WJSV

WJSV-FM is a student-run radio station in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Radio - Morristown, New Jersey

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The former WJSV was a radio station that recorded its entire broadcast day on September 21, 1939. The recording includes many famous radio programs of the time (including Amos and Andy), a Washington Senators baseball game, and a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt. The recording was saved in the National Archives and still exists today; many old time radio websites have excerpts of the WJSV broadcast day and offer copies for sale.

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September 21 - 1939 - Amos and Andy - Washington Senators - President - Franklin Roosevelt - National Archives - Old time radio

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WJSV originally came on the air in 1926 as WTRC in Brooklyn, New York, owned by a faction of the Ku Klux Klan. The station was moved to Washington, DC the following year and bcame WJSV in 1928. CBS bought the station from the Klan in 1931 and made WJSV its afilliate in the nation's capital. WJSV changed its call letters to WTOP in 1943; the station is still on the air to this day.

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Brooklyn, New York - Ku Klux Klan - Washington, DC - CBS - WTOP

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