September 1: Happy Birthday! Wiley Klein Sims
Wiley Klein Sims was born on this day in 1898, in Alabama, to Wiley Cunningham and Mattie Victoria Irvin Sims. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and taught school for two...
Tagged: WSJS radio
May 19,1941: WSJS Radio Has New Home on Spruce Street
On this day in 1941, WSJS Radio formally opened their new home on North Spruce Street. WSJS Radio began in 1930, and the studio was originally located on the second floor of the Journal-Sentinel...
April 18,1943: WSJS Has New Transmitter
On this day in 1943, WSJS radio brought into service its 5,000-watt transmitting plant at Old Town. The photo above at left shows a close-up view of the base of one of...