1930-1939 WSB EVENTS
1903 - WSB's Fritz Hirsch became the first Georgian to sell a radio commercial.
February 8, 1930 - WSB increases it's power to 1,000. watts.
December 1932- WSB's Lambdin Kay and Ernie Rogers mobilize the "Unorganized Cheerful Givers" and raise $4,000.00 for needy Atlantans.
September 9, 1933- WSB increases it's power to 1,000. watts.
June 29, 1934 - NBC broadcasts a special program originating on WSB saluting Admiral Richard Byrd. The program was rebroadcast to the South Pole via shortwave and featured a 25 piece dance band playing "The Byrd Expedition", written by by Lambdin Kay and Ernie Rogers.
December 1939 - Governor James Cox of Ohio purchases The Atlanta Journal and WSB Radio
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