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Fictional radio station in fictional Fawcett City, the home of announcer Billy Batson, the secret identity of comic book hero Captain Marvel. | Fictional radio station in fictional Fawcett City, the home of announcer Billy Batson, the secret identity of comic book hero Captain Marvel. | ||
| − | The radio station is an integral part of the plot of his origin story in ''[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=20715 Whiz Comics]'' #2. Batson gets a job there also. However, the call letters are not given until a later story. | + | The radio station is an integral part of the plot of his origin story in ''[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=20715 Whiz Comics]'' #2 (February 1940). Batson gets a job there also. However, the call letters are not given until a later story. |
| − | Sterling Morris is the head of the Amalgamated Broadcasting Co. | + | Sterling Morris is the head of the Amalgamated Broadcasting Co. which owns the station. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | A number of musical artists appeared on the station over the years, including: | ||
| + | *[[Ivan Kostoshovich]] | ||
| + | *[[The Pied Piper of Himmler]] | ||
| + | *[[Perry Johnson]] | ||
| + | *[[Bing Crosley]] | ||
| + | *[[Elbert Hytone]] | ||
| + | *[[Harry Offkeye]] | ||
| + | *[[Larry Larinx]] | ||
| + | *[[Lanky Finatry]] | ||
| + | *[[Signore Carnato]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:1940]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional radio stations]] | [[Category:Fictional radio stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:35, 2 November 2018
Fictional radio station in fictional Fawcett City, the home of announcer Billy Batson, the secret identity of comic book hero Captain Marvel.
The radio station is an integral part of the plot of his origin story in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940). Batson gets a job there also. However, the call letters are not given until a later story.
Sterling Morris is the head of the Amalgamated Broadcasting Co. which owns the station.
See also
A number of musical artists appeared on the station over the years, including:
