|
Mercer
puts up antenna for Dr. C.R Fountain's physics class as part
of a radio experiment |
1910 |
Halley's
comet appears; Mark Twain dies; Boy Scouts established in
the U.S. |
| WMAZ-AM
licensed for broadcast at 50 watts (daytime only). Adiel J.
Moncrief becomes the first announcer and Program Director |
1922 |
King
Tut's tomb found ; Reader's Digest first
published; Mussolini marches on Rome-turns Italian
government fascist |
| Mercer
gives station to Macon Jr. Chamber of Commerce |
1927 |
Lindberg
flies solo across the Atlantic; Babe Ruth sets baseball home
run record; The Jazz Singer - 1st talking movie debut |
| WMAZ-AM
increases power to 250 watts; station is leased from the Jr
C of C by Southeastern Broadcasting Co. |
1929 |
Stock
Market crash; Car radios first installed; St. Valentine's
Day mob massacre in Chicago |
| WMAZ-AM
increased power to 500 watts; Station begins operating
Georgia's first mobile broadcast unit |
1931 |
Empire
State Bldg completed in NYC; U.S. National Anthem adopted by
Congress; Al Capone arrested for tax evasion |
| Station
transmitter moves to Georgia Place; power increases to 1,000
watts (daytime) |
1935 |
Social
Security enacted in U.S. ; Alcoholics Anonymous founded; |
| Jaycees
sell WMAZ-AM to Southeastern Broadcasting Co. for $16,000 |
1936 |
Britain's
King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry a commoner;
American runner Jesse Owens steals Nazi thunder at Olympics
in Berlin |
| Station
becomes a CBS radio affiliate ; first local soap box derby
broadcast live |
1937 |
Amelia
Earhart vanishes on plane trip; The Hindenberg explodes
in New Jersey; Golden Gate Bridge Opens |
| Station
increases power to 5,000 watts (daytime) |
1938 |
Hitler
take over Austria; Famous "War Of The World's"
radio scare causes national panic (also heard on WMAZ-AM) |
| Station
studios move to the top floor of the Grand Bldg |
1940 |
Selective
Service Act initiated; Hitler marches troops into
Paris-takes France; Superman radio serial debuts |
| Studios
move to Bankers Insurance Bldg (Southern Trust); station
granted authorization to broadcast both daytime and
nighttime |
1941 |
Japanese
attack Pearl Harbor-U.S. enters World War II; Mt. Rushmore
completed; the Jeep first arrives |
| Station
increases power to 10,000 watts |
1948 |
Harry
Truman defeats Thomas Dewey for Pres. despite false
newspaper headline; Ghandi assassinated |
| Station
joins with WMAZ-TV for first radio-tv simulcast (24th Annual
Bibb County Spelling Bee) |
1954 |
First
atomic submarine launched; Dr. Jonas Salk introduces polio
vaccine; Sen. Joseph McCarthy communist "witch
hunts" end with McCarth's censure by the U.S. Senate |
| Bill
Powell begins as an announcer at WMAZ-AM; power is increased
to the maximum 50,000 watts |
1958 |
NASA
is created-first U.S. satellite launched; European common
market created; Hula hoops become a national craze |
| Station
moves with WMAZ-TV & FM sister station to the new Gray
Highway studios |
1974 |
Pres.
Nixon resigns in the Watergate scandal; Newspaper heiress
Patty Hearst is kidnapped; Happy Days and Little
House On The Prairie debut on tv |
| Call
letters changed to WMWR (for Macon-Warner Robins) |
1996 |
Pres.
Bill Clinton elected to 2nd term; TWA Flight 800 crashes;
Unibomber finally arrested |
| Station
sold as part of a group station purchased by U.S.
Broadcasting; Call letters changed to WMAC |
1997 |
Princess
Diana killed in Paris car crash; Titanic become #1
box office smash hit; Hong Kong returned to the Chinese |
| U.S.
Broadcasting sells station as part of a group purchase by
Cumulus Media (the 2nd largest radio group in the US) |
2002 |
Washington
DC snipers kill 10 victims; Enron tops the list of major
corporations involved in financial scandals; the Euro
adopted as a universal Europen currency |
