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Call Letters Page Call Letters Page Call Letters Page Call Letters Page WXAL . 134 WXYJ 310 WYNR . 215 WZEP 182 WXGI . 419 WXYZ 263 WYNS . 361 WZIP 338 WXIV . 195 WYOU 194 WZKY . 322 WXKW .320 WYAL 331 WYPR . 414 WZOB 135 WXLI .201 WYAM 133 WYRE . 253 WZOE 220 WXLW . 224 WYCL . 377 WYRN . 328 WZOK 186 WXMT . 435 WYDE 133 WZOO 376 WYSH . 380 WXOK . 245 WYGO 238 WZRH 195 WYSL . 308 WXRF . 442 WYLD 248 WZYX 381 WXTN . 278 WYMB 375 WYSR . 414 WZZZ 180 WXTR . 369 WYND . 193 WYTH . 203 WXVA .428 WYNG 370 WYTI . 419 X WXVW . 224 WYNK 245 WYVE . 421 WXXX . 277 WYNN 373 WYZE . 197 XTRA . 159 U. S. AM Radio Stations ky State State Stas. State Stas. State Stas. Alabama 115 Maine 28 Pennsylvania . 159 Alaska 14 Maryland 39 Rhode Island 15 Arizona 55 Massachusetts . 60 South Carolina 87 Arkansas 71 Michigan 111 South Dakota . 27 California 213 Minnesota 72 Tennessee 121 Colorado 62 Mississippi 79 Texas 265 Connecticut 35 Missouri 89 Utah 29 Delaware 9 Montana 38 Vermont 16 District of Columbia 10 Nebraska 40 Virginia 110 Florida 172 Nevada 17 Washington 86 Georgia 154 New Hampshire . 21 West Virginia 54 Hawaii 21 New Jersey 27 Wisconsin 81 Idaho 39 New Mexico 48 Illinois 110 New York 141 Wyoming 29 Indiana 66 North Carolina . 163 Total, U. S. AM . 3,745 Iowa 67 Puerto Rico 33 Virgin Islands . 3 Kansas 53 North Dakota 22 Guam 1 Ohio 97 Total, Terrs. & Poss. --37 Kentucky 89 Oklahoma 58 Louisiana 82 Oregon 79 Total, U. S. Terrs. & Poss. 3,782 RADIO-TELEVISION DAILY IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY. 131 United States AM Radio Stations This section lists, alphabetically Iry state and eity, eoininereial AM radio stations on the air in the U. S. and its territories and possessions. Alabama WART Abbeville 1961 WDNG Anniston 1957 Frequency: 1480 Kc. Power: 1 Kw. d. Frequency: 1450 Kc.. Power: 1 kw. d., 250 w. n. Owned By Abbeville Radio Owned By Potts Broadcasting Co. Inc. Address Box 121 Address Box 1290 Tel.: 5-6061 Independent Tel.: Adams 6-8291 Independent , President John V. Mizell Prasident, Gen. Mgr Thomas S. Potts General Mgr. James T. Reeder Asst. Sta. Mgr. Robert M. Price Commercial Mgr. William I. Giddens W AV U Albertville 1948 Chief Engineer Roland Walls Frequency: 630 Kc..... Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned-Oper. By Sand Mt. Bcstg. Service WHMA Anniston 1938 Business-Studio Address P O. Box 411 Frequency: 1390 Kc...Pw.: 5000 d.; 1000 W. n. Tel.: 878-1311 Independent Owned-Operated By. Anniston Bcstg. Co., Inc. President Pat M. Courington Address 1330 Noble St. Gen., Sta. Manager Bill Hagler Tel.: AD 6-7545 ABC Owners of: IVANU-FM. Reps. Walker-Rawalt Co.; Dora Clayton President Harry M. Ayers WRFS General Manager Malcolm Street Alexander City 1947 Program Director Lee Thomas Frequency: 1050 Kc..... Power: 1000 Watts d. Chief Engineer James A. Hudson Owned-Operated By .. Piedmont Service Corp. O«,ners of. Ni7INIA-F3I. Address 138 Main St. Tel.: Adams 4-2566 KBS General Mgr. Jim Whatley W RAB Arab 1961 O«vners of: WRFS-F.11. Frequency: 1380 Kc. Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned By Marshall County Bcstg. Co. Address P O. Box 333 WCTA Andalusia 1946 Tel.: 586-4123 Independent Frequency: 920 Kc.. Power: 5 Kw. d., 500 W. n. S'aticn Representative ..C. K. Beaver & Assocs. Owned-Oiler. By.... Andalusia Bcstg. Co., Inc. P: esident J. B. Falt, Jr. Address Radio Bldg. General Manager Bill McLain Tel.: 222-1144 KBS I'or other Malt stations see Multiple-Station Pres., Gen. Mgr. J. Dige Bishop Ou-ners. Station, Ccmm. Mgr. Donald Cooke Program Director Jeanette Powell WJMW Athens 1948 For other Bisliop stations see Multiple-Station Oivners. Frequency: 730 Kc. Power: 1000 Watts d.. Owned-Operated By ... Athens Bcstg. Co., Inc. Address Hine St. WANG Anniston 1954 Tel.: 232-3911, -2 Independent Homer F. Dunnavant Frequency: 1490 Kc. Power: 250 Watts Pres.-Gen. Mgr. Athens. Owned By Gadsden Radio Co. O«vners of: WJOF (F3I), Address Box 609 Tel.: AD 7-1627 KBS WATM Atmore 1949 President C L. Graham 1590 Kc. Power: 5000 Watts Gen., Sla. Manager Charles G. Gardner Frequency: Owned-Operated By Southland Bcstg. Co. Program Director Mary McCrelles Address Craig St. Chief Engineer Joe Burney Tel.: 368-2128 Independent For other Graham stations see Zultiple-Station Owners. Station Rep. Continental Radio Sales 132 ALABAMA Gen. Mgr., Ch. Eng. T C. Miniard Tel.: AL 2-3019 Independent Program Manager Julia Miniard Sta. Representative Weed President W. A. Chapman W A U D Auburn 1947 General, Comm. Mgr. W. R. Kennedy Owners of: WCRT-FM. Frequency: 1230 Kc... Power: 1 Kw., 250 Watts Owned-Operated by Auburn Bcstg. Co. Address Box 391 WENN Birmingham 1950 Tel.: TU 7-3401 ABC Frequency: 1320 Kc..... Power: 5000 Watts d. Owned Pres., Gen.-Sta. Mgr. Elmer G. Salter By..McLendon Birmingham Bcstg. Co Business Address Box Chief Engineer George Murphy 1465 Tel.: FA 4-1026 Independent Minelle 1957 President, Gen. Mgr. John McLendon WBCA—Bay Station Manager Joe Lackey Frequency: 1150 Kc. Power: 1 Kw., d. For other J. McLendon stations see Multiple- Station Owned By Faulkner Radio Owners Address Box 426 Tel.: 937-2281 KBS WJLD Birmingham 1942 President J. H. Faulkner Frequency: 1400 Kc.. Power: 1 Kw.d., 250 W. n. Chief Engineer C J Carmack Owned By Johnston Bcstg. Co. Owners of: Ga. WLBB, Carrollton, Business Address P O Box 5867 Tel.: FA 4-3466 Independent W Y A M Bessemer 1960 Station Representative Bolling President Rose H. Frequency: 1450 Kc . Power: 1 Kwd., 250 W. N. Johnston General, Sta. Otis Owned By Trans-American Bcstg. Corp. Mgr. Dodge Address Box 1053 Program Director Mary Vail Tel.: HAmilton 8-0146 Independent Sales, Publicity Nell Pitts Chief President H C. Young, Jr. Engineer Cliff Goggans Owner of: AULN (F1I), Birmingham. General Manager Hal Hodgens Commercial Manager Dave Binns Program Director Tony Lee WSCN Birmingham 1927 Publicity Director Terri Malone Frequency: 610 Kc... Power: 5 Kw. d., 1 Kw. n. , r o~ *her S'oung stations see Multiple-Station Owned Winston-Salem Broadcasting Co. Owners. Address 2320 7th Avenue South Tel.: 322-3434 Independent VWAPI Birmingham 1922 President James W. Coan Frequency: 1070 $c.. Power: 50 Kw d.; 5 Kw n. General, Station Mgr. Ben K. McKinnon Owned By Newhouse Bcst. Corp. Commercial Manager