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1922 Construction of WPAH-Waupaca begins (November) License issued for WPAH-Waupaca (December 12) 1923 On-air testing of WPAH begins (February 3) WPAH debuts broadcast schedule (February 5) WPAH begins live evening band concert broadcasts (June) WPAH triweekly evening “community” talent programs begin (September 26) WPAH Sunday evening religious programs begin (November 11) 1924 WPAH discontinues service (January 19) WPAH dismantled and equipment moved to Stevens Point (February 26) U.S. Department of Commerce deletes WPAH call letters (February 28) WCP–Stevens Point begins postmidnight tests (March 9) First Enemies of Sleep postmidnight program (March 30) Badger State Crier daily news program begins (April 23) WLBL call letters replace WCP, operating with 500 watts at 1080 kHz (May 12) Frank R. Calvert becomes manager of WLBL (June) WLBL introduces postcard program guide/reception acknowledgement (summer) 1925 First cooperation with Central State Teachers College (September?) 1927 WLBL airs regional high school basketball tournament (March 10) WLBL granted power increase to 750 watts (April 8) New transmitter in operation (April 19) Appendix B WPAH/WCP/WLBL Time Line 335 WLBL shifted to 940 kHz (June 1) WLBL relays boxing match action from wire reports (July 21) Governor Fred Zimmerman vetoes $12,000 WLBL appropriation bill (July 23) WLBL shifted to 900 kHz (October 31) 1928 WLBL “booster” broadcasts from southern train trip (February) Election night broadcasts with Stevens Point Daily Journal (September 4/November 5) WLBL limited to daytime-only operation (November 11) 1929 WLBL applies for power increase to 3,000 watts (November 14) 1930 WLBL begins live weekly band concerts from high school (February 25) WLBL begins broadcasting lost-and-found items from local paper (March 19) First? high school football broadcast, Wausau at Stevens Point (October 10) First? college football broadcast, Oshkosh Normal at Central State (October 11) 1932 WLBL ends operation in Whiting Hotel (March 2) WLBL begins studio operation from Fox Theatre with transmitter in Ellis (May 2) Political Education Forum debuts/first regular WHA retransmission (August 22) 1933 Bidirectional broadcast line connects WLBL to WHA for governor’s inaugural (January 2) Broadcast line in daily use (February 6) State floats plan to lease out WLBL frequency (July) Green Bay Packers broadcasts debut, fed from WTMJ-Milwaukee (November?) University of Wisconsin football broadcasts debut, fed from WTMJ-Milwaukee? (November 25) Stevens Point Daily Journal begins printing daily program listings for WLBL (December 6) 1935 Broadcast lines installed to Central State Teachers College campus (fall) 1936 WLBL first airs Chapter a Day from WHA (May 27) 1937 WLBL moves transmitter to Auburndale (June 18) 1938 WLBL studios and offices move to Central State Teachers College (September 6) 336 Appendix B Final Green Bay Packers broadcast, Packers at New York Giants (November 20) 1939 Central State course This Land of Ours airs as part of WHA School of the Air (fall) WLBL begins newscasts with Associated Press content (October 3) WLBL resumes regular local broadcasts of Central State football games (October 21) 1940 “Cheese for Christmas” promotion to gauge audience (December) 1941 WLBL moves from 900 kHz to 930 kHz (March 29) 1942 Associated Press broadcast wire service installed (April 15) 1943 WLBL studio A vacated for use as military barracks (May 1) 1944 WLBL transcriptions air on WIBA-Madison (October) 1947 WLBL tower collapses (February 12) New tower in operation (December 22) 1949 WLBL network feed from FM stations in Chilton (spring) and Rib Mountain (summer) 1950 Vern Varney appointed program director for college offerings (May 29) Last local (noncollege) WLBL program airs (June 17) 1951 Vern Varney resigns from program director position (March) Last local WLBL program from Central State (June 8?) Line from college to transmitter discontinued (June 8) WLBL license transferred to State Radio Council (July 1) 1952 WLBL transmitter engineers begin contributing to Weather Roundup (December 1) 1956 WLBL adds Sunday broadcasting for the first time since 1938 Packers games (May 7) 1961 New RCA transmitter replaces 1937-era university-built “Old Betsy” (December 31) 1968 Consultant’s report recommends sale or other disposal of WLBL (October 15) 1973 Last daily Weather Roundup report from WLBL (August 20) 1976 Final Weather Roundup report from WLBL (July 7) 1986 WPR central Wisconsin news bureau established in old WLBL studio, feeds WLBL (fall) 1993 WPR central Wisconsin news bureau moves to University of Wisconsin–Marathon County Center in Wausau (fall) 1994 WLBL local weekly programs begin from Wausau WPR bureau (fall) Appendix B 337 1996 WLBL-FM begins service at 91.9 mHz...

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