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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Memphis' radio station WHHM, seasoned (15 years) Announcer Cecil J. Fike, onetime soldier with three and a half years AAF service in the Pacific, suddenly tossed away his script, banged on a table and shouted: "Are you listening, Crump,* damn you! This is an opportunity I've been waiting for for a long time. . . ." Thereupon, hour after hour, while phones jangled, fervent, incoherent Cecil Fike aired almost every complaint known to veterans. Next morning, dishevelled, tired and fired, he explained: "I just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 6, 1947 | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

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