[BC] call letters and what they stand for

[Jerry Mathis]

Yep, Neal Bunn was my first boss. A more colorful character you would be 
hard pressed to find. A kindly old gentleman, he had been an ace pilot 
during WWII. He used to tell stories of flying "over the hump" into Burma--a 
route that was known for its dangers. He owned his own private plane while 
living in Savannah, and was an active member of the Civil Air Patrol. Also a 
ham radio operator as I recall.

He was a big fan of Big Band music, and that's what we had to play after 7PM 
each night. Stations were "block" programmed in those days, we played 
country music in the morning and afternoons with an hour of gospel thrown 
in, there was an hour of local preaching at noon, and we had our own local  
"gab" shows as I called them, with local businesses buying 15 minute blocks 
of time to just come on and talk about whatever struck their fancy. We 
played one hour of rock music from 6 to 7 PM, then the aforementioned Big 
Band music until 10, when the station signed off.

Those WERE the days!



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS





>From: <jaybraswell at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] call letters and what they stand for
>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:18:34 -0500
>
>>My first job in commercial radio was at WORM-AM-FM in Savannah, TN. At the 
>>time, Savannah was noted for its "worm ranches" for the sport fishing 
>>industry (Pickwick Lake and Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River were 
>>close by).
>
>>From the "it's a small world" files, when I was working at WADI in 
>>Corinth,
>Ms in the mid-70's, I drove up to Savannah. After visiting with manager 
>Neal Bunn a few minutes, it turned out that he attended public school in my 
>hometown (Statesboro, Ga). As I recall, he was an orphan...perhaps later 
>adopted, and his foster/adoptive parents lived in Statesboro.
>
>
>
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