WO9-8989 was Talk shows through the ages

[Sid Schweiger]

>>For at least some of Mayer's day, area codes hadn't been invented
yet.<<

Did he start before 1947?  According to Wikipedia, the North American
Numbering Plan, developed by AT&T, was created that year, and area codes
were part of it.  They were used exclusively by long-distance operators
until late in 1951, but did not come into common use by telephone
subscribers until the 1960s.



Sid Schweiger
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