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WTBF (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Troy, Alabama, USA. The station is currently owned by Troy Broadcasting Corp. and features programing from ABC Radio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WTBF Facility Record )〕 == History of Troy Broadcasting Corporation == WTBF began broadcasting in 1947. A classic example of a small town station, they played all kinds of music during the day, from MOR to country music, even with an occasional Talk program. WTBF signed on at 12 noon on February 25, 1947 with the roll of the timpani leading into "The Star Spangled Banner", played by the Troy High School Band. That drum roll was played by the future Mrs. Ann Gilchrist (wife of owner Joe Gilchrist). The station was then signed on for the very first time by Samuel F. (Sam) Townsend, who in 1949 purchased AM radio station WCNU in Crestview, Florida and relocated there. The original calls were to be WTBC, for Troy Broadcasting Corporation, but those letters were already taken, so they settled on WTBF. For the first few years, WTBF was at 1490 on the dial, then moved down to 970 during the 1950s. Bob "Pappy" Tolbert, Jess Jordan, and Joe Gilchrist did wild morning shows before the genre was invented. Joe interviewed pigs who lived at the transmitter site; Pappy gave away junk records with crazy trivia questions. Birthdays, anniversaries, giveaways, obituaries, weather, local news (bake sales, gospel sings, barbecues, yard sales, etc.) are part of the Morning Show to this very day. On July 16, 1969, Joe Gilchrist did a live remote of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral. The original tower was over 300 feet tall and was located directly behind the station. It is now owned by a radio station in Puerto Rico. The AM still uses its original audio processor, which has only been disconnected one time—when locations changed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WTBF (AM)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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