Emma Lee Heitman writes: "I'm curious about the time the photo was taken and mentioned it to my sister. She thinks that it was taken between 1945-48 and remembers two names: 'Shorty Wiggins and the Gang' and 'Dixie Playboys'. I hope that you have other photos showing the same carpet, drapes, etc. and can date it. My sister remembers going to the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel where the studio was located and singing on Saturday mornings 'Juvenile Jamboree'. Uncle Russ was the emcee.. Any help will be appreciated." Do you have more information?

This WCSC Radio publicity photo features, left-to-right, News Director Bob Truer, Charlie Hall and Bob Tamblyn. Lorraine Evans (aka Happy Raine) provided further information: "The guy on Charlie’s left is Bob Tamblyn who was a radio announcer then went to TV and did a country music show. The picture was made at the WCSC radio studios atop the Francis Marion Hotel. The boards behind them were traffic boards for programming throughout the day, showing commercials and programs. The calendar is from Walker, Evans and Cogswell, a printer which once occupied the building at #1 Broad and ran back to Elliott Street. That whole thing was the printing shop (presses). Since Charlie and Bob look so young, my guess on the calendar year would be 1945 or 1951. Charlie was in the Army before coming to Charleston, so depending on when he got out; maybe '51 would be more realistic. It was a year that New Years Day was on a Monday. That is an old Underwood typewriter. The man in the picture in the background is probably a CBS radio personality." Bob Kight later wrote: "The man in the photo behind Charlie Hall is an actor by the name of Jack Carson. He made a few comedies and melodramas. He had a radio show on CBS around 1946."

 

WCSC-TV commercial promoting Mike Hiott's WCSC Radio show