CALL | CITY | LICENSEE | START | COMMENT |
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WHD | Morgantown | West Virginia University | Licensed: March 16, 1922 | Deleted Nov. 19, 1923 |
WAAO | Charleston | Radio Service Co. | Licensed: April 10, 1922 | Deleted Dec. 1, 1922 |
WAAR | Huntington | Groves-Thornton Hardware Co. | Licensed: April 13, 1922 | Deleted Dec. 4, 1922 |
WHAJ | Bluefield | Bluefield Daily Telegraph & E. K. Kitts | Licensed: July 1922 | ... |
WHAK | Clarksburg | Roberts Hardware Co. | Licensed: July 1922 | ... |
WPAZ | Charleston | Dr. John R. Koch | Licensed: January 1923 | ... |
WSAZ* | Pomeroy, OH | Chase Electric Shop, Glenn E. Chase | Licensed October 10 or 16, 1923 | Later calls: WGNT, WRVC, WTKZ, WRVC; moved to Huntington |
WDBD | Martinsburg | Herman E. Burns | Licensed: 1924 | ... |
WIBR | Weirton | Thurman A. Owings | Licensed: 1925 | Later moved to Steubenville OH |
WWVA* | Wheeling | John C. Strobel Jr. | On air: December 16, 1926 | ... |
WOBU* | Charleston | Charleston Radio Broadcasting Co. | On air: October 12, 1927 | Later call: WCHS |
WQBJ | Clarksburg | John Raikes | Licensed: November 1927 | ... |
WQBZ | Weirton | J. H. Thompson | Licensed: May 1928 | Deleted March 1930 |
WMMN* | Fairmont | Holt-Rome Novelty Co. | Licensed: December 10, 1928 | ... |
WHIS* | Bluefield | Daily Telegraph Printing Co. | On air: June 27, 1929 | ... |
WPAR | Parkersburg | Chancellor Hotel | On air: July 12, 1935 | Later calls: WIKS, WLTP |
WBLK | Clarksburg | Charleston Broadcasting Co. | On air: April 1937 | Later calls: WBOY, WBBN, WPQZ, WKKW, WPQZ, WOBG |
WJLS* | Beckley | Joe L. Smith Jr. | On air: March 5, 1939 | ... |
WBTH* | Williamson | Williamson Broadcasting Corp. | On air: April 19, 1939 | ... |
WGKV* | Charleston | Kanawha Valley Broadcasting Co. | On air: Sept. 24, 1939 | Later calls: WHMS, WTGR, WHMS, WGKV, WXIT, WCZR, WSWW |
WLOG* | Logan | C. H. Frey and R. O. Greever | On air: 1940 | ... |
WBRW | Welch | McDowell Service Co. | On air: August 25, 1940 | Subsequent WMCD/WOVE/WXEE operated on same frequency |
WAJR* | Morgantown | West Virginia Radio Corp. | On air: December 1940 | ... |
WKWK* | Wheeling | Community Broadcasting Inc. | On air: May 2, 1941 | Later call: WBBD |
WCFC, Beckley. The first FM station in West Virginia was WCFC Beckley, which began regular programming at 2 p.m. on August 15, 1946, on 101.1 MHz. Its first experimental transmission was August 12, 1946, at 10:13 p.m. WCFC-FM ceased operations on June 30, 1951.
WJLS-FM, Beckley. The second FM station in West Virginia was WJLS-FM, which apparently went on the air in February 1947. WJLS-FM is the oldest surviving FM station in West Virginia, if we ignore the fact that the station suspended broadcasting for a time in the 1950s.
WHIS-FM, Bluefield. The station went on the air in July 1947, according to the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
WWVA-FM, Wheeling. The station went on the air in September 1947, according to the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
WPLH-FM, Huntington. The station went on the air in November 1947, according to the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
WHTN-FM, Huntington; WLOG-FM, Logan; WKWK-FM, Wheeling. These stations went on the air in December 1947, according to the 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook.
Call | Licensee | City | First listed in Radio Service Bulletin |
8ZW | John C. Stroebel Jr. | Wheeling | March 1915 |
8XG | C. W. Waggoner (WVU) | Morgantown | July 1, 1916 |
8YA | West Virginia University | Morgantown | August 1, 1919 |
8YH | West Virginia University | Morgantown | December 1, 1920 |
8YF | Camp Greenbrier | Alderson | November 1, 1920 |