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Box 6 Folder 31: "This is folder 31, are a couple of articles from 1973. One indicates that certain FCC licenses of ten radio stations were held up and WJLD, WJLN was one of them in Alabama. One of them in, I should say, was in Birmingham. That was…

Box 6 Folder 9: "This is folder 9, which are ratings sheets. These are probably not ratings sheets, these are probably reports for the American Research Bureau, which was the precursor to the Arbitron rating system, in which WJLD and WJLN would spell…

Box 5 Folder 40: "Ok. we’re up to folder 40 which contains a letter from David Anderson rather, who was a… my guess is an attorney handling filings with the FCC. It doesn’t specifically say, but on December of 1969, instructing George Johnston III to…

Box 5 Folder 39: "This is folder 39 from 1969 which has within it various applications to the FCC to make changes to the tower and to increase power from 23kw to 100kw for WJLN 104.7. It includes the direct application, also notices that needs to be…

Box 5 Folder 37: "Alright, we’re moving on to folder 37 which is a copy of a letter, it’s unclear who it’s addressed to, but it verifies Jimmy Lawson’s employment at the radio station, WJLD, with the signature, the name George Johnston III…

Box 5 Folder 35: "Folder 35 is a WJLD contest folder… I’m sorry, correction. It’s called a WJLD Double Dozen and also WJLD… WJLN-FM. And this is like a top 24 songs that were out for the week beginning August 8, 1969, and it lists not only the pop…

Box 5 Folder 34: "This is folder 34 which contains various news briefs of interviews with various civic and religious leaders from Jasper and Sylacauga. Race relations is a major topic. They are brief and worth reading. We know that both Mayor Dark…

Box 5 Folder 33: "This is folder 33, from 1969. It is an audio frequency proof of performance measurements of WJLN-FM, which is 104.7 on the FM dial, megacycles. A testing by the engineering department of the National Association of Broadcasters from…

Box 5 Folder 26: "Folder 26 has various pictures donated from Erin Connolly’s son which show, I guess Erin… I’m not sure who this is…. I don't recognize the men in these pictures. Jim Connolly is in some of these pictures. It's been so long since…

Box 5 Folder 23: "Folder 23 from 1968 is an application to the FCC from Johnston Broadcasting to increase WJLN power from 25k to 100k. Here's the essence of it from the abstract: The Present Antenna is mounted on the WJLD (AM) tower, as is the…