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WFSC in Franklin; Broadcasts Start Sat., May 4 at Noon
Turn Your Radio Dial to 1050
Macon County's Own
Radio Station Opens
WFSC Begins Broadcasts Saturday,
Prominent Citizens To Appear
At noon on Saturday of this
week the long awaited entrance
of radio station WFSC into the
local scene becomes a reality.
Prominent citizens from Macon
County and its neighboring
communities and counties will
headline the opening broadcast.
While the complete list or at
tending dignitaries was not
complete at press time, it was
stated by station manager Ed
win P. Healy that invitations
have been extended to a large
number of state, county and
local officials of Macon county.
New RCA Transmitter
No* effort or expense has been spared to make WFSC the
most modern station in this general area. Part of the proof
is shown in the new ulta-modern transmitter shown above.
This equipment along with other WFSC installations was rec
ommended by our consulting engineer. Palmer A. Greer as the
best available. We feel that out equipment for day-to-day pro
gram service is unsurpassed anywhere in radio.
JIMMY BOYD
WFSC'S "Morning Man" Is a for
, mer star with Pee Wee King's great
country and western music aggrega
tion. Christened James Sylvester
Boyd in Landrum, South Carolina,
where he first saw the light of day,
he is better known as Jimmy.
Boyd is a fine musician and in re
cent years has earned an enviable
reputation In the Piedmont section
of the two Carolinas as an announc
er and master of ceremonies at
WTYN, Tryon, a station whose sig
nals are heard throughout Polk, Hen
derson and Rutherford counties of
the Tar Heel State and Spartanburg
and Greenville counties of the Pal
metto 8tate.
Listen for him each morning on
WF8C.
The guest list will also in
clude prominent officials and
civic figures from adjoining
counties who in most cases are
expected to come to Franklin
for the big event.
The opening program will get
underway promptly at noon on
Saturday from the WFSC stu
dios in the Noetel building.
Regularly scheduled programs
will follow the initial broadcast.
According to station officials,
arrangements are being con
cluded to include a group of
tape recordings of high school
bands in the area on the in
itial program. Station person
nel have been busy recording
the special programs from
schools in the area to be served
by the radio station.
Worship
Via Radio
Recognizing the responsibility
of a balanced program schedule,
WFSC has completed arrange
ments to broadcast religious
programs each day with spe
cial emphasis on Sunday radio
worship.
The factor of distance limits
the number of churches whose
servioes can be brought to radio
listeners in this area. But plans
have been completed to bring
to listeners a full hour of the
worship services of Franklin
churches each Sunday morning
under the auspices of the
Franklin Ministerial Associa
tion at 11 a. m. Plans now call
for Sunday services from the
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyter
ian and Episcopal churches of
Franklin. The service schedule
will be announced following its
arrangement by the Minister
ial Association.
Plans have been completed,
as previously announced, for
regular Sunday schedules of
broadcasts featuring the Baptist
Hour and the Protestant Hour.
The latter program series will
presen first the Presbyterian
Hour segment. This will be fol
lowed later in the year by
Methodist and Episcopal series.
Sports
WFSC listeners will now have
the opportunity of receiving
daily radio sports news and
play-by-play accounts of all day
games of the Brooklyn Dodgers
of the National League. "Red"
Barber will be at the micro
phone as he follows the Dodg
ers at home and on the road.
At this writing it is impossible
to state how far WFSC can go
in broadcasting play-by-play
accounts of Pony and Little
League contests played in
Franklin but efforts are being
made to give listeners on-the
scene reports. In any event,
scores will be broadcast regu
larly.
Plans are not yet complete
for Fall football schedules but
it is proposed that college
games will be brought to listen
ers if schedules can be arrang
ed.
To many questions asking
about the broadcasting of
Franklin High School football
and basketball games, it is only
possible to say that present
federal limitations do not per
mit WFSC to remain on the air
at night. Thus, unless some
other arrangement can be
made, it will be possible to
bring only sports news before
and after such games. This is
a problem at present beyond
the authority of WFSC.
But Harold Corbin and Jimmy
Boyd will keep WFSC listeners
fully aware of all sports news
during the "dawn to dusk" daily
program schedule of the new
"seven county" station.
Schedule
Regular Week-Day
5:30 Sign on
5:31 Mountain country jubi
lee
6:00 WF9C news
6:05 Mountain country ? jubi
lee cont.
7:00 WFSC morning edition
late news
7:15 Mountain country jubi
lee cont.
7:30 Weather round-up
7:35 Mountain country jubi
lee cont.
