Radio Stations1370 WRBJHattiesburg MS (10 watts) [c. 1930] |
WPFB"Mack" and "Hank" on the "Hub Breakfast Limited"
Bob McRaney [L], first announcer-organist for WPFB-Hattiesburg, Miss., and Hank Smith, Program Director, broadcast remote from the Saenger Theatre, 1932. Note early Western Electric carbon microphone, and Robert Morton Theatre pipe organ. Photo from "The History of RADIO in Mississippi", written by and copywritten by Bob McRaney, Sr., who is seated at the organ in this photo.
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http://www.theatreorgans.com/mississippi/hattiesburg/] |