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PublicationsIX. Photographs, 1925-2000X. ArtifactsXI. Sound RecordingsXII. Films and VideosXIII. News Tape MorgueXIV. Special Programs and Airchecks, 1981-1994","WRVA was officially dedicated on 2 November 1925. Owned and\n         operated by Larus \u0026 Brother Company, manufacturers of\n         Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco and other tobacco products, the\n         station initially operated as a community station without\n         commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. The\n         Corn Cob Pipe Club was one of the many regular programs begun\n         in 1925. It proved so popular with listeners throughout the\n         United States and Canada that by July 1935, almost nine\n         hundred clubs were established in the United States and\n         foreign countries. By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.","In 1968, Larus \u0026 Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner.","The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. The collection is also rich\n         in material on the Larus \u0026 Brother Company, including\n         histories, anniversary booklets, photographs of officials,\n         employees, and factories, and promotions.","The sound recordings date from the 1930's to the 1990's and\n         contain news broadcasts of significant local, state, national,\n         and world events and personalities, programs of a local and\n         regional interest, including the Capitol Squirrel, Calling All\n         Cooks, the Radio Scholarship Quiz, and the Quiz of Two Cities,\n         and musical programs, such as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old\n         Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, and the Silver Star\n         Quartet. Selected sound recordings are now available for use on       CD.  Each CD has been cataloged individually. Search The Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts Catalog to find WRVA sound recordings of interest.","Debbie J. Ashley, WRVA Office Manager (retired), contributed significant personal time and effort to gather and help preserve these records and audio/visual materials.","The original verbatim\n            transcript of the dedication of the WRVA transmitter in\n            Varina in 1939 can be viewed, but to read text, please use\n            photocopies.  Permission must be requested in writing from WRVA/Clear Channel Communications to reproduce any sound recordings.","Business Records\n         Collection, Acc. 38210","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Collection, 1925-2000"],"collection_ssim":["Collection, 1925-2000"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["38210"],"unitid_tesim":["38210"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["WRVA Radio"],"creator_ssim":["WRVA Radio"],"access_terms_ssm":["The original verbatim\n            transcript of the dedication of the WRVA transmitter in\n            Varina in 1939 can be viewed, but to read text, please use\n            photocopies.  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Owned and\n         operated by Larus \u0026amp; Brother Company, manufacturers of\n         Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco and other tobacco products, the\n         station initially operated as a community station without\n         commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. The\n         Corn Cob Pipe Club was one of the many regular programs begun\n         in 1925. It proved so popular with listeners throughout the\n         United States and Canada that by July 1935, almost nine\n         hundred clubs were established in the United States and\n         foreign countries. By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, Larus \u0026amp; Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["WRVA was officially dedicated on 2 November 1925. Owned and\n         operated by Larus \u0026 Brother Company, manufacturers of\n         Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco and other tobacco products, the\n         station initially operated as a community station without\n         commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. The\n         Corn Cob Pipe Club was one of the many regular programs begun\n         in 1925. It proved so popular with listeners throughout the\n         United States and Canada that by July 1935, almost nine\n         hundred clubs were established in the United States and\n         foreign countries. By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.","In 1968, Larus \u0026 Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWRVA Radio Collection, 1925-2000. Accession 38210,\n            Business records collection, The Library of Virginia,\n            Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["WRVA Radio Collection, 1925-2000. Accession 38210,\n            Business records collection, The Library of Virginia,\n            Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. 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Search The Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts Catalog to find WRVA sound recordings of interest.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDebbie J. Ashley, WRVA Office Manager (retired), contributed significant personal time and effort to gather and help preserve these records and audio/visual materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. The collection is also rich\n         in material on the Larus \u0026 Brother Company, including\n         histories, anniversary booklets, photographs of officials,\n         employees, and factories, and promotions.","The sound recordings date from the 1930's to the 1990's and\n         contain news broadcasts of significant local, state, national,\n         and world events and personalities, programs of a local and\n         regional interest, including the Capitol Squirrel, Calling All\n         Cooks, the Radio Scholarship Quiz, and the Quiz of Two Cities,\n         and musical programs, such as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old\n         Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, and the Silver Star\n         Quartet. Selected sound recordings are now available for use on       CD.  Each CD has been cataloged individually. Search The Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts Catalog to find WRVA sound recordings of interest.","Debbie J. Ashley, WRVA Office Manager (retired), contributed significant personal time and effort to gather and help preserve these records and audio/visual materials."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original verbatim\n            transcript of the dedication of the WRVA transmitter in\n            Varina in 1939 can be viewed, but to read text, please use\n            photocopies.  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By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.","In 1968, Larus \u0026 Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner.","The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. The collection is also rich\n         in material on the Larus \u0026 Brother Company, including\n         histories, anniversary booklets, photographs of officials,\n         employees, and factories, and promotions.","The sound recordings date from the 1930's to the 1990's and\n         contain news broadcasts of significant local, state, national,\n         and world events and personalities, programs of a local and\n         regional interest, including the Capitol Squirrel, Calling All\n         Cooks, the Radio Scholarship Quiz, and the Quiz of Two Cities,\n         and musical programs, such as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old\n         Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, and the Silver Star\n         Quartet. 