Radio annual and television yearbook (1949)

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>l I S S I S S I l» P WGCM GULFPORT— 1929— ABC-KBS Frequency: 1240 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By WGCM Bcstg. Co. Bus. -Studio Address Hewes-Martin Bldg. Phone Number 1110 Air Time 5:55 a.m.-M. News Service AP Transcription Service Wcrld Representative Sears & Ayer Membership NAB Gen.-Sta.-Comm. Mgr Hugh O. Jones Sales Prom.-Prod. Mgr., Prog. Dir.. . .C. E. Vann Publicity Director Marc Leon Chief Engineer Donovan Murphy WFOR HATTIESBURG— 1926 NBC-REBEL-KBS Frequency: 1400 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Forrest Bcstg. Co. Business-Studio Address .... 302 Hemphill St., P. O. Box 312 Phone Number 1866-7 Transmitter Location Cor. 25th Ave. & W. 7th St. Air Time Unlimited News Service UP Transcription Service World, Capiiol, Keystone Representative George P. Hollingbery Membership NAB President, General-Station Mgr....C. J. Wright Commercial Manager H. L. Patterson Program Director E. M. Jenkins Chief Engineer B. B. McLemore WHSY HATTIESBURG— 1948 Frequency: 1220 Kc Power: 250 Watts d. Owned-Operated By Hub City Bcstg. Co. Bus. Studio Address 920 S. Lawrence St. Partners Charles Welmer Holt, Marvin Reubin, Vernon J. Cheek WJDX JACKSON— 1929— NBC Frequency: 1300 Kc Power: 5000 Watts d.; 1000 Watts n. Owned-Oper. By Lamar Life Ins. Co. Business Address P. O. Box 2171 Phone Number 2-1183 Air Time Unlimited News Service UP Transcription Service. .Thesaurus, MacGregor, Lang-Wo'th. Cole, Capitol, World Representative George P. Hollingbery Membership NAB, BMB General Manager Wiley P. Harris Commercial Manager Frank Gentry Program Director Howard Langfitt Chief Engineer Pe cy G. Root WJQS JACKSON— 1946— CBS-MISS. Frequency: 1400 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Oper. By. . . .Mississippi Bcstg. Co., Inc. Business-Studio Address Edwards Hotel Phone Number 3-9681 Transmitter Location Pleasant Ave. Air Time 6 a.m.-12:10 a.m. News Service AP Transcription Service Standard Membership FMA President, General Manager. . .Withers Gavin WJXN JACKSON— 1945 Frequency: 1450 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By Ewing Bcstg. Co. Business-Studio Address. .. .Deposit Guaranty Bank Bldg. Phone Number 4-6673 Transmitter Location Fair Grounds Co-Managers .... P. K. Ewing, Jr.; F. C. Ewing Station Manager James T. Ownby WRBC JACKSON— 1947— MBS Frequency: 620 Kc Power: 5000 Watts d.; 1000 Watts n. Owned-Operated By Rebel Bcstg. Co., Inc. Business-Studio Address P. O. Box 986, 125 So. Lamar Phone Number 3-9641 Transmitter Location Fannin Rd., Luckney Air Time 5:30 a.m.-12:05 a.m. News Service INS Transcription Service Associated Representative Branham Membership NAB, BMB President T. E. Wright General Manager John Cleghorn Sales-Sales Prom. Mgr J. W. Carlier Prog. Dir., Farm Editor Forrest Cox Production Director Les Birchfield Publicity Director Frank Mayerhoff Chief Engineer G. G. Benson W S L I JACKSON— 1938— ABC Frequency: 930 Kc Power: 5000 Watts Owned-Oper. By. .Standard Life Bcstg. Co., Inc. Business Address P. O. Box 1847 Phone Number 3-2788 Studio Address Robert E. Lee Hotel 478