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to a a a a a a a a to 2-Commonwealth, Greenwood, Sunday, July 4, 1982 Tim Kalich, WSWG EMPLOYEES HOLD RADIO AWARDS WON IN RECENT COMPETITION From left, Eddie Galey, Keith Worrell, Tony Browning, Hardin Browning WSWG employees pioneer in radio station management ent THOUGH WSWG-AM and WSWG-FM have broadcast in the limbo of licensing disputes for over a decade, one constant has remained. Through all the turmoil, life at the Greenwood radio stations goes on. As far as the current operators the Leflore-Dixie Employee Venture are concerned, it goes on quite well. The eight members of the venture are not new to licensing struggles. All were WSWG when WSWG in June 1980 when employees of Charles Saunders, the former owner, gave up his legal battle to hold on to the FM and AM licenses.

When they joined to form the employee venture and took over the stations a month later, the eight became pioneers in radio in Mississippi. As far as I know," said manager Keith Worrell, "WSWG is the only employeerun radio station in the state of Mississippi. It's SO rare, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) doesn't know how to handle it." The employees themselves have had to adapt, too. With only a staff of the eight partners and four part-time employees, WSWG, according to Worrell, evolved of necessity into "a multitude of one person departments." Seven of the partners direct separate areas of operation from production to sales to public affairs and Worrell is responsible for coordinating their efforts. By TIM KALICH Staff Writer ALL EIGHT like it that way.

Cooperation is not a strain since all the members, despite their individual specialties, know each other's job. Routinely they help one another out and, when needed, take over another department's tasks. Hardin Browning and Tony Browning (no relation) are a case in point. The have often switched roles. Tony Browning, officially the sales manager, coordinated an award-winning cancer awareness campaign for the Leflore History of WSWG tangled in problems of early '70s Continued from page 1 fired." Though the agreement appears to slight the employees, East Delta contended that the employees should not have been given the authority to run the stations in the first place.

"It was illegal," Tillotson said. THAT CONTENTION is just another knot in the tangled history of WSWG. The complications, dating back to the early 1970s, are now almost expected. In 1975, a FCC administrative law judge denied renewal of the operating licenses for WSWG-AM and WSWG-FM. The judge said the stations' non entertainment programming proposals, financial reports and equal employment opportunity programs had been misrepresented to the FCC in the 1970 license renewal applications.

The programming promises, according to Forbes Blair, an attorney for Leflore-Dixie, were the key in the judge's decision. The station manager at that time, Blair said, "promised everything except the moon for black programming." Charles Saunders, the station owner during this period, appealed the ruling to the full commission and later to a federal court in Washington. He lost both appeals. In June A month later, the employees were given permission by the chief of the FCC's Broadcast Facilities Division to carry on. This decision kept the stations on the air.

ACCORDING to Tillotson, the Broadcast Facilities Division did not have this granting power. Moreover, emergency authority to run the stations would last a maximum of 180 days. "At the time we filed an objection," Tillotson said, "the employees had been running the station for a full year. "We are not challenging that the present group did anything wrong (in asking for the emergency permit), but that the FCC was wrong in granting it." The full commission has yet to rule on the objection. Tillotson doubted whether they ever will.

"If the joint venture is in place," he said, "the legality of the emergency grant becomes moot." What will not become moot, should the FCC approve the venture, is the fate of the current WSWG employees. That story is just beginning. Most have developed a wait-and-see attitude. Hardin Browning, program director at WSWG, reflects the employees' thoughts. "You don't ever know what's going to happen," he said.

3 1980, Saunders gave up the fight. happen," he said. Deaths Mrs. Martha Fraiser Dulweber Graveside services for Mrs. Martha Fraiser Dulweber, 76, who died Saturday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m.

Monday at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs. Dulweber was the widow of Donald N. Dulweber. She was born in Shellmound, and had lived in Greenwood the past 62 years.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include a brother, H.Y. Fraiser Jr. of Greenwood; five nephews and four nieces. The Rev.

Gene Russell will officiate, with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be L.A. Shipley Yandell F. Shipley, R.K. Byrd, Dr.

George Omura, Carlson Farley, H.Y. Fraiser III, Duncan M. Fraiser, Daniel P. Smith and Richard W. Fowler.

Honorary pallbearers will be Porter Peteet, Dr. John Fair Lucas Roger Hodge and W.D. Parker Jr. Hudson Allen Mrs. Evelyn Allen WINONA Funeral services for Hudson Allen, 72, and his wife, Mrs.

Evelyn Allen, 78, who died Friday in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 51 near Elliott, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Moore Memorial United Methodist Church. The Allens were killed when their car ran into a tractor trailer rig late Friday night, according to Highway Patrol reports. No others were injured in the accident.

