- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lambdin Kay
- Date of Original:
- 1922/1940
- Subject:
- Radio broadcasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Banners--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio stations--Georgia--Atlanta
Tables--Georgia--Atlanta
WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Kay, Lambdin - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lambdin Kay was the WSB station manager from 1922 to 1940. During station breaks Kay would play a three-note chime, which was adopted by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in 1927, when WSB became an affiliate of that network. The chime is still used by NBC today.
Photograph of Lambdin Kay, who was the station manager for Atlanta, Georgia radio station WSB from 1922 to 1940. He sits at a table on which a microphone stands. A banner bearing the letters "WSB" stands behind him. He wears a suit and tie, and he looks left.
During station breaks Kay would play a three-note chime, which was adopted by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in 1927, when WSB became an affiliate of that network. The chime is still used by NBC today. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/wsb-radio/m-7893/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/wsb-radio
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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