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Today in WV History
27 Jun

WHIS in Bluefield went on air with a broadcast featuring the local Lions Club quartet

One of West Virginia's pioneer radio stations, WHIS had its origins in the ambitions of Hugh and Jim Shott, sons of Hugh Ike Shott Sr. (1866—1953), owner of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and later a congressman. The brothers made initial efforts a...

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