Talk:WSTV (AM)

Removed history
I realize this was removed due to lack of sources, but here it is, so as not to lose it somewhere in the edit history. Hopefully, much of this can return, though I would suggest rewriting it and cleaning it up, referencing the material and removing the fluffy POV stuff. I noticed that this history was reprinted on WSTV's website:

''WSTV signed on the air in 1940 and was the dominant station in the Steubenville-Weirton market. Up until the late 1980s WSTV had higher ratings than any FM station in the market including its sister station WRKY FM 103.5.

On the 30th of October, T.J. Slowie, Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., sent a telegram to Steubenville. In it he authorized the first programming on WSTV, an AM station whose studios were located on the third floor of the Exchange Realty Building on Market Street.

WSTV, "the Voice of the Valley," was born. Forty-nine civic and business leaders from the city had banded together to start the station and dedicated it to serving the community. When WSTV went on the air they were a part of the Mutual Broadcasting Network and a member of the Friendly Group, an alliance of four radio stations in Steubenville, Pittsburgh, Atlantic City, and Kingston, NY.

WSTV was a news leader in the Valley even then. One of its first broadcasts was the result of the 1940 presidential elections. WSTV beamed the news of the attack at Pearl Harbor into the homes of the valley's citizens. Later they carried news of FDR's death, and the happier news of V-E Day and V-J Day.

The staff of WSTV wasn't willing to stop at simply reporting the news. In the spring of 1945 WSTV started the Steubenville Radio Forum moderated by A. Robert Anderson, then pastor of the 5th Street Methodist Church. On the 21st of October, 1946 during that program Harry Cochran, Local News Editor, delivered an editorial that sparked the greatest transformation in the history of Steubenville. At the time crime in the city was rampant; corruption among elected officials was expected. Because of the officials’ corruption, unchecked crime, and open displays of vice, Steubenville had taken on the reputation and name of “Little Chicago.” Cochran decided that he had had enough and declared on air, "It's time for a rat extermination campaign in Steubenville." An association of 12 ministers agreed, banded together, and proceeded to stamp out prostitution, gambling, and official corruption. For their involvement in the effort, WSTV won a plaque and special recognition from Variety Magazine for displaying “responsibility to the community.”''--Fightingirish (talk) 16:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * That website copies this information off one of our mirror sites. I have been able to add back the information about first reporting on JFK's assassination and the start of World War II from the WTRF-TV article and video report, but the rest I can still not confirm via any sources available though many a-search.  I would gladly welcome any help that anyone can give. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 00:21, 23 December 2011 (UTC)