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Owned and\n         operated by Larus \u0026amp; Brother Company, manufacturers of\n         Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco and other tobacco products, the\n         station initially operated as a community station without\n         commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. The\n         Corn Cob Pipe Club was one of the many regular programs begun\n         in 1925. It proved so popular with listeners throughout the\n         United States and Canada that by July 1935, almost nine\n         hundred clubs were established in the United States and\n         foreign countries. By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, Larus \u0026amp; Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["WRVA was officially dedicated on 2 November 1925. Owned and\n         operated by Larus \u0026 Brother Company, manufacturers of\n         Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco and other tobacco products, the\n         station initially operated as a community station without\n         commercial revenue and broadcast only two evenings a week. The\n         Corn Cob Pipe Club was one of the many regular programs begun\n         in 1925. It proved so popular with listeners throughout the\n         United States and Canada that by July 1935, almost nine\n         hundred clubs were established in the United States and\n         foreign countries. By January 1926, the station increased its\n         schedule to three nights a week, and by 1929, WRVA was\n         broadcasting day and night seven days a week. Also in 1929,\n         the station increased its power from 1,000 watts to 5,000\n         watts and became affiliated with the National Broadcasting\n         Company (NBC). In May 1933, WRVA opened new broadcasting\n         studios in the Hotel Richmond, on 9th and Grace Streets. In\n         April 1935, the station built and began using the first\n         all-wood self-supporting radio tower in America. On 27 June\n         1937, WRVA joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) as a\n         full time affiliate. On 17 March 1939, the 50,000 watt\n         transmitter, located in eastern Henrico County was officially\n         dedicated. In March 1940, Sunshine Sue and Her Rangers first\n         broadcast on WRVA. In September 1946, WRVA leased the old\n         Lyric Theater on 9th and Broad Street and the Old Dominion\n         Barn Dance began airing on WRVA. On 28 January 1959, WRVA\n         rejoined NBC. On 29 May 1968, the new WRVA studio, located in\n         historic Church Hill and overlooking Richmond, was\n         dedicated.","In 1968, Larus \u0026 Brother Company reorganized and became\n         the Larus Investing Company. In July 1968, WRVA AM and FM\n         became WRVA Radio, Inc. and WRVA-FM Radio, Inc., respectively,\n         subsidiary corporations of the Larus Investing Company. Larus\n         Investing Company sold its entire WRVA stock to Southern\n         Broadcasting Company of Winston, Salem, North Carolina in\n         November 1969. In August 1977, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Inc.,\n         purchased Southern Broadcasting Company, including WRVA-AM and\n         WRVQ-FM. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., sold the radio\n         stations to Edens Broadcasting Company, a company formed by\n         the senior managers of Harte- Hanks Radio, Inc., a subsidiary\n         of Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., in December 1984. In\n         September 1991, WRVA was sold to Force II Communication, L.\n         P., of San Diego. In the Spring 1992, Clear Channel\n         Communications bought WRVA and is the current owner."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWRVA Radio Collection, 1925-2000. Accession 38210,\n            Business records collection, The Library of Virginia,\n            Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["WRVA Radio Collection, 1925-2000. Accession 38210,\n            Business records collection, The Library of Virginia,\n            Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. The collection is also rich\n         in material on the Larus \u0026amp; Brother Company, including\n         histories, anniversary booklets, photographs of officials,\n         employees, and factories, and promotions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe sound recordings date from the 1930's to the 1990's and\n         contain news broadcasts of significant local, state, national,\n         and world events and personalities, programs of a local and\n         regional interest, including the Capitol Squirrel, Calling All\n         Cooks, the Radio Scholarship Quiz, and the Quiz of Two Cities,\n         and musical programs, such as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old\n         Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, and the Silver Star\n         Quartet. Selected sound recordings are now available for use on       CD.  Each CD has been cataloged individually. Search The Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts Catalog to find WRVA sound recordings of interest.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDebbie J. Ashley, WRVA Office Manager (retired), contributed significant personal time and effort to gather and help preserve these records and audio/visual materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and\n         contains applause letters, minutes, anniversary booklets,\n         program scripts, program guides, newsletters, histories,\n         interviews, employee questionnaires, sales manuals, audience\n         and sales promotions, rate cards, listener surveys, posters,\n         newspaper clippings, FCC applications and reports, drawings,\n         photographs, and sound recordings. This material documents the\n         history of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and\n         Richmond for over half-a-century, and the development of radio\n         in Virginia and the United States. The collection is also rich\n         in material on the Larus \u0026 Brother Company, including\n         histories, anniversary booklets, photographs of officials,\n         employees, and factories, and promotions.","The sound recordings date from the 1930's to the 1990's and\n         contain news broadcasts of significant local, state, national,\n         and world events and personalities, programs of a local and\n         regional interest, including the Capitol Squirrel, Calling All\n         Cooks, the Radio Scholarship Quiz, and the Quiz of Two Cities,\n         and musical programs, such as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old\n         Dominion Barn Dance, the Sunshine Hour, and the Silver Star\n         Quartet. Selected sound recordings are now available for use on       CD.  Each CD has been cataloged individually. Search The Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts Catalog to find WRVA sound recordings of interest.","Debbie J. Ashley, WRVA Office Manager (retired), contributed significant personal time and effort to gather and help preserve these records and audio/visual materials."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original verbatim\n            transcript of the dedication of the WRVA transmitter in\n            Varina in 1939 can be viewed, but to read text, please use\n            photocopies.  Permission must be requested in writing from WRVA/Clear Channel Communications to reproduce any sound recordings.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The original verbatim\n            transcript of the dedication of the WRVA transmitter in\n            Varina in 1939 can be viewed, but to read text, please use\n            photocopies.  Permission must be requested in writing from WRVA/Clear Channel Communications to reproduce any sound recordings."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eBusiness Records\n         Collection, Acc. 38210\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Business Records\n         Collection, Acc. 38210"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2435,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:00.513Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00565"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Library of Virginia","value":"Library of 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