National-Dime Bank East End Branch – Photo from Shamokin News-Dispatch July 1958
In 1932 the Dime Trust and Safe Deposit Company merged with the Shamokin National Bank to become the National-Dime Bank of Shamokin. National-Dime was one of the largest financial institutions in Shamokin serving customers with personal and commercial loans, Christmas clubs, and savings and checking accounts. The bank’s corporate offices and main branch were located at the corner of Market and Independence Streets in downtown Shamokin, the current location of M&T Bank. In March of 1968 the National-Dime Bank merged with The Pennsylvania National Bank and Trust Company of Pottsville.
Pennsylvania National Bank And Trust Company Logo, circa 1968
In 1958, The National-Dime Bank of Shamokin was in expansion mode. A merger with the First National Bank of Trevorton was completed on May 28th 1958 with the Trevorton Branch of The National-Dime Bank opening on June 2nd. Around the same time, renovations were underway at the corner of Independence and Shamokin Streets for what would become the East End branch of National-Dime and their third location.
Advertisement promoting the National-Dime Bank East End Branch Open House – Shamokin News-Dispatch July 14th 1958
The official grand opening of the East End branch commenced on July 15th 1958 with an open house celebration. The open house was attended by directors of the National-Dime Bank, local leaders and featured a live broadcast by WISL Radio.
National-Dime Bank East End Branch ribbon cutting – Shamokin News-Dispatch July 16th 1958
It’s not surprising that WISL Radio would be on-hand to help promote the opening of the new, modern banking facility considering Henry W. Lark, owner of WISL Radio, was also the president of The National-Dime Bank of Shamokin.
National-Dime Bank Grand Opening article – Shamokin News-Dispatch July 16th 1958
The WISL Broadcast took place from 4pm to 10pm and featured interviews with a number of people of interest who were in attendance. The audio clip that we have to share includes one of those notable persons, Mary Roebling.
Mary Roebling 1958
Mary Roebling was a pioneer for women in banking, becoming the President of Trenton Trust in 1937 and also the first woman ever to become president of a banking institution. When Roebling took control of Trenton Trust, the country was in the throws of The Great Depression and the bank was facing $4 million dollars in debt with only $11 million dollars in assets. By 1951, she not only was able to pull her bank through the financial crisis but also increased the banks assets to $70 million dollars. That same year she also scored the bank’s biggest client to date by securing the business of U.S. Steel.
Roebling lent her success to the cause of women’s rights and constantly promoted women in business and spoke out against sexism in the boardroom. In addition to becoming the first woman to serve as a bank president she was also the first woman governor on the American Stock Exchange, was the founder of the first female-owned bank, the Woman’s Bank of Denver in 1978 and first woman member of Union League Club in Philadelphia.
WISL transcription disc Label from Mary Roebling Interview
Roebling was a friend and colleague of Henry Lark and made the trip from Trenton to Shamokin for the open house event. In the following audio exhibit, we have a rare recording of Roebling as she congratulates Henry Lark on his expansion of National-Dime. This recording was likely made on premise at the new East End branch and broadcast during the 4pm to 10pm broadcast.
AUDIO EXHIBIT
Mary Roebling at the Grand Opening of The National-Dime Bank East End Branch, July 15th, 1958
WISL Radio celebrated their third birthday on January 27th 1951 by running a full-page advertisement in the Shamokin News-Dispatch. In the advertisement you will see a massive list of all of the sponsors heard on WISL as well as a list of some of the Mutual Network programs aired by WISL.
The list of advertisers is transcribed below. It is truly incredible to see just how many businesses operated in the Shamokin area in the post-war era.
