May 1948

He'll grow up to be 6 foot 13.


1) I'm not 100% sure on whether this was the case as early as 1948, but by the early '50s, The Huntsville Times (which owned WHBS-FM/FM) and The Birmingham News (parent company of WSGN-AM/FM) were owned by the same company - S. I. Newhouse.  (Today, they're still sister papers).

2) Both stations were ABC affiliates.

Which means even if they weren't yet co-owned, these FM stations were 'nudging in' on each other's "protected" territory.

WHBS-AM would change to WAAY in 1958, and 'HBS-FM went on to a long tenure as a religious station (WNDA).  Just as WSGN-FM would eventually end up (WDJC).
And should that Crosley ever need fixin'?



(RIGHT) Well, at least my mother's name is in there ... perfect spelling, and all!





04/28/2008 -- 956 PM EDT

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