The KWTO Dial Digitization Project
The MSU Libraries has received permission from Meyer Communications, the current owners of KWTO AM 560, as well as other radio stations, to digitize and make available online to the general public the entire run of The KWTO Dial, a monthly publication from August 1941 to December 1951. In addition to listing the program guide, The Dial ran regular monthly columns by May Kennedy McCord, C. C. Williford, and others, as well as human interest stories about the stars and staff of KWTO, including Porter Wagoner, Slim Wilson, Aunt Martha, Buster Fellows, Si Siman, and of course Ralph Foster, the founder and owner of KWTO. The actual collection to be digitized is owned by Wayne Glenn, a local historian from Nixa and “The Old Record Collector” on a weekly radio show on KTXR, a sister station. The digitization work will be completed by the expert staff of the new Digitization Lab of the MSU Libraries. No estimated completion date for this digitization project has been established yet. Keep Watching The Ozarks!