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AFLAC co-founder gives $500,000 to Pensacola public TV

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PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - AFLAC co-founder Paul Amos and his wife have contributed $500,000 to Pensacola Junior College&#39;s public television station, WSRE-TV. <br> <br> Amos left the town of Milton, near Pensacola, 47 years ago with his two brothers for Columbus, Georgia, where they founded AFLAC. The insurance company has become associated with a successful television commercial campaign featuring a frantic white duck that quacks ``AFLAC.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Amos&#39;s wife, Jean, is a Pensacola native. <br> <br> The donation will be used to help convert the station to digital technology. WSRE-TV officials say they are halfway to their goal of raising two million dollars for the second phase of the project.
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