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The year 1948 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Events

• 22 March: The Voice of Firestone becomes the first radio program to be aired on both AM and FM radio stations.
• 12 May: Don McNeill's Breakfast Club appears on television for the first time, via a simulcast on both ABC Radio and ABC TV. The telecast is seen in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and New York. Because ABC-TV's New York flagship station WJZ-TV had not signed on yet (and would not for another three months), DuMont flagship WABD carried it live.
• 28 September: Thirty-two FM radio stations participated in the "first coast-to-coast exclusively FM 15,000-cycle network program."^[1]

Debuts

Programs

• 5 January – The first episode of the radio serial drama Mrs Dale's Diary is broadcast in the BBC Light Programme.
• 13 February - Call for Music debuts on CBS.^[2]
• 21 September – Life with Luigi premieres on CBS.
• 27 September - Herb Shriner Time debuts on CBS.^[2]
• 26 December – Bertrand Russell gives the first annual Reith Lecture on the BBC Home Service.
• 23 March – Take It From Here is first broadcast by the BBC.
• 3 April – The Louisiana Hayride from Shreveport makes its debut.
• 5 July - Cabin B-13 makes its debut on CBS.^[2]
• 22 August - Box 13 debuts on WOR.^[2]
• 11 October - The Brighter Day debuts on NBC.^[2]

