United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Etling, Laurence W.2005-01-28Encyclopedia article about WSB Radio. On March 15, 1922, the "Light Cavalry Overture" was played to listeners on about 1,000 radio receivers in the Atlanta area. This was the first broadcast of the city's first radio station, WSB. The call letters, which had been assigned that afternoon by the U.S. secretary of commerce, had formerly been used by a ship's wireless. The station was owned by the Atlanta Journal. To beat rival station WGST in becoming the city's first commercial operation, WSB used the 100-watt transmitter of amateur radio operator Gordon Hight in Rome, with the call letters standing for "Welcome South, Brother."text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Radio programs--Georgia--AtlantaRadio stations--Georgia--AtlantaRadio broadcasters--Georgia--AtlantaWSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)Kay, LambdinWSB RadioText