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SOUTHERN WESTHiiKjimiContract Made For Construction Of Broadcasting Station In BluefieldLOCATION IS FACTOR IN SECURING PERMITEquipment To Be Most Mod-ern And Approved And Will Be In City’s Tallest Building, The West Virginian; Call Letters Will Be WHIS;tiry1*rei Ii-»*IVtpMhA contract ha* been made by the Daily Telegi «• ph \% It it t be Hadk* Bn*[ Arine€*riiitf Institute of Nw York fortil* lt;S*Mt ruction nf a broadens1 station In MinefieldSome week* ago tlit Federal radioi commission allocated to Bluefield.upon f.i#f application of the Daily| Telegraph, a permit for a kroadfiit« 1I iut n ation on submission of plana g o* lt;hirf rngiiu »t of thi Federalrailb minnn^ioii baa Riven approval lid aork on the station outfit has{ m gun.The a tat ion will l** railed Will#In honor of the editor of the Daily Telegraph The wav# length will b#Hid :}The station w # 11 he located on the highest bu i Id I it g in tiie city, the Want \ irginlsn hotel, and three room* on the twelfth floor will bf ut Mired for studio. o|h rating and reception pttf*poses. Tilts is fitrotigh the courtesy of ilie VVcnI Virginiatt hotel com*piny Ail antenna Will }** erected wttUfdf# feet higher than th#hotel roof vThe equipment cotitrarti d for N the most modern and i* of the ria**s ■ I specified fwsdf by the Federal r»-d, I din s onutlie^iou. The ffceftet order t of the com in Union has rendered ae| nrii flcaljy utieolete nearly alt the broadcast ing stations heretofore erected, and they will have to be re* built. The new crystal control d. | bow required will keep the atations on their wave length and prevent spreading Into other «hannri* nearby This will insure reception fromKtatfcm* without interference from* other stations as at present. TIM|cummlesion reached conclusion thata* | receiving s«»tn have developedjhja I to the point that they are practically in ! Perfect, and that the uoUe now soannoying tan be eliminated lev itn*u. I proving the sending nets, Iti the fti*tiire radio rmtptbm w ill he greatly| Unmoved, according l » * emuf The Daily Tt U graph (eels that I fine is n great forward step for the IU ab i lllueft*very fortunate for it i* the l**t al-t location that sill rna-i* in this,- | section of the country. There werei -i,eti ig. I®*|of the deciding fa* tor* was Blue* [ fie id’s location, as the commissionmade * Hutments so tpjt all esc: ton#of the country could be served.West Virginia now has fire broad* stations: Wheeling, Fair-net i f, F;iar ?c »| Hunt ugtoa, ande *■0Hin-reSi*;ti the neighborhood m three than*nade allotment* so that atl section aMinefield permit pa* granted. OnaL Minefield. The (diaries ton andHuntington stations divide timej sliile film Held, Fairmont and \ Wheeling have unlimited time. Thestafion at Fairmont m named in, I honor of Senator Neeley, WMNN, h- i he Bit ield eta • will be sa ! equipped that surrounding townsVO I y * . * v* eutuiug *anH j ' i°rai e Jio, lyr Ming the tel Ed | on# line®.j Tbs plan* of station Will# nowI ar® to W on the air in the daytime for the benefit of the shut-ins and pW j * lay at heme*. A radio operator I who bolds a government license will | lie in charge of th# station. The ! wave length of WHIS will he foundI between and th on the dial.I The usefulness of au« h a facility j wilt lie readily seen A city to b# — really on the map must have a55^ 1 broad* art’ing station to tell the worldits story.i n.*arth* tie»dI*
Newspaper Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Feb 24, 1929
Page 1
Full Page
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Sammi B.
NA 10 May 2021
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