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On 10 April 1922, the United States Department of Commerce issued a commercial license to radio station WBT, located in Charlotte. The first of such licenses to be granted anywhere in the South, WBT was successful in their endeavors and expanded into a new, multi-million dollar facility as of 1955. Containing over 47,000 square feet of floor space, the building is equipped with every electronic device necessary for modern radio and television broadcasting.
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12660
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The daily English-language broadcast from Radio Moscow was coming in clear on the expensive short-wave receiver installed by Station WBT in Charlotte, installed to record Soviet propaganda about Americans. Program director Monroe Brinson dubbed Radio Moscow's account of the Second Declaration of Havana, a recording of two Cuban Communists declaring the Punta del Este conference was rigged and dominated by the United States.
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17800
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A. E. Joscelyn is general manager of radio station WBT in Charlotte, a 50,000 watt station serving the Southeast. One of his major projects was a Farm Bureau which provided farmers with all sorts of information about crop growing and coping with farm problems that might arise. The station received the Variety Farm Award last year for serving agriculture as many letters of commendation from governors, Congressmen, and thousands of farmers.
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20345
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Grady Cole was born on a farm in Montgomery County. He works for WBT broadcasting company out of Charlotte. Millions of people know his voice from Maine to Florida, and he is one of the country's outstanding radio personalities. It is said over 300 babies have been named for him, as well as pigs, mules, and bulls. He has been with the station for eleven years and his success as a salesman for WBT-advertised products is nothing short of phenomenal.
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