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WJBB Station Gives Program

Tuesday Night Was Rio Vista Night Broadcasting Plant

Tuesday night was Rio Vista night at radio station WJBB, broadcasting from the Financial Journal studio.

The entire program was put on for two hours from 7 to 9 o'clock by Danks-Rudisill coliseum orchestra under the auspices of the St. Petersburg company, developers and owners of Rio Vista.

One of the outstanding features of Tuesday night's local radio show was the appearance on the air of Clay Coss, fourteen-year-old boy pianist of Wichita, Kan., who was hailed by the WJBB announcer as the premiere boy pianist of America.

The Financial Journal opened its broadcasting station Monday night of this week with Mayor C. M. Blanc and J. E. Coad, executive vice president of the chamber of commerce, as the headline speakers. They were followed by an hour's musical program by Barney's dance orchestra, which brought telegraphic communications from North Carolina and Georgia as well as many from local fans, who were tuned in on the following night.

Tuesday night's event was replete with features, with Fred Rudisill singing his own composition, "Rio Vista Rose," and his brother accompanying him at the piano. [...]

Loud speakers have been placed at various places on Central Avenue for green bench listeners to hear the programs.

WSPB

• 7/12/39 - Granted auth. for a new station on 1420kc with 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited, at Sarasota, FL.
• 10/23/39 - Granted a C.P. for 1420kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited.
• 12/19/39 - Date first licensed. The licensee was WSPB, Inc., Sarasota, FL. They were granted 1420kc, 100 watts, 250 watts LS, unlimited.
• 6/4/40 - Granted mod. of lic. for 1420kc, 250 watts, unlimited.
• 3/24/41 - Under NARBA, they were granted 1450kc, 250 watts, unlim.
• 11/4/58 - Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from Robert C. Jones, Jr. et all (All Stockholders) to Community Broadcasting Corp., eff. 12/13/58.
• 8/18/59 - Vol. assign. of lic. to WSPB Broadcasting Co., Inc., eff. 8/31/59.
• 2/23/61 - Granted a C.P. for 1450kc, 250 watts, 1kw LS, unlimited. Grant made without prejudice to whatever action the Commission may take in connection with it's pending inquiry into compliance by Triangle Publications, Inc. with Sec. 317 of the Communications Act and Commission Rules. License to cover the C.P. granted 9/28/61.
• 2/26/63 - Vol. relinquishment of positive cont. of Community Broadcasting Corp. (parent corp. of lic. corp.) by John Morgan Davis through issuance of stock by license to Marjorie A. Clipp, thereby having stock owned 50% by John Morgan Davis and Eva P.B. Davis and 50% by Roger W. Clipp and Marjorie A. Clipp.
• 9/8/64 - Vol. assign. of lic. to Community Broadcasting Corp., eff. 9/9/64.
• 10/25/65 - Vol. assign. of lic. to Worth Communications Corp.
• 7/10/70 - Granted a C.P to install a new 280 ft. tower with resistors. The new tower is to be installed 250 ft. NW of existing tower with FM antenna side-mounted at top. The old 175 ft. tower is to be dismantled. There were extensions of completion date. License to cover the C.P. granted 10/27/71.
• 8/9/72 - Vol. assign. of lic. to Walter-Weeks Broadcasting, Inc., eff. 8/29/72.
• 6/13/80 - Vol. assign. of lic. to Walter-Weeks Broadcasting Associates, eff. 6/17/80.
• 4/22/81 - Vol. assign. of lic. to Robert M. Weeks, eff. 6/17/81.