Yearbook of radio and television (1960)

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ALABAMA Gen. Mgr Rose M. Kirby Program Dir Jerry Gevtle Sales Prom. Dir Bill Prickelt, Jr. Publicity Dir Hugh T. Kirby. Jr. Comm., Ch. Eng Bill Prickett, Sr. WGWC-Selma-1946 Frequency: 1340 Kc Power: 250 Watta Owned-Oper. By Dallas Broadcasters, Inc. Address Box 686 Tel.: TR 4-6687 CBS Representotiye. Hal Holman, Ayera President Judge W. E. Farrar Station Manager W. L. Rowland, Sr. Program Director Dorothy Herzog Chief Eng Stanley Smith WHBB-Selma-1935 Frequency: 1490 Kc Powen 250 Watts Owned-Operoted By Selma Bcstg., lac Business Address P. O. Box 26 Tel.: Selma .KBS Representative Dixieland Pros., Gen. Mgr John F. Townshend WRWJ-Selma-1956 Frequency: 1570 Kc Power: 1000 Kw. Owned Central Alobcnna Bcstg. Co. Address Hotel Albert Bldg. Tel.: TR 4-9062 Independent Sta. Representative Thomas F. Clark Gen. Mgr., Chief Eng Roland Jordan, Jr. Comm. Mgr H. S. Chapman Program Dir Charles Moore WFEB— Sylacauga— 1945 Frequency: 1340 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operoted By Alabama Bcstg. Co. Address 527 No. Broadway Tel.: CHapel 5-3281 MBS-KBS President J. M. Forbes General. Comm. Mgr George W. Carr Program Director Kit Carson Chief Engineer Conrad Pickren WMLS-Sylacauga-1948 Frequency: 1290 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned-Oper. By. .Marble City Bcstg. Co« Inc. Business Address P. O. Box 511 Tel.: CH 5-4354 Independent Representative Hil F. Best Pres., Gen. Manager Curtis O. Liles Commercial Manager Lloyd Ross Prog. Dir Myron Craddock Chief Engineer James C. Rutledge WHUZ-Talladega-1945 Frequency: 1230 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Radio Ala. Inc. Address Talladega General Mgr Cecil Homady WJHB-Talladega-1956 Frequency: 1580 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned >Confed!erate Broadcasting Co., Inc. Address 104 West Battle Street TeL: EM 2-4965 Independent President J. T. Hemphill WTLS-Tallassee-1954 Frequency: 1300 Kc Power: 1 Kw. d. Owned Ne-Ler Co. Address P.O. Box 786 Tel.: ATwater 3-8535 Independent Gen. Mgr Ned Butler WJDB— Thomasville-1956 Frequency: 630 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned WJDB Radio Inc. Address Box 757 Tel.: MEdford 6-4438 KBS Pres., Gen. Mgr Cecil Goodreau Chief Engineer Virgil Moore WTBF-Troy-1946 Freq.: 970 Kc Power: 5 Kw. d., 500 W., n. Owned-Operated By Troy Bcstg. Corp. Address McKinley Drive Tel.: 980 MBS-KBS Pres J. Roy Crow Gen. Mgr Jess Jorden WACT— Tuscaloosa— 1958 Frequency: 1420 Kc Power: 5,000 W:xtts Owned By New South Radio Business Address P. O. Box 112 Tel.: PLoza 9-5786 Independent Station Representative Grant Webb President F. E. Holladay General Manager Joseph W. Carson Station Manager Jo Stephens Conunercial Manager Dan Hollins worth Program Director Norman Beebe Chief Engineer Boyd Cagel W J R D— Tuscaloosa— 1936 Freq.: 1150 Kc Power: 5 Kw. d., 1 Kw. n. Owned-Oper. By Wilhelmina Echols Business-Studio Address 2216^2 Broad St. Tel.: PL 4-4464 Independent Representative Dore General Manager John C. Cooper Jr. Station Manager Mercer L. King Commercial Manager Jean Phillips Chief Engineer J. B. McLester, Jr. WNPT-Tuscaloosa-1951 Freq.: 1280 Kc. .Power: 5000 Kw. d.; 500 W. n. Owned-Oper. By W. Alabama Bdcstg. Co. Address P. O. Box 487 Tel.: PL 8-3311 ABC President, General Manager Ruth Harris Commercial Mgr. Lehman M. Mayer Station Manager Joe Langston Sales Promotion Manager Clyde Price Chief Engineer William G. Harris W T B C— Tuscaloosa— 1946 Frequency: 1230 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned By Tuscaloosa Bcstg. Co. Address Radio Centei 294