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"ref": "1921 December 31, “WLK”, in David J. Bodenhamer, Robert G[raham] Barrows, David Gordon Vanderstel, editors, The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, Bloominton, Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, published 1994, page 1399, column 2",
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"ref": "1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 29",
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"ref": "2015, Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight, spoken by Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson)",
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"text": "WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: \"Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?\"",
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"text": "Drill #40 the .094 [2.4 mm] holes in the dingus. Dimple the #40 holes."
}
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