Stations

• (undated) - WDXB, Chattanooga, Tennessee, begins broadcasting on 1490 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[3]
• (undated) - WOKZ-FM, Alton, Illinois, begins broadcasting on 99.9 MHz.^[4]
• (undated) - WROV-FM, Roanoke, Virginia, begins broadcasting on 103.7 MHz.^[5]
• (undated) - KCFM-FM, Kansas City, Missouri, begins broadcasting on 94.9 MHz.^[6]
• (undated) - KDAC, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1230 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[7]
• (undated) January - WXAL, Demopolis, Alabama, begins broadcasting on 1400 kHz.^[8]
• (undated) January - WIST-FM, Charlotte, North Carolina, begins broadcasting on 104.7 MHz.^[9]
• (undated) January - WLET-FM, Toccoa, Georgia, begins broadcasting on 102.9 MHz.^[10]
• (undated) November - KFAM-FM, St. Cloud, Minnesota, begins broadcasting on 104.7 MHz.^[11]
• 1 January - WLCR, Torrington, Connecticut, begins broadcasting on 990 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime only).^[12]
• 7 January - KVVC, Ventura, California, begins broadcasting on 1590 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).^[13]
• 10 January - WTWA, Thomson, Georgia, begins broadcasting as a Mutual affiliate on 1240 kHz with 250 W power.
• 14 January - WSAC, Columbus, Georgia, a Mutual affiliate, begins broadcasting on 1460 kHz with 1 KW power.^[14]
• 18 January - WBUZ-FM, Bradbury Heights, Maryland, begins broadcasting on 96.7 MHz.^[15]
• 19 January - WKOW, Madison, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 1070 kHz with 10 KW power (full-time).^[16]
• 24 January - KERN-FM, Bakersfield, California, begins broadcasting on 94.1 MHz.^[17]
• 26 January - WJOC, Jamestown, New York, begins broadcasting on 1470 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[18]
• 31 January - KYSM-FM, Mankato, Minnesota, begins operation at 103.5 mc.^[19]
• 31 January - KLEE, Houston, Texas, begins broadcasting on 610 kHz with 5 KW power.^[20]
• 1 February - WATO, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, begins broadcasting on 1490 MHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[21]
• 2 February - WIBG-FM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting on 94.1 MHz.^[22]
• 4 February - WOKZ, Alton, Illinois, begins broadcasting.^[4]
• 14 February - WHNY-FM, Watertown, N.Y., begins operation.^[23]
• 18 February - WIRL, Peoria, Illinois, begins operation on 1290 kHz with 5 KW power (full-time).^[24]
• 18 February - WFLB, Fayetteville, North Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1490 kHz with 250 W power.^[25]
• 25 February - KRKL, Kirkland, Washington, begins operation as a 250-watt daytime station with studios and transmitter in the Kirkland Recreation Center.^[26]
• 28 February - WSSB, Durham, North Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1490 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[27]
• 29 February - KEXO, Grand Junction, Colorado, begins broadcasting on 1230 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[28]
• (undated) March - WGGG, Gainesville, Florida, begins broadcasting on 1230 kHz with 250 W power.^[29]
• (undated) - KICM, Mason City, Iowa, begins broadcasting on 1490 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[30]
• 1 March - WTAD-FM, Quincy, Illinois, begins broadcasting on 99.5 MHz.^[31]
• 1 March - KRIC-FM, Beaumont, Texas, begins broadcasting on 99.5 MHz.^[32]
• 8 March - WFGN, Gaffney, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1570 kHz with 250 W power (daytime).^[33]
• 11 March - WPDX-FM, Clarksburg, West Virginia, begins broadcasting on 95.1 MHz.^[34]
• 14 March - WMCP, Baltimore, Maryland, begins operation on 94.7 MHz.^[35]
• 15 March - WLIV-FM, Providence, Rhode Island, begins broadcasting on 107.7 MHz with 20 KW power.^[36]
• 21 March - KRLD-FM, Dallas, Texas, begins broadcasting on 92.5 MHz.^[37]
• 29 March - WTHT-FM, Hartford, Connecticut, begins broadcasting.^[38]
• 30 March - KNX-FM, Hollywood, California, begins broadcasting on 93.1 MHz.^[39]
• 30 March - WMOX-FM, Meridian, Mississippi, begins broadcasting on 98.6 MHz.^[40]
• 3 April - WUSN, Charleston, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1450 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[41]
• 3 April - KBEE-FM, Modesto, California, begins broadcasting on 103.3 MHz.^[42]
• 4 April - WCNB and WCNB-FM, Connersville, Indiana, begin broadcasting on 1580 kHz and 101.3 MHz, respectively.^[43]
• 14 April - WDXY-FM, Spartanburg, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 100.5 MHz.^[44]
• 17 April -WPRO-FM, Providence, Rhode Island, begins broadcasting on 92.3 MHz.^[45]
• 19 April - WAMS and WAMS-FM, Wilmington, Delaware, begin broadcasting on 1380 kHz and 96.1 MHz, respectively.^[46]
• 22 April - WNAE-FM, Warren, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting on 92.1 MHz.^[47]
• 24 April - KWOS-FM, Jefferson City, Missouri, begins broadcasting on 98.5 MHz.^[48]
• 25 April - KROX, Crookstown, Minnesota, begins broadcasting on 1050 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[49]
• 25 April - KGLO-FM, Mason City, Iowa, begins broadcasting on 101.1 MHz.^[50]
• 25 April - WSAT, Salisbury, North Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1280 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[51]
• (undated) May - KWAK begins broadcasting on 1240 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[52]
• 2 May - KENI, Anchorage, Alaska, begins broadcasting on 550 kHz with 5 KW power (full-time).^[53]
