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Braswell
Guest
For many a year, my hometown station, Statesboro's WWNS, was known as "Southeast Georgia's Good Neighbor", or, more simply, "Good Neighbor Radio"...and it was.
These days, all across the fruited plain, there seems to be very few radio good neighbors. That said, I'm pleased to relate the following story.
Art Sutton, a frequent poster on these boards, heads up Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting, group owner of 13 small market stations in Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina and Northeast Georgia.
Week before last, Art set a very ambitious goal for his little group of stations...raising $100,000.00 for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and all of it ONE day, which was this past Saturday.
I wish I could tell you that Art and his folks hit their goal, but I can't. They SURPASSED it! $116,220.00 in LESS than 12 hours! I know of one listener that brought 10 one-hundred dollar bills into one of the stations...that's right, $1,000.00 in CA$H! Talk about good neighbors.
Oh, I know...thousands of stations have raised MUCH more than a pitiful hundred and sixteen thousand, so what's the big deal?
The populations of Georgia-Carolina's markets range from to 2,081 to 9,225...micro-markets, to be sure. Many of these markets are not necessarily economic boom towns, so raising this kind money of IS a big deal. Especially so, when you factor in all the many fund-raising requests that have bombarded the populace.
Listen...that's not all. The top three stations in contributions, were all AM STATIONS! AM radio is NOT dead in Georgia-Carolina country.
I'm mighty proud to call Art Sutton a friend and fellow broadcaster...a damn good broadcaster, I might add. I have to include "Tug" and Tom in my kudos. Also, Sean, Ron and all the others I've not yet had the pleasure of meeting. All of them do radio right, and this event proves it.
Three cheers to the all the "Good Neighbors" at Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting.<P ID="signature">______________
Jay Braswell - Moderator
Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards</P>
These days, all across the fruited plain, there seems to be very few radio good neighbors. That said, I'm pleased to relate the following story.
Art Sutton, a frequent poster on these boards, heads up Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting, group owner of 13 small market stations in Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina and Northeast Georgia.
Week before last, Art set a very ambitious goal for his little group of stations...raising $100,000.00 for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and all of it ONE day, which was this past Saturday.
I wish I could tell you that Art and his folks hit their goal, but I can't. They SURPASSED it! $116,220.00 in LESS than 12 hours! I know of one listener that brought 10 one-hundred dollar bills into one of the stations...that's right, $1,000.00 in CA$H! Talk about good neighbors.
Oh, I know...thousands of stations have raised MUCH more than a pitiful hundred and sixteen thousand, so what's the big deal?
The populations of Georgia-Carolina's markets range from to 2,081 to 9,225...micro-markets, to be sure. Many of these markets are not necessarily economic boom towns, so raising this kind money of IS a big deal. Especially so, when you factor in all the many fund-raising requests that have bombarded the populace.
Listen...that's not all. The top three stations in contributions, were all AM STATIONS! AM radio is NOT dead in Georgia-Carolina country.
I'm mighty proud to call Art Sutton a friend and fellow broadcaster...a damn good broadcaster, I might add. I have to include "Tug" and Tom in my kudos. Also, Sean, Ron and all the others I've not yet had the pleasure of meeting. All of them do radio right, and this event proves it.
Three cheers to the all the "Good Neighbors" at Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting.<P ID="signature">______________
Jay Braswell - Moderator
Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards</P>