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The 2011 Greensboro mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011 to elect the mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina. It saw the election of Robbie Perkins, who unseated incumbent mayor Bill Knight.
WBIG was a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, which broadcast from 1926 to 1986. It was last owned by the Jefferson-Pilot Communications Corporation (JP) and was its first broadcasting property. The company shut it down because of an insufficient signal to cover a growing radio market, competition from FM stations, and the rising value of the land it occupied.
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- ↑ Nelson Kepley (Feb 18, 2008). "Leaders: They've seen city through change". Greensboro. News & Record. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Albright, James W. (January 1904). Greensboro, 1808-1904: Facts, Figures, Traditions, and Reminiscences. Jos. J. Stone. pp. 39–41.
- ↑ Nelson Kepley (May 30, 2013). "Ex-mayor Bill Knight to seek Greensboro council seat". Greensboro. News & Record. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ "November 03, 2009 Results". Guilford County. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ↑ "November 08, 2011 Results". Guilford County. Retrieved 3 January 2021.