WHIS 1940 Radio Revue Boosts Original Music on Air
The WHIS Christmas Tree show features nine original compositions led by Barnes Nash with fau te Crazy Head and Swingin On A Christmas Tree. Other notable numbers include Mere Man Mere Maid and Why The Chimes Ring. The program spurs new tunes from Elizabeth Nabors Roy Hill and more as listeners hear local creators first. Barney Nash performs Stomach Steinway during Five Keys Happy Family segment, amid Hillbilly Dawn Patrol and All Around the Dial chatter.
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Broadway
Barnes Nash
Barney
Suitcase Six
of Commanders
Lindseys
Granada
Napeans
Alette
Looney
Gibson Morrissey
Shirley Sue White
Paul Rainey
NBC
Static
Happy Family
Barney Nash
Vee Bolton
Radio Schedule Highlights Dated December 19 Broadcast
A fragmented radio grid lists programs from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM with hosts, sponsors, and sponsors such as Lilly Land Company, Walford Wrecking Co, Coca Cola, Pure Oil Co, Bluefield Hardware, and The SunRise Bottling Co. Includes news slots, music, dance, and a late sign off indicative of a 1940s era station lineup.
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BiTone Corporation
Gus
Lilly Mountaineers
Lilly Land CompAny
Buskirk Brothers
Walford Wrecking’ Co
Chicago House
Chicago
Warlick
Lee
Juanita Tomchin
Forbidden Diary
Peuchtenberger Bakery
JFG Coffee Boys
JFG Coffee Company
SAM Coca-Cola
Buskirk Brothers Bitone Corporation
Cicago House
Filghim
Rhythm & Eo
Bluefield Supply Co
Alleta JO Looney
NEWS
Pure Oil Co
Ohman & Arden
W. VA
State Nurses Association
Jerry Sears
Nbcweaf
Bill Stern
Nbc- Wiz -East
Irene Wicker
Nbc-Blue-West
Bob Edse
Cbs-Wabe
Mbs-Chain
J. Hynd
Dancing Music Orch
Nbce-Wiz - East
Bud Barton
Paul Sullivan
Mbsnetwork
Li'l Abnér
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Europe
Mr. Keen
Lanny Ross
Morgan
Bob Crosby
Nbc-Wear
Abcred
Tom Powers
Nbc
CBS
cbs-Dixie
Arthur Hale
H. V. Kaltenborn
Abc
Wed
Metropolitan Opera Guild
Sam Belter
Fanny Brice
Weaf
Horace Heidt
Wythe Williams
Mbs- Wor
Dooley
Wen-Wor Cktw Dancing Music Orches
Aldrich
Nbc-Wiz
Elmer Davis
Cbswabe
Bing Crosby
Nbe-Wear
Rochester's Philharmonic
Nbe-Wiz
Major Bowes
Gabriel Heather
Mbs-East
Mbswar
Nbec-Wiz
A. Wallenstein
Sinfonietta
Mbs-Wor
Rudy Vallee
Glenn Miller & Orchestra
Raymond G. Swing
West Virginians Named to Officers Reserve Corps
The War Department announced two West Virginians for the officers reserve corps. Lewis Jennings Bursey of Moundsville and Joseph Francis Lemon of Lewisburg are commissioned as 2nd lieutenants in the infantry reserves.
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Washington
West
Local Bluefield Charity Raises Funds and Sends Care
The Bluefield chapter reports months of benefits fund raising and sends 287 surgical garments to England. November shipments totaled 985 pounds, reaching 3290 pounds to date. Nurses at St Luke's Hospital contributed 35 dollars for bandages and eighteen quilted afghans lined with wool blankets for children. Local women completed 257 knitted garments and Desir Gilmore plus Mary Fretwell groups sent over eight baby blankets to a hospital. An average of one person dies every minute.
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Bluefield
Bundies For
Britain
Great Britain
Houston St. Clair
England
W. Va
St Luke’s Hospital
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Mel Barnett
Mosro
Holden Iners
Esome Pine Fiddlers
Puskirk Brothers
Lynn Davis
Forty Niners
Mel
Walford Wrecking Company
George Burns
Gracie Allen
U. S. Navy
Gracie
Ed Kitts
Wayward Iris
Opal Clark
Red
RADIO
Ade Wy
Tonic Tunes
Rock Mineral Springs
Bluefield Hardware Co
Jack Armstrong
Nbcwear
Scattergood Baines
Mid- Reom
Mbs-Chain Dance Music Orch
King Arthur Jr
Cbs-Wabc
Edwin
Hill
Mbs-Chein
Chicago Symphony
East
Fred Waring
Rpt
Dancing Music O
Willar Watt
Studebaker
Claytor Motor Sales
Claytor Motor Sales Co
Bluefield Ave
Menag Agen
Regreg
Bobby Brown
Yuen Pen Oveh
Senate Mathemas
B Sana
Lance
America
Bluefield Avenue
Mr.boston Bourbon
Old Mr.boston
Mr. Boston
Bond
Ben-Burk, Inc
Boston
Mass
UZ Tha
Coe
Fas
Federal ST
California
Deval
Muscatesport
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