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WTAW Interview
Tom Turbiville | WTAW Radio Host
Daniel Hayes | Transcriber
Transcript
00:00:01 Dick Bolin (DB)
College Station, Texas, April 24th, 1947-
00:00:04 Speaker 2
Now let's go to the bonfire signed where WTAW's Tom Turbi-?
00:00:07 Speaker 3
-WTAW election night coverage. All 8 voting centers in Brazos County have been counted -
[Unintelligible sports broadcaster and 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
16.20 WTAW.
00:00:22 Tom Turbiville (TT)
This is WTAW, the first 100 years. I'm Tom Turbiville. Mutual cooperation between local media
was certainly a thing in the early years of WTAW. It still is. If it was going to be broadcast, well,
you would read about it in the Bryan Eagle. The Eagle even warned the public when WTAW was
not going to broadcast. The December 15, 1925, edition of the Eagle had the headline, Radio
Programs from WTAW Cease Holidays. A little awkward on the headline, but let's quote from
the article and note the writing style. The station will not be operated from December the 18th to
January 6th on account of the Christmas holidays at the college, which will continue until
January 4th. Beginning with the first week in January, however, the station will broadcast
regularly on Wednesday and Friday evenings throughout the remainder of the school year. With
the opening of the basketball season, in January, the station will broadcast all basketball games
held at the college. In addition to the Wednesday and Friday programs, the station will be on air
every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with the regular Sunday morning religious service
conducted at Guion Hall. Each Sunday, some outstanding minister of the state preaches to the
assembly of students and campus people and visitors. Good cooperation between the Bryan
Eagle and WTAW, the first 100 years.