Bill Mack -- Shamrock TX
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N 35° 13.605 W 100° 14.922
14S E 386366 N 3898903
A plaque commemorating radio legend Bill Mack in his hometown of Shamrock Texas stands on the north side plaza at the landmark Tower Conoco station located at the old Rte 66 and US 83 in downtown Shamrock.
Waymark Code: WMKPX3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Local boy Bill Mack, born Bill Smith, became internationally famous as WBAP-820 AM radio's "Midnight Cowboy," which ruled the overnight airwaves for decades. He is also a Grammy-award winning songwriter who has been inducted onto the Country Music Hall of Fame. Locally, folks in garland remember Bill Mack as the discoverer of our "local girl made good" LeeAnn Rimes.

Mama Blaster grew up listing to Bill Mack, and even met him several times. Mama Blaster's Dad worked at WBAP-TV Channel 5, and used to get pulled into the radio booth from the newsroom, especially during the Don Day Show, to chat and tell stories in the 1970s.

To learn more about the amazing life and career of Bill Mack see here: (visit link) and here: (visit link)

For more on the history of WBAP-TV (First Tv station west of he Mississippi) see here: (visit link) and here: (visit link)

The history of WBAP-AM (first radio station to use an audible station ID) is here: (visit link) and here: (visit link)
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]

Location: Bill Mack Plaza
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