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THIS DAY IN VIRGINIA HISTORY

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November 02, 1950

First Transmitting Plant, 1920s, Photograph, WRVA Radio Collection, Accession 38210, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

The 25th Anniversary of WRVA Was Celebrated

This sound clip comes from the beginning of a 25th-anniversary program from Richmond radio station WRVA. One of the earliest radio stations in Virginia, it was owned and operated by Larus & Brother Company and began broadcasting on November 2, 1925. The station initially operated as a community station without commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. Within three months, the station had increased its schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Today, Clear Channel Communications owns WRVA.

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