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If you missed it, there was an excellent article by Jason Babcock in Friday’s Enterprise about the start of radio stations here in St. Mary’s in 1953 click here. Jason discuses how Jack Daughtery started WPTX with its schedule as follows:
“The on-air schedule for WPTX in February 1953 started at 7 a.m. followed by the national anthem. “Gramps Country Store” came on at 7:02 a.m. with news and weather at 7:31 a.m. and then sports.
At 1 p.m. was “Silver Strings,” followed by “Johnny’s House of Music” at 2:05 p.m. “Hillbilly Chef” came on at 4:15 p.m. followed by “Rhythm on the Highway” at 4:30 p.m. The station signed off at 5:44 p.m.”
My Mom tells me that J. Frank Raley Jr., after he returned home from the service and before he began his career as an insurance man, used to do a farm report on WPTX. J. Frank would sit around Buzzy’s Country Store and interview farmers about what crops they were planting/harvesting at the time. He would then use this info to do his report on WPTX.
Also on this topic, check out these exchanges on Massey’s “You Know You’re from St. Mary’s FB site in a post started by Roger Trent (click here.)