[BC] Meridian

[harold stanton]

Larry,
When I was there ( and I grew up in Meridian ) there were just as many calls 
as to what have you done????????? WDAL had been country for years, even tho 
it started in the late fifties as a "rock-a-billy" station. Then it went 
country under Dan Hollingsworth all the while Houstion Pearce owned but 
whomever was the manager had a substantial part ownership exposure.
Paul Nichols was the guy then and he had a real feel for his "town".
Even Eddie Holladay and Eddie Smith knew their market and lived with what 
they did on air and could face the community.
That ain't sayin' I thought much of 'em personally, but they were 
"responsible" community members.
Even Lloyd Royal with WQIC knew his audience and was responsible.
WTOK was a home-town station (still kinda sorta is)...........
But there were engineers in every one of the stations that had been paid 
well and shown respect.

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>I was there (Meridian) from '77 to '82 and then again briefly in '84.
>They weren't all "well run", but they were all on-the-air.
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>Q101 debuted on June 6, 1979.  I was the morning man back then.  In place
>of the usual small-town southern gospel stuff that aired on WDAL in the
>early
>morning hours, we came on at 6am playing Top 40.  I took dozens of calls
>from
>little old ladies all telling me I was going to hell.
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>LF
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