The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the availability of the
business files, historical files, and photographs of WRVA Radio for
research.

WRVA Radio of Richmond, Virginia aired its first broadcast on November 2,
1925 and was considered the "Voice of Virginia" for many decades.  In
addition to local, national, and world news broadcasts, WRVA featured such
programs as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old Dominion Barn Dance, the
Sunshine Hour, Calling All Cooks, and the Quiz of Two Cities.  WRVA
announcers included Harvey Hudson, Sam Carey, Alden Aaroe, Lou Dean, Lewis
Martin, Tim Timberlake, and many others.

The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and documents the history
of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and Richmond for over
half-a-century, and the development of radio in Virginia and the United
States.  The collection is also rich in material on the station's original
owners, tobacco manufacturers, Larus & Brother Company.

The collection also includes numerous sound recordings, but these are CLOSED
INDEFINITELY for preservation and conversion purposes.

An on-line finding aid is accessible through the Library of Virginia's
homepage at <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/>.  Click on "What We Have," "Archives
and Manuscripts Catalog," do a keyword search for "WRVA", then select the
"hit" for WRVA, you will be taken to the catalog record for the collection.
If you then select "Finding Aid" at the top of the screen, you will be taken
to a container listing and more complete description of the collection.

Collection material can be accessed in the manuscripts reading room at the
Library of Virginia.  For more information please contact Archives Reference
staff at (804) 692-3888 or by electronic mail at [log in to unmask]

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