The WSM transmitter building

The FM transmitter that operated at 44.7 Mhz.

On March 1, 1941 W47NV (WSM-FM) began operations in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first modern commercial FM radio station. It was in operation for
about ten years, until The National Life and Accident Insurance Company (NL&AI), owners of WSM, realized that few area households had FM receivers and that
its commercial potential was lacking, unlike the company’s television station, WSM-
TV (now WSMV). shut down the FM operations in 1951 and returned the license
to the FCC. The station went back on the air in the late 1950s after an upsurge
in high fidelity equipment.  

A 1950’s Zenith Bakelite AM/FM radio

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – MIA on December 15, 1944) 

The Swing bandleader, composer, and arranger went Missing in Action 
while on plane flight when performing for U.S. troops in France during
World War II.

Miller was a passenger in plane similar to the above UC-64 Norseman

Army Captain  Miller

Conrad was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as
Bob Conrad before he began his acting career. He has hosted a weekly
two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN
Digital Talk Radio.

The Wild Wild West was on NBC television from 1965 to 1969

The NBC series aired from 1976 to 1978

 
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Sally on Talknet from NBC Studios in New York City (1982)    

Sally Jessy Raphael (Sally Lowenthal)

Sally is a talk show host who has focused on people’s intimate stories for two 
decades. Following her graduation from Columbia University, she became a 
news correspondent, covering Central America for the Associated Press and
United Press International,

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  Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998)

Robert Young appeared in minor roles in silent films and toured with a
stock company before being discovered by an MGM talent scout. He
was in over 100 films between 1932 and 1951 and later played leading
roles in the series, Father Knows Best which ran on NBC radio from
1949 to 1954 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. and Marcus
Welby, M.D.on ABC-TV from 1969 to 1976.
 

Robert Young with Jean Vander Pyl on radios “Father Knows Best”

The TV cast of “Father Knows Best”