Wheeling Steel Radio Program Transcription Disks, 1943

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Wheeling Steel Radio Program Transcription Disks, A&M 4746, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet 1 flat storage box (3 in.)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Wheeling Steel Radio Program Transcription Disks, A&M 4746, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Set of 11 transcription disks of the Wheeling Steel Radio Program.

Disks include performances by the Coca Cola Spotlight Band and the Musical Steelmakers.

"It's Wheeling Steel!" was a radio program developed by John L. Grimes, advertising executive for the Wheeling Steel Corporation, that ran from 1936 to 1944. The program's content consisted of light classics, popular songs, and show tunes, performed by an orchestra of local musicians, as well as an assortment of amateur "headliner" performers, all of whom were drawn from the corporation's extended family of employees. The program was an instant success with local audiences. When it was picked up by the Mutual Broadcasting System in January 1939, its appeal proved to be nationwide. (Source: Cuthbert, John A. "'In Steel and Song': The Wheeling Steel Radio Show". Goldenseal, Winter 1992. )

The Wheeling Steel Corporation was created in 1920 by bringing together three independent companies from the Wheeling, West Virginia, area.

Acquisition information:
Gift from Karelis, Rebekah, 2015 November 9.
Physical / technical requirements:

Materials are transcription disks with glass backs; they are fragile. One disk is damaged.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Radio
Names:
It's Wheeling Steel (Radio program)
Places:
Wheeling (W. Va.)