Re: WEVD (was WFAN New York)

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

Dan wrote--
>>
>I don't think WEVD was ever owned by Debs. The Debs Memorial fund was a
>creature of the Forward Association, publishers of the (then) Jewish Daily
>Forward. My understanding is that the station was named after Debs but was
>never actually owned by him. The call letters are Debs' initials. 

I stand (or sit) corrected.  I had thought that early in the 20s, he was
involved in some way, but the records I have from the FRC say no.  In fact,
in 1928, the FRC tried to delete WEVD-- evidently, they had a change of heart. 

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