"It's five past five and time to jive with Nat the Cat, your host who loves you the most. We're going to be around for the next fifty-five minutes with some of the best rhythm and blues." Nathaniel Lowery, aka "Nat the Cat" hosted a popular radio program on WWIT out of Canton, NC from 1953-1963. He had a large following through WNC and into parts of Georgia and eastern Tennessee. Lowery worked as a mail clerk at Champion Paper in Canton until shortly before 5pm when he would head to "Radio Hill" for his show, which would become a link between the area's African-American and white communities. Learn more about Lowery and other African American residents from far Western North Carolina in Ann Woodford's exhibit "When All God's Children Get Together" on display now at the Smith-McDowell House Museum. Join us on February 23 for a presentation and Q&A with Woodford live via Zoom. wnchistory.org/events Image: Haywood County Public Library #natthecat #canton #ashevillehistory #avlhistory #gospel #rhythmandblues #wwit #wnchistory #exploreasheville (at Canton, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK-TRU0hng-/?igshid=lgole4bs1rsc