• 2 May - WOCB-FM, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, begins broadcasting on 94.3 MHz.^[54]
• 2 May - WTYC, Rock Hill, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1150 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[55]
• 3 May - KLX-FM, Oakland, California, begins broadcasting on 101.3 MHz.^[56]
• 6 May - WALE, Fall River, Massachusetts, begins broadcasting on 1400 kHz with 250 W power (full-time).^[57]
• 14 May - WLAL-FM, Lakewood, Ohio, begins broadcasting on 104.9 MHz.^[58]
• 15 May - WASA, Havre de Grace, Maryland, begins broadcasting on 1600 kHz with 500 W power (daytime).^[59]
• 16 May - KTLN, Denver, Colorado, begins broadcasting on 990 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[60]
• 16 May - KSMI, Seminole, Oklahoma, begins broadcasting on 1260 kHz with 500 W power (daytime).^[61]
• 23 May - WJLD-FM, Birmingham, Alabama, begins broadcasting on 104.7 MHz.^[62]
• 24 May - WWXL, Peoria, Illinois, begins broadcasting on 1590 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).^[63]
• 27 May - WKTY, La Crosse, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 580 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).^[64]
• 30 May - KAUS, Austin, Minnesota, begins broadcasting on 1480 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).^[65]
• 6 June - KPOJ-FM, Portland, Oregon, begins broadcasting on 96.1 MHz.^[66]
• 6 June - WRVC, Norfolk, Virginia, begins broadcasting on 102.5 MHz.^[67]
• 10 June - WMRA, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1450 kHz with 250 W power (unlimited).^[68]
• 15 June - KWNW, Wenatchee, Washington, a Don Lee Network affiliate, begins broadcasting on 1340 kHz with 250 W power.^[69]
• 19 June - WABB and WABB-FM, Mobile, Alabama, both Mutual affiliates, begin broadcasting on 1480 kHz and 107.9 MHz, respectively.^[70]
• 20 June - WPAY-FM, Portsmouth, Ohio, begins broadcasting on 104.1 MHz.^[71]
• 22 June - WNOW, York, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting on 1250 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[72]
• 29 June - KSDN, Aberdeen, South Dakota, begins broadcasting on 930 kHz with 1 KW power.^[73]
• 5 July - KMUS, Muskogee, Oklahoma, a Mutual affiliate, begins broadcasting on 1380 kHz.^[74]
• 9 July - WBCK, Battle Creek, Michigan, a Mutual affiliate, begins broadcasting on 930 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time).^[75]
• 11 July - WPJB, Providence, Rhode Island, begins broadcasting on 105.1 MHz.^[76]
• 11 July - WISN-FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 102.9 MHz.^[77]
• 18 July - WACA, Camden, South Carolina, begins broadcasting on 1590 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[78]
• 19 July - WLEU-FM, Erie, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting on 97.9 MHz.^[79]
• 22 July - KAGH, Pasadena, California, begins broadcasting on 1300 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[80]
• 25 July - KCSB, Liberal, Kansas, begins broadcasting on 1270 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[81]
• 2 August - WHIN, Gallatin, Tennessee, begins broadcasting on 1010 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[82]
• 12 August - WRVB, Richmond, Virginia, begins broadcasting on 94.5 MHz as an affiliate of WRVA.^[83]
• 16 August - WTAQ-FM, Green Bay, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 102.5 MHz with 14 KW power.^[84]
• 18 August - WXLW, Indianapolis, Indiana, begins broadcasting on 1590 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[85]
• 26 August - WRJN-FM, Racine, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 100.7 MHz.^[86]
• 27 August - WXLW-FM, Indianapolis, Indiana, begins broadcasting on 94.7 MHz.^[85]
• 29 August - WSAU-FM, Wausau, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 95.5 MHz.^[87]
• 5 September - WHOL, Allentown, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting on 1230 kHz.^[88]
• 19 September - WFTR, Front Royal, Virginia, begins broadcasting on 1450 kHz with 250 W power.^[89]
• 19 September - KFH-FM, Wichita, Kansas, begins broadcasting on 100.3 MHz.^[90]
• 26 September - WGEZ, Beloit, Wisconsin, begins broadcasting on 1490 kHz with 100 W power (full-time).^[91]
• 6 October - WLLH-FM, Lowell, Massachusetts, begins broadcasting on 99.5 MHz.^[92]
• 26 October - KTNT-FM, Tacoma, Washington, begins broadcasting on 97.3 MHz.^[93]
• 27 October - KLTI and KLTI-FM, Longview, Texas, begin broadcasting on 1280 kHz and 105.9 MHz, respectively.^[94]
• 30 October - WJPS, Evansville, Indiana, begins broadcasting on 1330 kHz with power of 5 KW (daytime) and 1 KW (night).^[95]
• 1 November - WENY-FM, Elmira, New York, begins broadcasting on 106.9 MHz.^[96]
• 7 November - WCOP-FM, Boston, Massachusetts, begins broadcasting on 100.7 MHz.^[97]
• 14 November - WIBB, Macon, Georgia, begins broadcasting on 1280 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).^[98]
• 21 November - KWKH-FM, Shreveport, Louisiana, begins broadcasting on 94.5 MHz.^[99]
• 29 November - KCKN-FM, Kansas City, Kansas, begins broadcasting on 106.7 MHz.^[100]
• 1 December - WHBL-FM, Sheboygan, Michigan, begins broadcasting on 100.3 MHz.^[101]
• 6 December = WGHC-FM, Greenwich, Connecticut, begins broadcasting on 95.9 MHz.^[102]
• 7 December - WVNJ, Newark, New Jersey, begins broadcasting on 620 kHz with 5 KW power (full-time)^[103]
• 12 December - WMTR, Morristown, New Jersey, begins broadcasting on 1250 kHz with 500 W power (daytime).^[104]

