Record #:

32343

Author(s):

Julian, Dennis

Abstract:

The WPTF radio station, formerly WFBQ, began in the early 1920s as a fifty-watt broadcasting station in Raleigh and currently operates in Durham. The station was owned and operated by Wynne Radio Company, and had the motto, “We Protect The Family.” This article covers the history of the WPTF radio station and changes in the radio broadcasting industry.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 32 Issue 12, Dec 1974, p31-47, por

Subject(s):

WPTF-AM (Radio station: Durham); WPTF-AM (Radio station: Raleigh); Radio broadcasting--History; Radio stations