Program Director Jimmy Peoples W G N S— Murf reesboro-1947 Freq.: 1450 Kc Power: 1 Kw. d., 250 W. n, Owned-Oper. By Regional Bcstg. Corp. Address P.O. Box 762 Tel.: 893-5373 KBS Pres.. Gen. Mgr William R. Vogel Chief Engineer Hybert Beasley WMTS-Murfreesboro-1953 Frequency: 860 Kc Power: 250 Watts d. Owned By Murfreesboro Bcstg. Co. Address 112 N. W. Broad St. Tel.: 893-6611 Independent President A. D. Smith. Jr. General Manager Virgil Trimm Commercial Mgr. Neil Lancaster Chief Engineer Alfred W. Parsons WENO-Nashville-1957 Frequency: 1430 Kc Power: 5 Kw., d. Owned By Central Bcstg. Corp. Address Box 5236 Tel.: TW 5-5401 KBS President H. C. Young, Jr. Chief Engineer Andrew J. Jones For other Youns stations see 3Iiiltiple-Station Owners. WKDA— Nashville— 1947 Freq: 1240 Kc Power: 1 Kw. d.. 250 W. n. Owned By WKDA Bcstg. Co. Address First American Natl. Bank Bldg. Tel.: ALpine 4-051 1 Independent Station Rep. . Robert E. Eastman & Co. Pres.; Gen., Sta.. Adv. Mgr Jack S. Stapp Prog. Director Charles F. Walker Chief Engineer W. M. Highfill WLAC-Nashville-1926 Frequency: 1510 Kc Power: 50.000 Watts Owned By WLAC. Inc. Bus-Studio Address 161 4th Ave. N. Tel.: AL 6-0161 CBS Representative Katz President Guilford Dudley, Jr. Commercial Manager E. G. Blackman Program Director Rob Townsend 385