Closings

• 4 January - The Adventures of Bill Lance ends its run on network radio.^[2]
• 22 January - Are These Our Children? ends its run on network radio (ABC).^[2]
• 30 April - The American School of the Air ends its run on network radio (CBS)^[105]
• 23 May - The Fitch Bandwagon ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[2]
• 23 May - The Clock ends its run on network radio (ABC).^[2]
• 21 June - Charlie Chan ends its run on network radio (Mutual).^[2]
• 22 June - The Adventures of Christopher Wells ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[2]
• 29 June - Call for Music ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[2]
• 7 July - The American Melody Hour ends its run on network radio on (CBS).^[2]
• 3 September - Believe It Or Not ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[2]

Births

• 4 February – Alice Cooper, American rock singer, songwriter, musician and radio host.
• John Batchelor, author and syndicated talk show host.
• Fritz Coleman, former disc jockey and current weathercaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California.
• Chet Coppock, American sports radio broadcaster.
• Citizen Kafka, New York City-based radio personality and folk musician.

Deaths

• Tom Breneman, 46, radio talk show host from 1941–1948, best known for the radio program, Breakfast in Hollywood.

References

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28. "KEXO Grand Junction Goes on Air Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 15, 1948. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
29. "WGGG, Gainesville, Fla., Is Launched On 1230 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 8, 1948. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
30. "KICM Mason City Takes Air as 250-w Fulltimer" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
31. "WTAD-FM Quincy Starts With 45 kw on 99.5 mc" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 22, 1948. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
32. "KRIC-FM at Beaumont Is Launched on 99.5 mc" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 22, 1948. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
33. "Staff of New WFGN Headed by Liverance" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 3, 1948. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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36. "Staff Members Named for WLIV-FM Providence" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 12, 1948. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
37. "KRLD-FM Dallas Takes The Air on Channel 22" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
38. "Special Edition Marks WTHT-FM's Dedicaton" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
39. "KNX-FM Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
40. "New Meridian, Miss. FM Outlet Starts (98.6 mc)" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
41. "WUSN at Charleston Launched on 1450 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
42. "McClatchy Firm Starts KBEE (FM) at Modesto" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 5, 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
43. "Indiana Daily's AM, FM Outlets Launched" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
44. "WDXY (FM) Launched at Spartanburg, S.C." (PDF). wpsb. April 19, 1948. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
45. "WPRO-FM Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 3, 1948. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
46. "WAMS WAMS-FM Operations Begin" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 19, 1948. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
47. "WNAE-FM Is Launched; Schedule--3-10:30 p.m." (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
48. "KWOS-FM Takes Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 17, 1948. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
49. "KROX Crookston, Minn. Goes on the Air April 25" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
50. "KGLO-FM Mason City Has Formal Opening" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
51. "WSAT Salisbury Starts As 1-KW Daytime Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
52. "KWAK Launched Fulltime On1240 kc at Stuttgart" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
53. "New Alaska Station, KENI, Starts May 2" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1948. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
54. "WOCB-FM W. Yarmouth Is Now on Air With 1 kw" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 17, 1948. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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58. "WLAL (FM), New Outlet In Ohio, Gets Underway" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
59. "Daytime Station Opened At Havre de Grace, Md." (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
60. "KTLN Takes the Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
61. "KSMI Seminole, Okla., 500-w Daytimer, Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 31, 1948. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
62. "WJLD-FM Now Operating From Birmingham, Ala." (PDF). Broadcasting. June 7, 1948. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
63. "WWXL on Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1948. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
64. "WKTY La Crosse on Air; Rosene General Manager" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 7, 1948. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
65. "New Austin Station Starts Operations" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 28, 1948. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
66. "New FM Operation Open As KALE Changes to KPOJ" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
67. "WRVC (FM) Norfolk Begins Programming" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
68. "WMRA at Myrtle Beach Starts (250 w, 1450 kc)" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 28, 1948. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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74. "KMUS in Muskogee Underway with 1 KW" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 19, 1949. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
75. "WBCK Battle Creek Starts; MBS Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 12, 1948. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
76. "WPJB (FM) Is Launched By 'Providence Journal'" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 12, 1948. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
77. "WISN-FM Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 19, 1949. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
78. "WACA Camden, S.C., Opens with 1 KW Day" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 19, 1949. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
79. "WLEU-FM Opened" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 26, 1949. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
80. "KAGH Opens AM Station At Pasadena on 1300 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 26, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
81. "KSCB Gets Underway; Landon Is an Owner" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 26, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
82. "WHIN, 1-KW Daytime Independent, Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 23, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
83. "WRVB (FM) in Richmond Is Launched on 94.5 mc" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 23, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
84. "WTAQ-FM Green Bay Starts on Channel 273" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 23, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
85. "WXLW Indianapolis Launched on 1590 KHz" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 30, 1948. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
86. "WRJN-FM Racine Starts Operation on 100.7 MHz" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
87. "WSAU-FM Wausau Starts Service on Channel 238" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
88. "WHOL Allentown, Pa. Is New CBS Member" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
89. "WFTR Debuts as New Virginia MBS Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 27, 1948. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
90. "KFH-FM Wichita, Kan., Starts on Channel 262" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 27, 1948. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
91. "WGEZ Starts Operation As 100-w Mutual Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 4, 1948. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
92. "WLLH-FM Lowell, Mass. Starts on Channel 258" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 18, 1948. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
93. "Paper Heralds Opening of KTNT (FM) Tacoma" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 15, 1948. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
94. "KLTI and FM Affiliate Under Way at Longview" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
95. "WJPS, ABC Outlet, Starts on 1330 KC" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
96. "WENY-FM Elmira Airs AM Affiliate Programs" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
97. "WCOP Boston's 20 KW FM Station Now on Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
98. "WIBB, I kw Daytimer, Launched at Macon, Ga." (PDF). Broadcasting. November 29, 1948. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
99. "KWKH-FM in Shreveport Starts Service Nov. 21" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 29, 1948. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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