[BC] call letters and their slogans

[Craig Bowman]

WFBC (Now in Greenville, SC) originally was in Knoxville, TN on 1200 ... 
and owned by the First Baptist Church.

WWNC, Asheville (Formally WABC owned by the Asheville Battery Company).. 
stands for Wonderful Western North Carolina.

WPHM Port Huron Michigan .. formally owned by the Times Harold newspaper 
and was originally called WTTH.

WJIM, Lansing, MI was named after the owner's son.. Jim.

Craig Bowman


Dennis Cope wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of
>jaybraswell at bellsouth.net
>Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 01:29
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>Subject: [BC] call letters and their slogans
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>W-W-N-S (Statesboro, Ga) - Welcome Where Nature Smiles
>
>W-P-T-B (Statesboro, Ga) - Wonderful Place To Be
>
>W-V-O-P (Vidalia, Ga) - Wonderful Voice Of Personality (originally WRQN)
>
>W-B-B-T (Lyons, Ga) - We're Building a Better Toombs county
>
>W-O-R-G (Orangeburg, SC) - Watching Orangeburg's Rapid Growth (now WPJK. Was
>also WPJS)
>
>W-M-G-A (Moultrie, Ga) - Watching Moultrie Grown Agriculturally (now
>silent...license cancelled)
>
>W-Y-O-K (Soperton, Ga) - We're Your Own Kind (now silent...license
>cancelled)
>
>W-J-A-T (Swainsboro, Ga) - Jack A. Thompson (original owner) The station had
>a connected auditorium, which was named after his wife. It was called the
>Nancy Auditorium
>
>W-M-A-Z (Macon, Ga) - Watching Mercer Attain Zenith (Mercer University)
>(call letters now on channel 13. Radio is WMAC. Was also WMWR for a brief
>period)
>
>W-T-W-A (Thomson, Ga) - Washington-Thomson-Warrenton-Area
>
>W-T-O-C (Savannah, Ga) - Welcome To Our City (call letters now on channel
>11. Radio is WTKN. Was also WWSA, WCHY)
>
>W-L-E-T (Toccoa, Ga) - (R.G.) LeToureau (original owner) (originally WRLC)
>
>W-C-C-P (Savannah, Ga) - Watching Chatham County Prosper (later WBYG, WQQT,
>WWAM, WSAI. Now silent...license cancelled)
>
>W-B-B-Q (Augusta, Ga) - Original owner George Weiss (Car 1 of the WBBQ 24
>hour news fleet) was a Chicago native. Station was named after Chicago's
>WBBM & WMAQ.
>
>W-N-M-T (Garden City, Ga) - Weather-News-Music-Time (or as owner Chris
>Watkins teased, Women Need Men Too, or We Need Money Too) Now
>Silent...license cancelled.
>
>W-F-B-C (Greenville, SC) - We Foster Better Citizenship. (calls now on 93.7
>FM. AM is WYRD //WORD - Spartanburg)
>
>W-P-G-C (Washington DC) Prince George County
>
>W-B-O-C (Salisbury MD) Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake
>
>W-C-M-S (Norfolk VA) We are your Country Music Station
>
>W-N-O-R (Norfolk VA)  For the city of NORfolk VA
>
>W-C-T-G (Chincoteague VA) Classic, Timeless & Great
>
>W-R-K-O (Boston) Royal Keaf Orpium <spelling>
>
>W-I-C-O (Salisbury MD) for Wicomico County Maryland
>
>W-T-A-R (Norfolk VA) for the TidewAter Region
>
>W-S-U-X (Seaford DE) for Sussex County Del.
>
>W-S-B-Y (Salisbury MD) AWIPS identifier for Salisbury MD
>
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Craig Bowman
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Durand, MI 48429
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