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The Impresario from Lizard Lick

Record #:
9138
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Abstract:
Connie B. Gay of Wake County was born on a 17-acre farm. By the 1950s, Gay owned fourteen radio stations. The first to operate a country music station in a large metropolitan area, Gay's gross fortune was estimated by THE WASHINGTON POST to be $50 million. Gay sold his businesses and retired to homes in Florida and Virginia in 1972.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 5, Oct 1976, p26-28, il, por