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F. D. Binns...Chief Engineer. Aided in the installations of three broadcasting stations. Worked at WDAD, Nashville, before joining WLAC staff 11 years ago. Originally trained to be a machinist. Turned to radio engineering from service work. Born Nashville, Tenn., March 11, 1906. Says hobby is repairing the boss's radio. Likes to greet visiting salesmen, dislikes being broke. Baseball is favorite sport, chicken and ham favorite foods, and tending to 11-months-old daughter is favorite pastime. Supervised construction of technical equipment in new control room, approved by experts as efficient as any in U.S.

Comes Out Here...The two 200-foot towers, 420 feet apart and rising like giant masts into the sky, carry the vertical cage antenna which sends out the radio impulse. Below, in the center is the picturesque transmitter building and in the foreground, the WLAC call letters standing 20 feet high. All located on Murfreesboro Road about 5 miles from Nashville.

Press the Big Switch Down...The music and all other programs go "down and around" through this 5,000 watt Western Electric transmitter and then out onto the airways.

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