![]() I was surprised when George Washington Carver showed up as an interviewee on Strange as it Seems, since its not mentioned in the collection description. ![]() Its especially interesting because World War II was breaking out in Europe at that time. These radio recordings only reaffirm my saying Can you imagine what they would think of your average Top 40 radio station today. WJSV was a CBS affiliate and in 1939 recorded its entire broadcast day (no small feat in the pre-audio tape era). Vice President in charge of WJSV from 1934-1942. Butcher (1910-59), who was a Naval Aide to President Dwight Eisenhower, was Manager of radio station WJSV (later WTOP) in Washington D.C. The original WJSV was located in Mt Vernon Hills,Virginia (and in conflicting data Alexandria, or Washington DC) on the dial at 1460 AM (FM broadcast wasnt viable until 1946).Īccording to legend the folks in the original broadcast area believed the call letters were an acronym that stood for Jesus Saves Virginia but actually stood for James S.
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