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Jimmy Lawson: ...when 104.7, you do know that that was really the audio for a T.V. station don’t you?&#13;
Bob Friedman: That was the audio for t, you mean the intended audio for T.V. station.&#13;
JL: Yes, yes.&#13;
BF: The intended audio for JLN T.V.&#13;
JL: That’s correct. &#13;
BF: MHHM &#13;
JL: And hold on one second,&#13;
BF: Sure&#13;
JL: I’m back. &#13;
BF: Yeah, I I understood that uh at night JLD broadcast on it.&#13;
JL: That’s correct.&#13;
BF: Yeah &#13;
JL: JLD,  we were switched to JLD and uh JLN and that’s why people all out in the country.&#13;
BF: Right.&#13;
JL: Back then this is no joke, back then well before it became this powerhouse of ZZK.&#13;
BF: Right. &#13;
JL: That it is now, it, people listened to that station in Tennessee. &#13;
BF: Right&#13;
JL: And it was not uncommon at all for people to hear that station below Montgomery. &#13;
BF: Uh huh &#13;
JL: And it was amazing. &#13;
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