Mr. is survived by two brothers, Elbert Allen of Ridgeland and Eugene Allen of Kilmichael; and three sisters, Mrs. Sally Mae Tartt of Memphis, Mrs. Christine Janowski of Dallas and Mrs. Irene Pyron of Winona.

Burial will be in Winona Gardens of Memory, with Lee Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Johnny McDowell Funeral services for Johnny McDowell, 48, who died Thursday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rosie McDowell of Greenwood; two sons, Darrell McDowell of Monterey, Calif.

and Reginald McDowell of Greenwood; four daughters, Miss Alfreda McDowell and Mrs. Alethea Sanders, both of Jackson and Miss Johnetta McDowell and Miss Karen McDowell, both of Greenwood; and two sisters, Mrs. Leola Birch of Detroit and Mrs. Claylee Wilson of Greenwood. Rev.

J.Q.C. James will officiate, with McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Willie Mae Williams Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Williams, 71, who died Thursday at her home, will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Stranger's Home Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Clifton Cross; a daughter, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Jones; J. KANTOR CL CLEARANCE SALE TUESDAY, STARTS JULY 6 RAN Off Off Off Suits, Sportcoats Slacks Knit Shirts Hart Schaffner Cricketeer Hart Schaffner Marx Berle Izod Manhattan Kingsridge Corbin Corbin Thomson Gant Bert Pulitzer Haspel Austin Reed Arthur Winer Jack Nicklaus Hathaway Cross Creek Off Off Off of Suits Special Group of Slacks Long Sleeve Shirts Short Sleeve Group All Name Brands Dress Sport All Name Brands Button Down Regular Collar Gant, Hathaway, Manhattan, Pulitzer, Mr. California Off T.

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The venture attributed the achievement to its novel setup. According to Browning, the relative freedom each member works under enhances creativity. "We don't have all the department heads to buck," he said. "Without having freedom to work, there is no way we could compete with a station like WJDX in Jackson (a AAA market)." DURING THOSE FIRST employee-run days, there were doubts that WSWG could compete with anyone. "There were those in the beginning," Tony Browning said, "who said we couldn't pull it off.

We didn't know at first whether we could The purse strings were pulled tight. "You didn't dare throw away a piece of paper that could be used little longer," Browning said. The financial strain has considerably subsided. Advertising revenues have risen steadily from the time the employees took over, according to Worrell. The stations' profits, all of which must go to charity under the FCC regulations for an interim license, totaled $12,500 last year.

The three recipients were the Salvation Army of Greenwood, the Leflore County School for Handicapped Children, and the Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Center in Funeral services for John Arthur Killebrew 69, who died Friday at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home. Mr. Killebrew was a retired farmer who lived most of his life in Cruger. He was a member of the Cruger Baptist Church, the Elks Club and the Parker Gary Hunting Club.

Survivors include three sons, John A. Killebrew Jr. of Greenwood, Dr. Mack Killebrew of Lexington and J.R. Killebrew of Clinton; a daughter, Mrs.

Betty Mitchell of Mendenhall; two sisters, Mrs. Lorene Floyd of Greenwood and Mrs. Louise Chisolm of Lexington; 11 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Rev. J.C.

Carr and Rev. Jeff Parker will officiate, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mr. Killebrew's nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Parker Gary Hunting Club.

TONY BROWNING RECORDS He is sales manager County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Hardin Browning, WSWG director, handles his own set of program advertising accounts, as do the other partners. "Everyone here has two or three jobs," 'Tony Browning said. The: quality of the work has not suffered. All the operations come under close scrutiny.

"We have to please ourselves," Hardin Browning said, "and we have high standards. AS TESTIMONY to the group's success stand the awards which WSWG won two weeks ago in the annual competition of the Mississippi Broadcasters Association. For stations in AA markets, WSWG was presented seven awards in the fields of public affairs, documentaries and Post office bids requested The U.S. Postal Service is asking for construction bids as well as the offer of a suitable site for the new main post office at Schlater, according to Postmaster Lovella S. Wilson.

Under the Postal Service open advertising program for construction of leased facilities, prospective bidders are asked to offer site and construction bids as a single package. No public bid opening is held. Bid packages are to be submitted not later than July 23 to Charles E. Smith, manager, real estate branch, Field Real Estate and Buildings Office, U.S. Postal Service, P.O.

Box 3744, Memphis, Tenn. 38103. and a brother, Charlie Littles, all of Greenwood; and two sisters, Mrs. Lorine Anderson and Mrs. Maria Sutton, both of Sidon.

Rev. David Matthews will officiate, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery..