Life on the northern plains was lonely in the early 20th century. Farmers and ranchers went for weeks without hearing any voices other than those of their families. Then, in 1922, Al Madson, proprietor of a Yankton radio parts shop, made a radio transmitter. He formed a broadcasting company, and on November 25, 1922, WNAX broadcast its first program. People of the northern plains now had a daily visitor. Gurney Seed and Nursery Company owned the station for its first 16 years, adding distinctive innovations to its programming. In its constant commitment to agriculture, the station has influenced the history of the five-state area it covers. Lawrence Welk got his start there. Wynn Speece, known as the Neighbor Lady, still broadcasts daily after starting at WNAX in 1941.
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Stan Ray, a Yankton mortician, grew up in the transmitter building of WNAX, where his father worked as an engineer. He experienced firsthand many of the momentous events associated with WNAX. Marilyn Kratz, a retired elementary school teacher, is a freelance writer and a longtime resident of Yankton.
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This review is from: WNAX 570 Radio: 1922-2007 (SD) (Images of America) (Paperback)
Marilyn did a grand job of recalling the history of WNAX. Anyone who remembers listening to this station will enjoy this book.
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South Dakota, Wynn Speece, Sioux City, Chan Gurney, World War, Cliff Todd, Marie Killian, Bohemian Band, Des Moines, Happy Jack, Missouri Valley Barn Dance, Yankton College, Billy Dean, Bob Hill, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Texel, Jada Wyman, Lou Prohut, Mission Hill, National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Third Street, Grandpa Windpenny, Lynn Edwards, Mel Carson, Rex Hays New!
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South Dakota, Wynn Speece, Sioux City, Chan Gurney, World War, Cliff Todd, Marie Killian, Bohemian Band, Des Moines, Happy Jack, Missouri Valley Barn Dance, Yankton College, Billy Dean, Bob Hill, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Texel, Jada Wyman, Lou Prohut, Mission Hill, National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Third Street, Grandpa Windpenny, Lynn Edwards, Mel Carson, Rex Hays New!
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- South Dakota (Portraits of the States) by Jonatha A. Brown on page 46, and page 126
- To Life: 36 Stories of Memory and Hope by Museum of Jewish Heritage in Back Matter
- North and South: Britain's Economic, Social and Political Divide (Pelican) by David Smith in Front Matter
- My Life by David Lange on page 80
- South Dakota (United States) by Julie Murray on page 57
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