1991: WEGL celebrates 20 years of broadcasting with a "kiss-a-thon"

1991: WEGL celebrates 20 years of broadcasting with a "kiss-a-thon"

This image is a color version of a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 344: The highlight of WEGL radio station's twentieth birthday pa...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
Subjects:
Auburn photographs
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/village,268
format Electronic
collection Auburn The Loveliest Village Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Auburn photographs
spellingShingle Auburn photographs
1991: WEGL celebrates 20 years of broadcasting with a "kiss-a-thon"
fulltopic Auburn photographs
Auburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- History; Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Kissing -- Alabama;
Education -- Higher Education; History -- 1987-present: Recent Alabama;
description This image is a color version of a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 344: The highlight of WEGL radio station's twentieth birthday party in 1991 came when 136 couples kissed simultaneously in a ten-second kiss-a-thon. Lip-to-lip they tried to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in a new category. ... Just before AU's kiss-a-thon began, couples assembled in the middle of the pavilion next to the Student Activities Center "while singles were encouraged to form lines on the sides in hopes of finding a partner," the Plainsman said. ... "Throughout the day," the Glomerata reported, "WEGL played songs from the Top 100 list of 1971, when the station first hit the air waves ... with only 10 watts of power." Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives.
spelling 1991: WEGL celebrates 20 years of broadcasting with a "kiss-a-thon"This image is a color version of a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 344: The highlight of WEGL radio station's twentieth birthday party in 1991 came when 136 couples kissed simultaneously in a ten-second kiss-a-thon. Lip-to-lip they tried to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in a new category. ... Just before AU's kiss-a-thon began, couples assembled in the middle of the pavilion next to the Student Activities Center "while singles were encouraged to form lines on the sides in hopes of finding a partner," the Plainsman said. ... "Throughout the day," the Glomerata reported, "WEGL played songs from the Top 100 list of 1971, when the station first hit the air waves ... with only 10 watts of power." Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives.1991Auburn – Lee County – AlabamaAuburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- History; Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Kissing -- Alabama;Education -- Higher Education; History -- 1987-present: Recent Alabama;color photograph, 822 x 623 pixelsImageJPEGAUH460.tifLogue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.Auburn University LibrariesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/village/id/268
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