Radio annual (1951)

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WEST VIRGINIA WBRW WELCH— 1940— MBS— KBS Frequency: 1340 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Operated By McDowell Service Co. Address 10 Riverside Drive Phone Number 818 News Service AP Transcription Service Standard Membership NARTB. BAB President J. G. Hunt Sta.. Gen.. Comm. Mgr Ellis Landreth Pgm.. News Dir John J. Villani Chief Engineer Dallas P. Boyd WELC WELCH— 1950 Frequency: 1150 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned-Oper. By Pocahontas Bcstg. Co. Address King Coal Bldg. Phone Number 1 150 Representative McGillvra Transcription Service Capitol News Service UP Pres.. Chief Engr Howard R. King Vice-President Sconmy Sidote General Manager Tom Hicks Conunercial Manager Luther G. Bassett Program Director Jim Runyon Secy.-Treas D. C. Bradberry WHAIIV WESTON— 1948— KBS Frequency: 1450 Kc Power: 250 Watts Owned-Oper. By Lewis Service Corp. Address Main Avenue Phone Number 1555 News Service AP Transcription Service World, Associated Representative Donald Cooke, Inc. Pres.. Gen. Mgr Harold McWhorter Sta.. Comm. Mgr Carl Loose Sales Promotion Manager Glenn Short Program Director Louis B. Homel Production Director Dolores R. Homel Chief Announcer Fred Pell Chief Engineer George W. Waggoner WHLL WHEELING— 1949 Frequency: 1600 Kc Power: 1000 Watts d. Owned-Operated By Wheeling Bcstg. Co. Address Box 989 Phone Number 6700 News Service UP Transcription Service Capitol Owners K. H. Forney. G. A. Forney. E. L. Freeman Gen. Mgr.. Chf . Engr K. H. Forney Program Director Edward G. Trisler AP SELLS For Stations andSponsors — For instance .... WSAZ 'The S. S. Lawrence drug store has sponsored more than 2,500 consecutive AP newscasts over WSAZ — seven each week since 1943. ''Associated Press news is a very important factor in WSAZ's revenue. It gives us easy-to-sell programming— programming that helps listener-wise and dollar-wise. We carry 59 AP newscasts every week." MARSHALL ROSENE, General Manager, WSAZ, Huntington, W. Va. 699