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Gary Richardson (b. Feb 18, 1957) Born to a coal mining family in Praco, Alabama, Gary spent some early years with childhood friends rummaging through junk yards, experimenting with discarded electrical components and such, and evolved into owning…

Box 8 Folder 44: "We are now at folder 44 which is a little, contains a little blurb talking about WJLD FM 102.1, the cable delivered radio station which was Gary Richardson's effort to FM-ize WJLD, with proper contact numbers so that you can get an…

Box 5 Folder 33: "This is folder 33, from 1969. It is an audio frequency proof of performance measurements of WJLN-FM, which is 104.7 on the FM dial, megacycles. A testing by the engineering department of the National Association of Broadcasters from…

Box 5 Folder 23: "Folder 23 from 1968 is an application to the FCC from Johnston Broadcasting to increase WJLN power from 25k to 100k. Here's the essence of it from the abstract: The Present Antenna is mounted on the WJLD (AM) tower, as is the…

Box 2 Folder 36: "And head back into folder 36, which is a nine page technical manual including contents, tables and drawings, put out on October 20, 1952. The FM antenna instruction book, this would be the antenna for, if it’s an FM antenna, we’re…

Box 1 Folder 23: "This is box 1 number 23, which is a clipping from the Birmingham News we approximate of December 8, 1945, which begins to talk about WJLD’s receiving an fm license and they will construct a facility on Red Mountain and this is the…