Re: "all-girl" radio

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

>David wrote--
>Tonight's installment took the "all-girl" station from 1955 to 1970.
>WHER gets points for longevity but I still wonder about that claim to be
>the first station staffed entirely by women.  Headline in the Worcester
>Sunday Telegram 4 April 1943:  "W1XTG to Be Manned By All-Girl Staff."


And LOOOOOONG before that, in January of 1927, WASN, the All Shopping News 
station, was put on the air by the late great John Shepard 3rd.  It was 
comprised on 5 women (I have their photos) and the sales staff & managers 
were all women too.