WBT/WBTV corporate records, 1920-2009, 1954-1989.

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WBT/WBTV corporate records, 1920-2009, 1954-1989.

This collection contains the records of WBT radio, WBTV television, the Jefferson-Pilot Communication Company of Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1920s to approximately the year 2009. There are also records from the Columbia Broadcasting System and a variety of syndicated television shows.

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Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

McGlohon, Loonis

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Kirby, Fred.

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WBT (Radio station : Charlotte, N.C.)

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Seller, Larry

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McKay, Barbara

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Price, Julian, 1867-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pn9kx4 (person)

Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0ntw (person)

Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, N.C., on 1 June 1926. He attended the University of North Carolina and was graduated in 1949. As an actor, he quickly gained fame through his portrayal of an illiterate hillbilly in the Broadway and film versions of No Time for Sergeants (1955). He also used this character in monologues such as What it Was Was Football and in appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show . Although he continued to appear in films ( A Face in the Crowd in 1956 and Onionhead in 1958), i...

Mayes, Doug, 1921-

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Lee, Pat, 1926-1977.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg26rz (person)

Patterson, Jim, 1924-1986.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64m9jp8 (person)

Boyd, Ty.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66497pb (person)

Jefferson-Pilot Communications Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d83szh (corporateBody)

WBCY (Radio station : Charlotte, N.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m1qxp (corporateBody)

Feezor, Betty, -1978

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p1dm4 (person)

WBTV (Television station : Charlotte, N.C.)

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Popp, Joey

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Jefferson-Pilot Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv5s68 (corporateBody)

CBS Television Network

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z072m2 (corporateBody)

From 1953 to 1956 CBS Television, in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History, produced a series of television programs. Museum staff was involved with most programs. From the description of "Adventure," 1953-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485092 ...

Newcomb, Alan, 1921-1966.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x35cb5 (person)

Dixie Mammoth Minstrels.

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Covington, Robert N.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r50tnt (person)

Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6324b6s (corporateBody)

Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq79x9 (corporateBody)

Crutchfield, Charles Harvey, 1912-1998

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv3jwc (person)

Charles Harvey Crutchfield was born in Hope, Ark., on 27 July 1912, grew up in Spartanburg, S.C., and matriculated at Wofford College for one year, 1929-1930. He began his career in broadcasting in 1929 as a radio announcer and worked at a number of radio stations before joining the staff of WBT in Charlotte, N.C., in 1933. Crutchfield held several positions at the station and at its parent company, retiring as president of the Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting Company in 1977. Crutchfield had a deca...

Inman, Robert, 1943-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz5q6z (person)

Jorgenson, Wallace J.

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