Thad Holt papers
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WAPI (Radio station : Birmingham, Ala.)
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Holt, Thad, 1898-1984
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Broadcasting executive. President and general manager of stations WAPI, WAPI-TV, WAPI-FM, and executive of Alabama Educational Television (AETV). From the description of Papers. 1923-1984. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38266317 ...
Alabama. Educational Television Commission
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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual. Sixth edition. Atlanta: The Darby Printing Company, 1982. Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Montgomery: Skinner Printing Company, 1979. Code of Alabama 1975, 16:7:1-16:7:6. Charlottesville: The Michie Company. Educational Television Commission, Information Packet, 1986. The Ala. Educational Television Commission surveys, studies, and appraises the need for an overall plan to ...
Holt, Thad
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Thad Holt spent a lifetime in the field of broadcasting. Early in his career Holt started WAPI, the first radio station in Alabama. With the advent of FM radio, he expanded his operations to include FM broadcasts -- the first in Alabama to do so. The arrival of television in the late forties led Holt to develop his broadcasting activities. He became a leader in educational television, and later fought for the rights of cable companies to establish operations in the area....