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Re: New Monopoly in Dept Stores; Federated and May to Merge

Henry (henry999@eircom.net)
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:23:25 +0200

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I have seen mentions of Sears, Roebuck
> occasionally in this thread. Back in the 1920's, Sears Roebuck was a
> very large chain of stores. The radio station they started
> acknowledged this fact by its call sign: 'W'(orlds)'L'(argest)'S'(tore),
> based in Chicago. WLS is on AM radio 890 kc...

Interesting. I knew a different version of the 'World's Largest Store'
story. The way I heard it, the radio station was owned by the same
outfit that owned the Merchandise Mart (also in Chicago).

Cheers,

Henry

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