Pete
I think WLS originally stood for World's Largest Store (Sears, Roebuck &
Co.)
Terry
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From: PSHedgpeth@a... [mailto:PSHedgpeth@a...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:15 AM
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com; ritslist@s...
Subject: [BRHSlist] Chicago After Dark
This topic is not strictly..or perhaps even remotely...railroad oriented,
but
since the "vision" came to me while lying awake last night in the deep dark
hours between 1:00am and 5:00am thinking about the times I was driving
around
the South Side of Chicago trying to keep awake it did arise on "company
time"
so here's a little quiz for you old time Chicago guys.
Part one: I used to listen to a program which came on at midnight over
WGN..I think..might have been WLS. The announcer was Franklyn
McCormick...He
had a very soothing voice and about 2:00 am he would go to a certain place
and read Poetry. Question 1....where did he go to read the poetry???
Question 2...and you have to be 60 or better to tie into this one. What
other radio program do you connect with Franklyn McCormick. When I was
listening to his program in 1962-64 I thought that his voice had a
familiarity to it, but couldn't place it...In the 1970's I bought a
collection of records of old radio programs and all of a sudden in one of
the
programs it dawned on me that FM was the announcer....What was the program.
Part two: In trying to get back to sleep and thinking of other old stuff I
wondered how many folks know that radio station initials as one time stood
for something....Here's two that I can think of WLS Chicago and WSM
Nashville
What did these initials stand for.
The only prizes offered for correct answers is that you know you've got too
much time on your hands and that you are approaching old age.
Pete
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