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The Charlotte News, Sep. 18, 1932

WBT Heard In Far-Off Places

A half dozens letters from residents in New Zealand, 12,000 miles from this section or half way around the globe, topped the foreign fan mail record of Radio Station WBT, one day during the past week. Added interest was found in an additional communication, one from Sergeant F. G. Hayes of Fort Shafter, Honolulu, T. H., who wrote that the program was "coming in fine; I thought it was KGMB, Honolulu, instead of WBT."

Three of the New Zealand letters were written from the city of Dunedin, one of which enclosed a folder describing the community as the "Brighter Britain of the South" as well as the "Wonderland of the Pacific." Liberally illustrated, a remarkable similarity between Dunedin and the cities of the two Carolinas is noted; architecture of public and commercial buildings and the attractions of the resort sections closely parallel the appearance of the Piedmont territory.

 

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