Albertini Motors Alexander’s Restaurant Amato Cleaners Double-A Wafers Anchor Diner Ann’s Dress Shop Anthracite Auto Leonard Appichel, Contractor Arcade Beauty Salon Arena Gardens Joseph Arnoldin & Sons Atlas Rug Cleaners Baker’s Auto Exchange Midnight Cafe Ballentine’s Radiator Shop Baum’s Sport Center John A. Belsky Ben’s Fur Shop Kaiser Frazer Dealers Black Diamond M. R. Bodner-Studebaker Dealer The Bootery Bowl-Mor Rowling Alleys Raymond Boyle, Service Station Burkett’s Service Station Burns Furniture Bycoskie Motors Camera & Music Mart Caravella Amusement Enterprises Catino & Krayniak Auto Sales Central Sales & Service Choplick’s Cafe Cohen’s Men’s Shop John J. Chowka, Mortician Crissincer Motors Croll Furniture Crone’s Crowl Tire Company Dale Circus Daniel’s Pottery Danville Livestock Market James A. Davis Davis Hosiery Company Dell Cleaners Sam Dluge Dobroski Furniture Dornbach Motors Durdach Brothers Dusick & Hoberg John J. Dusick Eagle Shoe Shop East End Beverage Company Edgewood Park Edgewood Restaurant Eisenhart’s Ely’s Sample Shoe Store Emily’s Corset Shop Emworth’s Poultry Fetterolf Chevrolet Firestone Store Follmer’s Florist Forman’s Furniture Fraternal Order of Eagles Fryling Stationery Fun Novelty Company Fuhrmann & Schmidt Gallagher’s Charles N. Geist Ghezzi’s Girard Investment Company Wlllard P. Graber, Insurance Guinan’s Department Store V. C. Hack & Sons Hazel’s Gift Shop Herr Gas & Oil Company Economy Stores Ben Hirsh Shoe Store Hodrick’s Appliance Home Furniture Company Horowitz’s Houghton’s Summer Resort Household Appliance Ideal Park Island Park Jay’s New York Store Jeddo Store Jepko’s Jones Hardware Company Katch Furniture Keystone Auto Electric King Music House Kirby Sales & Service Kiwanis Club Ernest Klase Kline Motors Knoebel’s Groves Charles Krebs Stores Kresge Store Kulpmont Athletic Club Kulpmont Auto Wreckers Kuzo Brothers James LaCross Store 1st Roundup Cafe Lazarus Store Leader-Hamilton Company Leaven’s & Donlan Liachowitz Jewelers Little Giant Loyal Order of Moose Lupold’s Furniture Little Norway M&L Cleaners McElwee’s Jewelry Store Madden’s Vacuum Cleaner Service Maine Fire Company B. Mallett A Sons Mallett’s Variety M. J. Marcinek Martin & Kohler C. E. Hoover Mertz Motor Sales Miller Brothers Shoes Miller’s Cafe Reba Miller Mount Carmel Motors Modern Dress Shop Monarch Laundry Moser’s Department Store Mowery’s Radio Service Moyer’s Sunoco Service Murphy & Scovern Natalie Drive-In Natalie Grove National-Dime Bank J. J. Newberry Thomas Nicholas, Plating Nu-W’ay Drive-In Dunkleberger’s Furniture Pearock Shop Parenzan’s Music Store Peter Patti Penn Premier Shows J. C. Penney Company Peter’s Hardware Store Peter’s Furniture Store Peter’s Appliances Store Phil’s Men’s & Boys’ Store Picarelli Markets Pipa’s Beverage Company Pitello’s Kiddies Shop Pitello’s Dairy Lunch Ralph Pupo R-Radio & Appliance Raker Lumber & Planing Company Raup Lumber & Construction Company Reed’s Milk & Ice Cream George H. Reitz Jewelry J. T. Rhoades, Florist Rolling Green Park Rosini Brothers Restaurant Rosini Brothers Coal Helen Rosini, Beautician Rummel’s Nursery SOS Radio Electric Sam’s Restaurant Same Day Vacuum Service Shoener’s Millinery Schneider’s Philco Dealer Shades’ Venetian Blind Service Shamokin Bible Depot Shamokin Christian Laymen’s Association Shamokin Cycle Shop Shamokin Equipment Company Shamokin Flying Service Shamokin Home Association Shamokin Sports Supply Shamokin Tire Service Shamokin Upholstering Shamokin Ready Mixed Concrete Company Shusner’s House of Glass Silverman’s Variety Smart Shop Smink’s Book Shop Marlin B. Snyder, Roofing Sperry & Hutchinson E. C. Stashinski Style Shop Superior Furniture Superior Electric George Swank Switzer’s Cafe Tomol’s Troutman Motors Union Fire Company Union Beverage Company Vallish Furniture Stank’s Victory Fur Shop S. Watral & Son Weller Brothers West Ward Building & Loan Association O. K. Wetzel Wolfe’s Department Store Wolfgang’s Electric Service Workmen’s Supply Worth’s Yellow Cab Company Youth For Christ Harold Zeigler Appliances H. A. Zimmerman, Jeweler Roy Zimmerman Appliances Capitol Theatre Victoria Theatre A & P Stores Albermarle Hotel, Atlantic City Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Big Boy Auto Parts Brest Packing Company Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers of America Buckley Amusement Enterprises Butter Krust Baking Company Clark Packing Company Clark’s Feed Mills Congress of Industrial Organizations Theron D. Conrad, Investment Securities Chevrolet Dealers Crosley Shelvador Dealers Cluckey’s Fur Studios Crowl Chemical Company Dayton Tire Dealers D & H Distributing Company Eastern Press Edward’s Lakes-to-Sea System Electro-Metallurgical Company Insulation Service Company International Ladies Garment Workers Union K-B Frosted Foods Keller Auto Racing Bloomsburg Fair Lycoming County Fair Reading Fair Selinsgrove Fair Maurer’s Dairy Miller’s Auto Stores Neighborhood Bakery Northumberland Memorial Park Philco Dealers Rea & Derick, Inc. Real French Cleaners Roaring Creek Water Company Rusco Products Company Sanitary Diaper Service Shamokin Packing Company Spaulding Bakeries Shamokin Sanitary Milk Company Stegmaier Brewing Company Styletex Clothes Tharp’s Ice Cream Textile Workers Union Local No. 173, U. T. W. U. of A. Triangle Shoes Upholstering Schools Wise Potato Chips Williams Grove Park Yoch’s Bakery Company Academy Distributors Alamo Restaurant Anna Jane Beauty Shop Avellino Cafe Art’s Coffee Shop American-Australian Wool Shop Atkins Store Bardex Medicine Blue Goose Beaney’s Produce Bashore’s Ben Reimer’s Men’s Store Black Diamond Garage Broscious Farm Supply Capital Hospital Service Castetter’s Cafe Concannon’s Chrystal Bottling Company Central Food Markets Choplick’s Cafe Crone’s Cigar Store Cohen’s Hardware DeSantis & Deitman Body Shop D & R Radio & TV Sales Esso Dealers Exchange Club Enterprise Specialty Empire Vulcanizing Company Esslinger First National Bank of Mount Carmel Frank’s Cafe Forget-Me-Not Shop Green Meadow Poultry Market Louis Grossman & Sons Gordon Airport Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company Robert Graham Harner Motor Harry’s Grill Hummel’s Furniture Henry’s Auto Parts Russell M. Seeds Company Romberger Brothers Machine Shop Roth’s Store Highway Service Station Hagan’s Barber Shop Holy Name and Rosary Societies Henlee’s Dress Shop Huntsinger Harris Paint Store Rev. Heffner Irvin R. Enders Kennels Jay Store Johnny’s Market James Shop Alex Klepacki Kulpmont American Legion Andrew Kurillo Steve Kania Kaiser-Frazer Dealers Knights of Columbus Kulpmont Gas Company Kotanchik Lumber Company Keller Racing, Incorporated Kyle Jacobs Allen Krebs Lowery Electric Corporation Vincent Lupia L & S Oil Company William Loftus Lahr’s Wheel Service Liberty Shoe Repair Lee H. Mertz Lincoln-Mercury Cars Mount Carmel Business Men Millie’s Dress Shop Majestic Theatre Mount Carmel Self Service Shoe Store McDevitt’s Cafe McCann’s School of Business McElwee Home & Auto Supplies Martini Markets Mertz Motor Sales Miller’s Furniture May E. Jones Gift Shop Rev. Donald Martin Louis Matlow Novotny Electric Service Neversink Hotel O. P. O. Clothes Victor Paganotti Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Pennsylvania State Employment Service Prescription Shoe Store Phil’s Economy Store Pioneer Troubadors Casper Pinsker Michael Potts Peter’s Tavern Pep Auto Sales Jess Phillips Pinkey’s Market Polish Cadets Polish Dramatic Club Paul Roadarmel Meats Royalist Cigars Rovito & Company Ralpho Township High School James A. Reilley Ranshaw Furniture Ritz Cafe Shamokin Hair Dressers Sunoco Dealers Shade’s Auto Supply Shuey’s Jewelry Store Shusterman’s Sunbury Auto Wreckers Slim’s Lunch Harold Snyder Spriggle’s Men’s Wear Shamokin Merchants’ Council Shimock’s Furniture Serien C. Shipmen Steinhart Appliance Store Stroehman’s Bakery J. A. Seitzinger Superior Electric Service W. R. Thomas & Sons Thompson’s Advertising Service Urich’s Gladiola Garden United States Army United Men’s Shop Andrew Urban Weis Pure Food Stores West End Garage Wydra’s Cafe Warsaw Tavern Ed Waugh J. N. Werntz Willow Cafe Yuengling’s Young Folk’s Club Zurick & Zurick Paul Zimmerman