Warren Merrin Address P O. Box 1310 Chief Engineer Emmett J. Smith Tel.: FA 3-6141 NBC For other Winston-Salem Bcstg. stations see Multiple-Station Owners. Representative Henry I. Christal Gen., Sta. Mgr. Donald D. Wear Owners of: `VAPI-FM. WV0K Birmingham 1947 Frequency: 690 Kc... Power: 50,000 Watts d. WATV Birmingham 1946 Owned-Oper. By Voice of Dixie, Inc. Frequency: 900 Kc... , , . Power: 1000 Watts d. Address P O. Box 2466 Owned-Operated By American Electronix Tel.: ST 7-2601 Independent Address Thomas Jefferson Hotel Pres., Gen., Sta. Mgr. Iralee W. Benns Tel.: FA 4-2541 CBS Comm., Sales Promo. Mgr. Ira Leslie Pres., G.M., Prog. Dir. Maury Farrell Publicity Director Dan Brennan Chief Engineer James L. Ginn WBRC Birmingham 1925 Frequency: 960 Kc. Power: 5000 Watts WYDE Birmingham 1957 Taft Owned-Oper. By Broadcasting Co. Frequency: 850 Kc Power: 10 Kw. d.; 1 Kw. n. Address 2nd 1729 Ave., N. Owned By Basic Communications, Inc. Tel.: AL 2-3172 Independent Address 1901 Montgomery Hi-Way Sta. Representative Katz Tel.: FAirfax 2-4511 Independent President Hulbert Taft, Jr. Chmm. of Bd., Cen. Mgr. Ira Herbert General Manager James E. Bailey President Emil Mogul Chief Engineer Harry Lawson Program Director William Sanders For other Taft stations see Multiple-Station Owners. Chief Engineer James Gray For other Basie Communications stations see Ifni- tiple-Station Owners. WCRT Birmingham 1953 Frequency: 1260 Kc..... Power: 5000 Watts d. WBSA Boaz 1959 Owned-Oper. By Chapman Radio-TV Co. Frequency: 1300 Kc. Power: 1 Kw. d. Business Adress Town House Hotel Owned By Radio Sand Mountain 133 ALABAMA Address P O. Box 59 Tel.: 593-4264 Independent W F M H Cullman 1949 Pres., General Manager ..Glenn M. Cornelious Frequency: 1460 Kc.... Power: 5000 Watts, d. Owned-Operated By .... The Voice of Cullman WEBJ Brewton 1947 Address Box 265 Tel.: 920 Independent Frequency: 1240 Kc. Power: 1 Kw. General, Commercial Manager... B. C. Eddins Owned-Operated By Brewton Bcstq. Co. Owners of: WF3111-F31. Business Address P O. Box 870 Tel.: UNderhill 7-5717 KBS WRUL—Cullman 1946 Pres., Gen. Mgr. J. Wesley Gardner Freq.: 1340 Kc... Power: 1 Kw. d., 250 Watts n. Program, Publicity Director. - Catherine Gardner Owned-Oper. By Cullman Bcstg. Co. Address Drawer 620 WBTS Bridgeport 1961 Tel.: 734-3171 KBS Frequency: 1480 Kc. Power: 1 Kw. d. Pres., Gen., Sta. Mgr..... Hudson C. Millar, Jr. Owned By Bridgeport Bcstg. Co. Chief Eng. Art Bachman Address Box 263 Owners of: WARF, Jaspers. Tel.: 495-2274, -5 Independent Owner, Gen. Mgr. Roy C. McCloud WAJF Decatur 1953 Freq.: 1490 Kc... Power: 1 Kw. d., 250 Watts n. WPRN Butler 1959 Owned-Open. By J. B. Falt, Jr. Frequency: 1220 Kc. Power: 1000 Watts Business Address 112 Grant St., S.E. Owned By Radio Butler Co. Tel.: Elgin 3-9231 Independent Address P O. Box 556 Owner J. B. Falt, Jr. Tel.: 459-3222 KBS General Manager Hamilton Masters Sta. Mgr., Ch. Eng. Paul D. Nichols For other Falt stations see Multiple-Station Commercial, Sales Pro. Mgr. Houston L. Pearce Owners. WBYE Calera 1957 WHOS Decatur 1948 800 Kc. Power: 1000 Watts d. Frequency: 1370 Kc. Power: 1000 Watts Frequency: Owned N Alabama Co.