WGST Radio photographs, 1953-1956; undated.

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WGST Radio photographs, 1953-1956; undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49887072

The photographs document the radio station primarily in the 1950s. The collection includes images of individuals, the studios and buildings, and radio equipment as well as photographs of some of the station's special events.

0.2 linear feet (ca. 40 photographs)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 7615074

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech

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Smith, Kate, 1907-1986

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Performer and recording artist; b. Kathryn Elizabeth Smith. From the description of Kate Smith collection, 1930-1976. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70923004 ...

WGST (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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In 1922 the Atlanta Constitution founded a radio station in response to its rival newspaper's station, WSB, which was owned by the Atlanta Journal. Clark Howell, newspaper editor and owner of the Constitution, offered the station to Georgia Tech in 1923 as a gift, which President Marion L. Brittain accepted on behalf of the state. The license was allowed to expire in 1924, but in the following year, a new license was granted with the call letters WGST, standing for the Georgia School of Technolo...