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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWTAW Makes Headlines in 1927 Transcript, WTAW First 100 YearsProject HOLD WTAW Radio Tom Turbiville | WTAW Radio Host Laura Quezada | Transcriber 00:00:01 Dick Bolin (DB) [Music] College Station, Texas, April 24th, 1947… 00:00:04 Speaker 2 Now let's go to the bonfire signed where WTAW's Tom Tur pin… 00:00:07 Speaker 3 WTAW election night coverage. All 8 voting centers in Brazos County have been counted…. [Unintelligible sports broadcaster with crowd of screaming fans] 00:00:14 Speaker 4 Today on WTAW, we're joining with businesses from across the Brazos Valley to support our … 00:00:20 Speaker 5 … 1620 WTAW. ------------------------------- 00:00:22 Tom Turbiville (TT) This is WTAW, the First 100 Years, I'm Tom Turbiville. In the early days of WTAW, we're talking about 1927, WTAW programming was making headlines all over the state. The Austin American-Statesman on January 11th of ‘27 promoted the programming that would be coming up in the first three months of the year, and quoted the superintendent of the station, W.H. Darrow. The article went on to say that two nights a week, Tuesday and Friday nights, the programs would start at 7 o'clock, and the first half hour would be devoted to short educational talks. Now this would be supplemented by musical numbers, and who would be providing the music? Well, students and faculty of Texas A&M; that would start at 7:30. He went on to say that in January, the schedule was going to start three series of short educational lectures. Tuesday nights would be devoted to agricultural talks, and Friday night's talk would be within the field of science and liberal arts. The talks on poultry raising would be included; that would be given by V.R. Glasner, Poultry Husband Man. Now get this, Superintendent Darrow of WTAW also made the exciting announcement that mimeographed copies of the poultry lecture would be sent free of charge to listeners if they would just write in and ask for them. This is WTAW, The First 100 Years.