WEED records, 1932-1970 [manuscript].

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WEED records, 1932-1970 [manuscript].

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Office correspondence and other files of WEED radio station, Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., and scattered files of WBAR, Bartow, Fla. Both stations were owned by William Avera Wynne (1903- ). The WEED files include program logs, channel surveys, and communications with the Federal Communications Commission, and both the NBC and ABC radio network offices.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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