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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.
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