[BC] Sylvania, Georgia

[Bob Groome]

Jay

Thanks for the memory bump. I was traveling for
Gates and was there between 69 and 71. What a
nice bunch of folks. I got burned when peeeeeing
out side the building with the transmitter on. In
the grass not on the tower, in case you are
wondering. The RF was intense. 

Bob
--- Jay Braswell <braswell at broadcast.net> wrote:

> Bob...
> 
> That was WSYL/Sylvania, Georgia...1490 on your
> dial. The station went on the air in 1955 with
> a 150' shunt-fed tower, located about five feet
>
>
>  Longtime manager/owner Shirley Mahaffey was
> famous for adding a touch (a heavy touch) of
> echo to all her spots, and for adding a
> syllable to Sylvania. Correctly pronounced like
> the light bulbs, she pronounced it
> 'Sill-VANE-knee-yuh". 
> 
> I'd give $10,000.00 to go back to those days,
> knowing what I know now.
> 
> Nostalgically,
> Jovial Jay 


Bob Groome 

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