when i was in south carolina around the summer of 1999 there was a station broadcasting just south of myrtle beach called the asylum does anyone have any infomation about it, & if you're asking it sounded like a mix of KZQ & Hampton road's MAX FM
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You sure it was to the south or to the north?
There was a station in Brunswick Co., NC on 93.5/WDZD called the asylum. That's midway between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. It had a pretty tough time reaching Myrtle Beach proper...and considering the fact that KZQ was the rock juggernaut, they only lasted two or three years as active rock. Right before they flipped, I think they called themselves Z-93.5 or something like that. I think they flipped to AC in 2001 or 2002, then flipped to spanish in 04 or 05.
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There was a station in Brunswick Co., NC on 93.5/WDZD called the asylum. That's midway between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. It had a pretty tough time reaching Myrtle Beach proper...and considering the fact that KZQ was the rock juggernaut, they only lasted two or three years as active rock. Right before they flipped, I think they called themselves Z-93.5 or something like that. I think they flipped to AC in 2001 or 2002, then flipped to spanish in 04 or 05.
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yep that's it, but it was to the south of myrtle beach about um 45 - 60 miles outside the beach. thanks
Then it couldn't be WDZD...their COL is Shallotte, NC. There is a story that the original owner of the station put it on the air at its then-authorized 10,000 watts, but supposedly no one told him that was 10,000 watts ERP. His antenna was high-gain enough that he was getting about 25,000 watts ERP, and people were hearing him well in Wilmington and MYB...until the FCC inspected and cited him for over-power.
He sold it soon after reducing to the correct power.
One of the owners of that station in the mid-80's was a man I worked for in my brief time at WBT...their former Station Manager Bill Jennings.
Later....
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He sold it soon after reducing to the correct power.
One of the owners of that station in the mid-80's was a man I worked for in my brief time at WBT...their former Station Manager Bill Jennings.
Later....
Matt Smith
WGSR-TV
Actually, I'm distant kin to a Ralph Smith. He's long gone, but he has a brother, Arthur, still living. While never a newsman, this Ralph Smith once teamed with musician Tommy Faile as "The Counselors of the Airwaves".
Not that any of those "famous" Smiths claim me as their kinfolk, but I've quite enjoyed their work through the years.
Later....
Matt Smith
WGSR-TV
I know the exact dates on this. January 1999 is when it signed on. Cool 104.9 took rhythmic oldies, so they chose rock (as if Myrtle beach needed yet another one of those stations). In June 2000 a Sun News reporter mourned the loss of Asylum, which switched to a satellite format. I heard this format the next time I went to the beach, and a few years later a station where I lived did the same thing. It was called "Unforgettable Favorites". I'll bet it did very well with Brunswick County's retired population. Someone wrote a letter to the editor praising the station after Joy 92 dropped easy listening, but before Easy 105.9 picked it up.radiodxrichmond said:
The station simulcast WGTR before the switch to Spanish.
I remember those Bunny Bread commercials.Matt Smith said:
Ralph: Pie R square.
Tommy: No, Ralph. Pie R round. Bunny Bread R square.
vchimpanzee said:
I grew up watching those spots(I think they were Bost Bread commercials tho)...just as my teachers in grade school were trying to teach us the concept of Pi. Let's just see how many of you get a passing grade in math when you bust out "A pie ain't square, it's round" when the teacher calls on you.
;D Ya Know , It wasn't long ago that someone asked me if I had any copies of the "Arthur Smith Show".. They actually wanted to use it a a wedding!..I searched through boxes of tapes looking for that familar Blue Box with "Arthur Smith Studios" on it and finally found it....Low and behold, it was an old :
aircheck of me from 1971...How disappointing.. I was looking forward to that.. "It's a Great Day to Greet the Lord ...Hello Everbody, This is Arthur Smith for Bunny Bread!!
aircheck of me from 1971...How disappointing.. I was looking forward to that.. "It's a Great Day to Greet the Lord ...Hello Everbody, This is Arthur Smith for Bunny Bread!!BIG APE said:;D Ya Know , It wasn't long ago that someone asked me if I had any copies of the "Arthur Smith Show".. They actually wanted to use it a a wedding!..I searched through boxes of tapes looking for that familar Blue Box with "Arthur Smith Studios" on it and finally found it....Low and behold, it was an old :
I've got some tape of those shows, too, but all of the references to sponsors are for Bost Bread. I thought Bost was the major sposnsor for his show for, somehting like 30 years. Was there a sponsorship switch near the end of the run? (Bost Bread for Arthur Smith was like Powdermilk Biscuits is for Garrison Keillor on Prairie Home Companion)
BIG APE said:
Wow, this thread has, if you will pardon the expression, gone off "chasing rabbits". (Sorry, I couldn't resist!!) Seriously, I believe Bunny Bread is a franchise brand, and it was indeed baked and marketed by its local franchisee Bost Bakery for many years. I think that is where the Bost/Bunny connection comes in. I don't remember when, but years later the Bunny Bread franchise for this area ended up with the Flowers Baking Company. Thats when the Bost branded bread started showing up in area stores. I don't recall seeing any in the upstate area in years. Is Bost Bakery still around?
I remember the Arthur Smith Commercials for Bunny/Bost very well. One that I particularly liked was for the "Bunny Country Grain" Bread. It showed Tommy Faile looking up in the sky and saying "country rain, why theres not a cloud in the sky" and then Ralph Smith telling him "you're more aggravating than a loose hoe handle".
There is a Flowers store near here, and I have seen Bunny bread there.more kilowatts said:
I actually have an old vinyl disc produced by Jefferson-Pilot. This piece was manufactured in the '60s. On one side is a mesage to employees of Jefferson Pilo by the then- president of the company who essentiially is wishing them a Merry Christmas. On the other side is music from Arthur Smith.
I used to watch Arthur Smith on WRAL- TV 5 in Raleigh every Saturday.
I used to watch Arthur Smith on WRAL- TV 5 in Raleigh every Saturday.
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