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• Red Sovine

  … Starcher":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/554, two local radio musicians who also delivered sentimental monologues. Sovine’s earlier … County town of Eleanor, but still did programs on local radio. After World War II, he opted for a full-time …

• Buddy Starcher

  … . He had a long career in country music. His father taught him to play rhythm guitar for square dances. Although his first radio appearances were in Baltimore, he first became popular in 1933 at "WCHS":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/937 …

• State Police

  … , to centralize arrest and conviction records. The Highway Safety Bureau and the forensic chemistry laboratory were added in 1936, and a Radio Division in 1939. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover cited the West Virginia State Police as one of the nation’s four …

• E. M. Statler

  … hotels that set standards for comfort and cleanliness at modest prices. Statler Hotel rooms had private baths, as well as radios and telephones. Statler eventually opened hotels in Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and New York. Following his death, his widow …

• Eleanor Steber

  … studied voice in New York City, and won the Metropolitan Opera radio auditions in 1940. In celebration of her achievements, Eleanor Steber … a regular on NBC’s _The Voice of Firestone_ on radio and later television. In 1948, she commissioned and premiered …

• Mel Street

  … . He was known professionally as Mel Street. Born near Grundy, Virginia, Street gained much of his early experience on radio and television at "WHIS":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1233 in Bluefield, where he lived and performed for …

• Hot Rod Hundley

  … . Hundley played six years in the NBA for the Minneapolis-Los Angeles Lakers and was named an all-star twice. Hundley was a radio announcer for the NBA’s Utah Jazz from 1974 until his retirement in 2009. In December 2014 he was present at the Charleston …

• Tourism

  … _Wheeling Jamboree_":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1219 live radio show has drawn country music lovers to the " … is one of the longest running contemporary music programs on radio and attracts audience members from across the country. Many …

• Cecil Underwood

  … he had used in his campaign. To an extent beyond that of his predecessors, Underwood also promised to report regularly ‘‘via the press, radio, and television’’ and to ‘‘move often among the people’’ instead of staying at the capitol. At times during his …

• Jazz

  … continued to lead groups and write for radio and television until his death in … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1446 radio show produced by West Virginia Public Radio and distributed nationally by Public Radio International. One of his recordings, …

• West Virginia University Medicine

  … accident. The center is the only Level I trauma center in the region. The Health Net helicopter is dispatched from the radio center at the facility, and complex emergency surgeries are performed on a regular basis. Trauma surgeons, nurses, and other staff …

• West Virginian Hotel

  … as Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and humorist Will Rogers, enjoyed the hospitality of the elegant 240-room West Virginian. WHIS radio, among the state’s pioneer stations, originally broadcast from the hotel’s penthouse studio. After serving as the …

• Clarksburg

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2233 Clarksburg branch. The city has a daily newspaper, three local television stations, and six radio stations. Air transportation is provided by nearby North Central West Virginia Airport at "Bridgeport":https:// …

• Kingwood

  … /2513), chamber of commerce, sheriff’s office and jail, a large volunteer fire department, library, civic groups, two radio stations, several churches, and various businesses. Once a coal and timber town, Kingwood’s current largest private industry is …

• Doc Williams

  … town of Kittaning, Pennsylvania, and gaining early radio experience in Pittsburgh, Williams and his Border Riders band came to the radio station "WWVA":http://www. … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1219 radio program for the rest of his …

• Clay Foundation

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1095, the "_Register-Herald_":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/420 (Beckley) and radio stations and newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina, to Thomson Newspapers in 1987. The Clay Foundation received $ …

• Jean Lee Latham

  … University. Latham was editor-in-chief at Chicago’s Dramatic Publishing Company from 1930 to 1936, writing adult plays and radio shows, while also launching her freelance writing career. During World War II, she trained Signal Corps inspectors for the …

• Riley Wilson

  … country as an entertainer and toastmaster. He traveled with Anna Held’s theater show on the vaudeville circuit, made national radio appearances, and was considered one of the finest storytellers of his time. Riley published at least two books, including …

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

  … ;Rush D. Holt":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/464, on the floor of the U.S. Senate and on a national radio network. Both Democratic governors of the period, "Guy Kump":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1262 and "Homer Holt& …

• World War II

  … County native reached thousands of readers and radio listeners during the war. Buckhannon native Jean Lee Latham learned to repair radio equipment for the Signal Corps. … course material for the inspection of radio gear. The 201st Infantry of the …

• Mothman

  … As sightings increased, so did reports of other strange phenomena. Disruption of electronic devices such as telephones, police dispatch radios, and televisions, as well as automobiles, were rumored, and there were numerous reports of UFO appearances. New …

• Lonesome Pine Fiddlers

  … .org/articles/571 band, based for many years beginning in 1938 at "WHIS":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1233 radio in "Bluefield":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/562. Bass player Ezra Cline (1907–84) led the group, while …

• Lumberjack Contests

  … .org/articles/1178 of Charleston hired Criss to advertise its products. He gave chopping exhibitions across the country, performed in Radio City Music Hall, shaved bearded men with his five-pound ax, and split apples held between his wife’s thumb and …

• Mail Pouch Barns

  … campaign, for several reasons. The rural population was declining as people moved to urban areas, television and radio were taking over the advertising market, new regulations governed tobacco advertising, and federal highways legislation barred outdoor …

• Phil Conley

  … for many years a popular public school textbook and with various co-authors has passed through several editions. He presented numerous radio programs on West Virginia (one of which ran for 10 years) and originated the "Golden Horseshoe Contest": …