NOW, Volume 7, Number 31, December 18, 1942 Page: 4
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Georgia Radio-WRLC
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Approahir Toco fro t11
north at nite LeTourneaui plane pas-
sengers spot near the green flasher
lie that marks the airport ra vesticl
string of 3 redlites. Thos 3 red li,
ding the transmitter i of
eWRLC, which porkes at the clouds to
broadcast gospel, nes msc cn-
mcialsinto a potchwor rea de
from ends of Ga N C & SC a
pocket sometimes ehed by other
stations.-6
MC.
Yith
A LeTourneau venture, altho in.
affiliated with LeToumreau Co. of Go
WRLC was purposed to be a self-sis
training gospel radio station, serve.
an area somewhat isolated.-a-
When on May 1, '41 WRLC, in an
all-steel studio-transmitter station at
1200 Prather Road, began broadcast-
ing with 250-watt power on 1450 ke,
it talked to a territory far from up-to-K~b
Even today booming Toccon, with
.nceaed- parosb & b une th oc
has nothing ele o well-appointed
as WRLC's reception & ad nn
room arol stV- h- -lo egr. &
or,irtlr irctor-- people in one-t 1.
diaeAnd few rrcpt'omt surely as nice
as Grace S1irey Smith. wh is also
hookk eeper. occasionally control -op
Ir-torRadi, Chaplain Elliott It .jclI
arrange gopl other r1ii spo
grams - plays organ, piano, sngs.
preaches, announces, ad libs. He also
conducts plant chapel services eacl
Thurs. Here he is at organ after
broadcast by Evangelist Fred Brown
of Chattanooga & singing by Mrs.SlUI tumne W
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ftiness bringar-in is Harold Mar-
ler. commercial mgr., script writer,
chief announce
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-At noon Tommy Scott strums up
business for Vi Herb, a cure for
what have yo & an important
WRLC account.'saV ar
Practically all -iy Sunday station
c-aries re gious programs, Agoga
Bible Class conducted by Dr. O. F.
Kimsey, Toccoa dru'ist, & handled
by remote control fron the class-
room, is on at 10:05 rm.Cecil Cluapin, Studio control engr.
& operator, handles controls on ali
programs, stands by or sleeps by at
nitle to answer FCC calls, as re-
quired.-esli m , len. -- . rE-
rcemily lr>,m WOME~ OwmbroHilmar Lindahl. chief engr. at
transmitter ponel, came from WMB1
& WIS, Chicago-also teaches radio
at Toccoa Falls Institute.A cotitmiuous brod ribbon of
Associated Press news ilows nite &
dlay from this teleatype for broadcast--'
ing hourly on the hour. WFLC is
to 10 p~m- - - -#
Fill in at left fac an Le u
neau plant employee. Bob Shoop,
ight, alternates with Bill Harris in a
15-minute Thurs. evening broadcast Operator Chapin isnt the only one
called Tournatime, sponsored by Le- who stands by. So does this 15-hp
Tourneau Co. of Ga., featuring em- diesel engine, to pick up load any
ploye-interviews, plant news. time commercial power fails.n ..c1 7
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Opcrnlor Clo,". iui t the Only ...
who stands by. So does this IS lip
diesel engine, to pick up load any
time commercial Power f ils.
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 7, Number 31, December 18, 1942, periodical, December 18, 1942; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1532678/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.