WSVH records

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Georgia Historical Society Creator: WSVH (Radio station : Savannah, Ga.) Title: WSVH records Dates: 1980-1989 Extent: 1.0 cubic feet (1 box) Identification: MS 1853

Biographical/Historical Note

WSVH is a FM public radio station that broadcasts from Savannah, Georgia and serves the entire Georgia coastline. The station was established by A. Leonard Kantziper and began broadcasting in April 1981. WSVH was independently run until 1988 when it joined the state wide public radio network, Peach State Public Radio, which is an affiliate of Georgia Public Broadcasting. WSVH broadcasts on 91.1 FM and plays mostly European classical music, jazz, and news from National Public Radio.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains correspondence, budgets, station publications, newspaper clippings, and two mugs from the WSVH radio station from 1980 to 1989. These records relate to the station's founding in 1981 and its membership in the Peach State Public Radio network.

Index Terms

Artifacts (object genre) Budgets. Clippings (information artifacts) Georgia Public Broadcasting. Letters (correspondence) Peach State Public Radio (Ga.) Radio stations--Georgia--Savannah. Serials (publications) WSVH (Radio station : Savannah, Ga.)

Administrative Information

Processing Information

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions The collection is open for research.

Sponsorship

Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.