TWiRT 587 - WSB, Atlanta - 100th Anniversary
Friday, March 18, 2022 at 10:52AM
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The telegram from the FCC is dated March 15, 1922, and reads, in part, “THE ATLANTA JOURNAL IS AUTHORIZED TO … BROADCAST … STATION MUST USE CALL LETTERS W S B REPEAT W S B AND EMPLOY COMMERCIAL SECOND CLASS RADIO OPERATOR LICENSED BY THIS DEPARTMENT.”  One hundred years later broadcast engineers, friends, and colleagues gathered for a barbeque lunch at the WSB transmitter site in Tucker, Georgia - an Atlanta suburb. Kirk Harnack has the pleasure of introducing several of these engineers and station friends on this episode of TWiRT. Among our guests (listed below) is Charles Kinney, Director of Engineering for Cox Media Group, Atlanta. 

Guests on this episode:
Josh Bohn - President/CEO at The MaxxKonnect Group
Charlie Wooten - Dir of Engineering and IT at iHeartMedia, Panama City, FL
Gary Kline - Broadcast Technology Strategist, Engineer, & IT Consultant
Michael Gay - Vice President, Engineering at Cumulus Media, Inc.
Mark Goins - Vice President, North America Sales at GatesAir
Paul Barzizza - Territory Sales Manager/Channel Manager at GatesAir
Tim Neese - Owner at MultiTech Consulting, Inc.
John George - Sales Engineer at RF Specialties - South
David W. Wesley - Retired Broadcaster
Charles Kinney - Director of Engineering at Cox Media Group Atlanta
Jim Armstrong - Director Of Eastern US Sales at Telos Alliance

Show Notes:
Michael Gay mentioned his family’s broadcast solutions business, Not A Bot Yet.

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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