| Scope and content |
The WVOT (Radio Station: Wilson, N.C.) Collection is a scrapbook (1947-1948) containing identified photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the organization and early development of a private radio station in Wilson, N.C. At the time, Wilson was well-known for its tobacco warehouses. The photographs depict the station's founders and special events involving the radio station as well as views of Wilson and its tobacco warehouses and business district. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
WVOT (Radio Station: Wilson, N.C.) Collection (#1177), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Becky Callison. |
| Biographical note | WVOT was founded in Wilson, Wilson County, N.C. in 1947 by four men from Raleigh's WPTF station because Wilson was a trading area and it had very little radio coverage already. The station was acquired by The Taylor Group in 1997 and had its licensed cancelled by the F.C.C. in 2017 after 6 years of inactivity. |
