WJSV is run by students of Morristown High School and owned by the Morris School District.
WJSV originally came on the air in 1926 as WTRC in Brooklyn, New York then was moved to Arlington, Virginia, the following year and became WJSV in 1928.
WJSV changed its call letters to WTOP in 1943; the station is still on the air to this day.
In June, 1932, the station was purchased by CBS and moved from Mount Vernon Hills to Alexandria, Virginia.
WJSV was off the air for about three months during this period and resumed broadcasting on October 20, 1932.
WJSV was a key training ground for pioneering newsman Bob Trout in the 1930s before he became a network correspondent.
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WJSV 90.5 FM : the official web site(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WJSV is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate with a carrier frequency of 90.5 megahertz (MHz) at a regulated power output of 150 watts.
Serving primarily the Morris county area with its new age rock format, WJSV has a potential audience of a million listeners within an approximate 30-mile circular radius from the transmitter site.
WJSV can be heard every Monday through Friday from 8 AM - 10 PM, when Morristown High School is in session.*
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www.dailyrecord.com - Local News - Day In the Life: Morristown High School(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WJSV 90.5 FM is one of three high school radio stations in New Jersey and broadcasts throughout Morris County.
WJSV has been operating for 34 years and is the oldest high school radio station in New Jersey.
Both WJSV and JSV-TV are key components of Morristown High School and the uniqueness that surrounds it.
The original WJSV was located in Mt Vernon Hills,Virginia (and in conflicting data Alexandria, or Washington DC) on the dial at 1460 AM (FM broadcast wasn't viable until 1946).
Butcher (1910-59), who was a Naval Aide to President Dwight Eisenhower, was Manager of radio station WJSV (later WTOP) in Washington D.C. from 1932-1934 and Vice President in charge of WJSV from 1934-1942.
WJSV was a CBS affiliate and in 1939 recorded its entire broadcast day (no small feat in the pre-audio tape era), which you can check out at the Old Time Radio site.
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 Arlington, Virginia, the following year and became WJSV in 1928.
CBS bought the station from the Klan in 1931, officially moved the station to Washington (although the transmitter site remained in Virginia) and made WJSV its afilliate in the nation's capital.
The National Recording Registry, established under the terms of the National Preservation Act of 2000, names 50 recordings each year that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Five hundred and thirteen nominations for the registry were considered from members of the public and from the National Recording Preservation Board.
Two of the recordings selected this year from the holdings of the National Archives are original: The Complete Day of Broadcasting of Washington radio station WJSV from 1939, and the Inaugural Ceremony of President John F. Kennedy.
Everything is heard as it was broadcast from rise and shine with Arthur Godfrey at 6:30 a.m.; through midday soap operas and dramas with the "Romance of Helen Trent" and the "Life and Loves of Dr. Susan".
WJSV first started broadcasting on February 22, 1971 from Morristown High School.
However, in 1971, WJSV (see above) signed on at 90.5 from Morristown and given the receiver technology at the time, WHPH was all but silenced, unless you were within a half-mile of the Municipal Building.
Somehow, WHPH and WJSV worked out a share-time deal on the Morristown transmitter at 90.5, at which point WHPH abandoned the then-virtually useless 90.3.
The call letters were changed to WJSV, the initials of the owner of the date, Mr.
In March, 1940, WJSV moved its transmitter facilities from Mount Vernon Hills to Wheaton, Maryland (current location) and increased power from 10,000 to 50,000 watts.
On March 16, 1943, the call letters were changed from WJSV to WTOP with a new slogan, 'This is WTOP, the spot at the TOP of your dial.'
In 1931, he was doing odd jobs and developing scenarios for plays at radio station WJSV in Alexandria, Virginia, when he filled in on the air.
The Columbia Broadcasting Network (CBS) took WJSV as its first Washington, D.C. area affiliate in 1932, and Trout covered the election and inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the network.
In its first phase, 1931-1941, Trout performed on the air in a wide variety of capacities for WJSV and CBS.
"This is Columbia's station for the nation's capital: WJSV, Washington." And as the day rolled on, Local personalities Arthur Godfrey and Jean Abbey and Walter Johnson and Harry McTighe and staff organist John Salb all turned in their usual performances.
On October 30, 1939, the disks were turned over to the National Archives, and remain in the custody of that institution to the present day.
No restrictions were imposed by CBS or WJSV on the use of the material, and tape transfers of this complete broadcast day began to make their way into Old Time Radio collecting circles in the late 1970s, culminating with the release of a superior-sounding early-generation transfer from the original disks by J.
On Thursday, September 21, 1939, Radio station WJSV in Washington, DC transcribed its entire broadcast day.
WJSV Washington, DC - Thursday, September 21, 1939
Radio Station WTOP began as WTRC New York in 1926, relocating to Mount Vernon, Virginia in 1927 as WTFF, then changing calls to WJSV shortly thereafter, moving to DC in the mid-'30s and changing calls to WTOP in the '40s..
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"This is Columbia's station for the nation's capital: WJSV, Washington."
And as the day rolled on, Local personalities Arthur Godfrey and Jean Abbey and Walter Johnson and Harry McTighe and staff organist John Salb all turned in their usual performances.
And, best of all, you'll be supporting the First Generation Radio Archives efforts to "Preserve Radio's Past for the Future."
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This is a change in schedule from Sundays at 10:30 o'clock.
"Tales of the Foreign Legion," broadcast over WJSV Thursdays, 9 o'clock p.m., will leave that schedule after the presentation tonight, moving into the Friday period, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Written by Willis Cooper, who also plays the role of Mendoza, the Spanish legionnaire, this sustaining series is produced in Chicago.
WJSV BROADCAST DAY(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thursday, September 21, 1939 (The Complete Broadcast Day) Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to Congress, and radio station WJSV, 1460 AM, Washington, DC, recorded their entire broadcast day to keep a record of it.
This is a rare sneak peak at an entire pre-World War II day in the life of America.
You can also find a this complete listing, along with sample sound clips, at the following URL: http:/www.signalalpha.com