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Query: Information on radio pioneers S.C. Bybee, Ray Doss

A good friend of Alan Reed's, Jonathan Smith, is needing information about two Columbians who were co-founders of the Stanford, KY, radio station, WRSL The late S.C. Bybee and the late Ray Doss, who played such a big role in the establishment of WAIN-AM Radio. The call letters stood for W-Ray-Shely-Louis

Mr. Smith's stations, Lincoln Garrard Broadcasting Company, Inc.Choice Radio CorporationWPBK-FM, WKFC-FM, WKKQ-FM, WYWY, WKFO will be having its 50 year anniversary employee reunion this weekend, and Mr. Smith is putting together a memorial for those who have passed on. He is particularly interested in knowing Mr. Bybee's and Mr. Doss' birth dates and dates of death.

His father, Calvin Smith, a giant of Kentucky broadcast and long time owner of WRSL and other radio stations, is remembered by Alan Reed as one of his greatest mentors.

We'd also like to know about these Columbia, KY, radio pioneers. For now, send any information using any Contact/Submit button., we'll get to Alan Reed and/or to Mr. Smith in time for this weekend's event, after analyzing for posting on CM. -Ed Waggener.




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