7.55 News
8:00 Clayton calling
8:29 Weather
8:30 Sylva on the air
9:00 Morning devotion
9:15 Coffee break
9:30 Dollar a minute
9:45 Party line
10:00 News
10:05 Carolina /Baby time
10:15 Good neighbor show
10:30 Hi-Ladies
10:45 Citizen's Bulletin board
11:00 Birthday club
11:15 Treasure chest
11:30 Hymns of the hills v
Saturday only, mountain
echoes, Rev. R. D. Burn
ett
12:00 News
12:15 Moments of remember
ance
12:20 Dinner bell
1 : 00 Baseball? Brooklyn
Dodgers
(Time will vary with
game starting time.)
4:30 Teen age platter party
5:30 Supper time jamboree
6:00 Evening news
6:15 N. C. news
6 : 20 Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 Evening Serenade
7:27 Evening sign off
Prayer by Macon County
ministerial assoc.
7:30 Sign off.
bunday
Program
All programs Sunday morn
ing will be devoted to devotion
al and worship services with the
regular eleven o'clock worship
service being broadcast from a
different Franklin church each
Sunday morning;
The Sunday afternoon sched
ule will be a program filled
with Music, news and sports
programs. It's an afternoon of
good listening for everyone.
The complete Sunday sched
ule will be announced next
week
EDWIN P. HEALY
Mr. Healy, general manager of ra
dio station WFSC, is a veteran of
twelve years service in radio and tel
evision.
Born in Middlesboro, Kentucky,
the new Franklin resident attended
schools in that city, then studied the
technical aspects of radio. He holds
a first radio telephone license, issued
by the Federal Communications
Commission.
In addition to his fine technical
knowledge of radio, Mr. Healy Is an
experienced manager and broadcast
er. His years in radio have Included
stays at WMIK, Middlesboro; a peri
od of service as a radio operator
with the Kentucky State Police;
WESC, Greenville, S. C.; WPRT,
Prestonsburg, Kentucky; WATE-TV,
Knoxville; and WOCH, North Vernon,
Indiana. He was assistant manager
and sales manager of the latter sta
tion.
Mr. Healy is a Lion and an active
Baptist. With his wife and three chil
dren he resides In the Burrell apart
ment.
We Invite You To Be Listening Saturday And Every Day - At 1050 On Your Dial
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JO ANN HOPKINS
.Miss Hopkins will be WFSC's re
ceptionist and secretary. In her po
sition she will be responsible for pro
gram and commercial schedules, cor
respondence and the writing of much
program material.
Active In church and civic affairs,
Miss Hopkins Is treasurer of the
Junior Women's Club; Sec.-Treas. of
the Pony League, and girl's auxiliary
counsellor of the Cartoogechaye Bap
tist Church.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Hopkins and a member of
the Rldgecrest Baptist Church.
HAROLD P. CORBIN
Macon Countians already know
Harold Corbin as an athlete and
Pony and Little League enthusiast.
Now on WFSC they will hear him as
the afternoon announcer and sports
caster.
Mr. Corbin was born in the Holly
Springs Community and was gradu
ated from Franklin High School In
1951. He entered on active duty with
the Air Forces and during his four
year enlistment was promoted to the
grade of staff sergeant. He returned
to Franklin in 1955 and has since
been employed at the Burlington
Mill anrf as an Electrolux represen
tative.
Corbin is manager of the Es&o
team in the Pony League and is play
er agent of the Little League. He Is
also known as an outfielder on the
Franklin All Stars and was recently
elected field captain and assistant
manager. ?
He Is the son of Mrs. Henry Cor
bin, of the Holly Springs commun
ity, and is Boy Scout director In the
Holly Springs Community, and also
a member of the Baptist Church
there.
WFSC Transmitting
Tower
This 204 ft. steel structure lo
cated on Lake Emory is anoth
er example of the effort being
made by the owners of WFSC
t) provid" our listening audi
ence within 35-40 mile radius
from Franklin v ith excellent
reception of our programs.
PALMER A. GREER
Mr. Greer, an outstanding special
ist in his field, is the consulting
Engineer for radio station WFSC.
The management feels fortunate to
have been able to obtain the services
of Mr. Greer, who makes his home
In Greenville, S. C.
Part time announcers will be E. C.
Klngsbery and Jack "Red" Nichols.
Mr. Klngsbery, former resident of
Franklin, has retired after a success
ful business career and he and Mrs.
Klngsbery are now making their
home in Franklin.
- Jack Nichols, who is employed by
Baldwin Market, is a native of
Franklin.