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In spring 1926 the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, spill a failing restaurant into the front of their own station WLT, the “With Lettuce and Tomato” station in South Minneapolis. For a quarter‑century the “Friendly Neighbor” station becomes a bustling hub for a dizzying array of shows and personalities: Leo LaValley, Dad Benson, Wingo Beals, Slim Graves, Little Buddy, Marjery Moore, and blind baseball announcer Buck Steller. Francis With, a shy young man from North Dakota fascinated by radio, lands a role at WLT through his uncle Art and becomes the brothers’ right hand, eventually a celebrated announcer adored by Lily Dale, the crippled nightingale hidden from her fans. Her firing accelerates the station’s decline. Then television comes, signaling a new era that rattles the beloved enterprise.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Garrison Keillor
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