WOMI radio    Original owners are Lawrence W. Hager, Sr., Bruce Hager and George M. Fuqua

Date	Subjects	Notable Events
June 21, 1931	Edith Bennett	Is born in Livermore
Feb. 25, 1936	WOMI radio	Application filed with FCC to operate radio station
Nov. 16, 1936	WOMI radio	Citizens meet to discuss need for radio station
Sept. 7, 1937	WOMI radio	FCC grants permission for station, transmitter and tower.
Sept. 1, 1937	WOMI Radio	Ground is broken on Livermore Road, now Frederica Street and Byers Avenue
Feb. 6, 1937	WOMI radio	Building complete, Equipment tested
Dec. 2, 1937	WOMI radio	Erection of 185 foot vertical tower
Feb. 7, 1938	WOMI debuts	7:00pm as the 7th radio station in Kentucky Original broadcast from Hotel Owensboro, 4th and Frederica Owensboro is given "Model Radio Station"  Messenger Feb. 17, 1938
Feb. 13, 1938	First Baptist Church	Broadcast weekly on WOMI at 11am Sundays for 69 years
Feb. 13, 1938	Hugh O. Potter	Named Manager
Jan. 1, 1939	Cliffordean Potter	Station hostess, part time music director and later program director
Sept. 1, 1940	Stork Express	Hosted by "Joanna", nom de plume of Cliffordean Potter, debuts sponsored -- as it was for the next 32 years -- by Owensboro Ice Cream and Dairy Products (Velvet Milk and Ice Cream)
June 7, 1944	D-Day	From 3:10am uninterrupted coverage of the liberation of Europe is aired
Nov. 2, 1945	WOMI-FM	FCC grants application to build
May 19, 1946	Burns and Allen	Weekly comedy show debuts on Sunday nights
June 5, 1948	WOMI Radio	Affiliates with Mutual Broadcasting System
Sept. 15, 1948	WOMI-FM	Now WBKR debuts with 19,400 watts of power
Oct. 12, 1948	WOMI Radio	New tower at 427 feet is constructed; 82 foot FM antenna rides atop
Nov. 28, 1950	Edith Bennett	Managed the 5 – 9:30 am Sunday shift. Her first job at WOMI
Feb. 28, 1951	Horace Heidt Parade of Stars	Brings his nationally broadcast show live to Owensboro.
June 17, 1953	Cliffordean Potter	Is first woman to speak to a program organized by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), at Seelbach Hotel in Louisville.
May 23, 1961	WOMI Radio	Increases power to 1,000 watts days, 250 night
May 18, 1963	Cliffordean Potter	Receives coveted "Kentucky Mike Award" from Kentucky Broadcasters Association
March 31, 1972	Hugh O. Potter	He and Cliffordean retire to Florida
April, 1972	Edith Bennett	Hosts first Sunday morning show 5am to 9:30am. Wow!
March 4, 1973	Edith Bennett	Appointed traffic and office manager
	Carl T. Davis III	Named News Director
Jan. 25, 1982	Lawrence Hager Sr.	Dies
June 9, 1986	Hugh O. Potter	Dies in Sarasota, FL
Feb. 17, 1988	WOMI Radio	Lovely art deco studios on Frederica torn down
Feb. 23, 1989	Edith Bennett	Elected President Kentucky Society Daughter of the American Revolution
Nov. 11, 1990	Edith Bennett	Compiles book Owensboro's Soundest Citizen-WOMI Radio
Sept. 7, 1994	Cliffordean Potter	Dies in Owensboro