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[IRCA] WPFT 680
Do You Remember This?
OUR BEST TO YOU
Seems to be WPTF. It looks like they play old DJ programs on Sunday night.
Jim Renfrew
In a letter from Don Curtis, President of Curtis Media Group,
The program was "Our Best to You." This program ran from late 1947 to early
1962 on WPTF.
The Host was Jimmy Capps, a marvelous announcer and an even better person!
He was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of
Fame in April 2001. Other members include Billy Graham, Edward R. Morrow,
Kate Smith, William Friday, and others."
Our Best to You" OBTY was originated by the late Jimmy Capps and aired
nightly from 1O PM to Midnight. In addition to requests, Jimmy also read
poetry.
The program was the highest rated of all WPTF programs. No WPTF
personality has ever been more Popular than Jimmy Capps. Jimmy died in
1967.
We have a program on Sunday Nights and at 11 O'clock each Sunday night we
still today play the traditional Jimmy Capps opening theme song (a song
recorded by Eddie Howard entitled My Best to You) and still have Jimmy's
voice on the air.
As a tribute to Capps, the 11 PM hour of the WPTF Hall of Fame features
nothing but love songs, and begins each week with the original theme sound
in the voice of Jimmy Capps. From time to time the program features some
of the readings of poetry by Jimmy Capps from the WPTF archives.
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