National Advertisers
Johns-Manville Corporation Quaker Oats Dawn Bible Students American Federation of Labor Murine Pierson Pharmaceutical First Church of Christ, Scientist United States Tobacco Company Lutheran Laymen’s League Kellogg Company Derby Foods Nabisco O’Henry Candy Bars Ronson Lighters Voice of Prophecy, Incorporated Proctor & Gamble Tide Joy Carling’s Ale Wilson Sporting Goods Gillette Razor Miles Laboratories Ballentine Beer Pabst Blue Ribbon Dodge Division (Chrysler Corporation) Plymouth Division (Chrysler Corporation) DeSoto Division (Chrysler Corporation) R. B. Semmler Ford Motor Company Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Hudson Motor Car Company Trimount Clothing Ralston Purina Philip Morris Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Miles Laboratories General Foods Bayuk Cigars Cudahy Packing Company Mutual of Omaha D-Con Nucoa Blue Goose Foods Pepsi Cola Perfect Circle Piston Rings Hudson Motor Car Company Annahist Corporation A. O. Smith Company Chamberlain Company Dari-Rich General Mills Gulf Corporation Episcopal Churches (National Council) East-West Shrine Committee American Schools Oldsmobile Dealers
Fire tore through the WISL Transmitter site located on Big Mountain on February 17th 1968 completely destroying all equipment and forcing the station of the air for a brief period of time. Below is an article published in the Shamokin News-Dispatch on February 19th 1968, the Monday following the fire. Thanks to Heather Sharp-Makal for uncovering this newspaper clipping.
Shamokin News-Dispatch Story February 19th 1968
On the same day that this article was published, WISL also ran a nice sized advertisement proclaiming that the station would be back on the air shortly and thanking listeners for their support and patience.
WISL AD from the Shamokin News-Dispatch February 19th 1968
Amazingly within days of being taken off the air by fire, WISL resumed broadcasting at 9am on February 21st 1968. A new transmitter building would be built in the coming months and would serve the station for more than three more decades. Below is the article from the Shamokin News-Dispatch announcing that WISL has returned to the air.
TV Guide Ad from 1958 for the Television Version of “Mr. District Attorney”
“Mr. District Attorney” was a very popular and long running radio drama. Starting in April 1939 as a 15-minute serial, the program would become a 30 minute program by June when it was named the summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. “Mr. District Attorney” was created, written and directed by Ed Byron who based the program on New York Governor Thomas Dewey who was famous for his war against racketeering. Byron sought to bring a very realistic program to the air. The stories were a product of Byron’s study of crime statistics, criminology texts and crime reports in the newspaper. Byron was known to even mix with local criminals and police to further his research.
David Brian “Mr. District Attorney” on the radio 1952-1953
From 1939 to 1952, “Mr. District Attorney” aired on NBC and ABC and starred Dwight Weist (1939 15-minute serials), Raymond Edward Johnson (1939 30-minute programs), Jay Jostyn (1940-1952) and David Brian (1952-1953 syndication) as the main character, simply called “Mr. District Attorney” or “Chief”.
Other cast members:
“Voice of the Law” – (The program’s opening announcer) Maurice Franklin and also Jay Jostyn before taking over the lead role.
“Miss Miller” – (Edith Miller the District Attorney’s secretary) Vicki Vola
“Miss Rand” – (The District Attorney’s receptionist) Eleanor Silver and Arlene Francis
“Len Harrington” – (The District Attorney’s Chief Investigator) Walter Kinsella and Len Doyle (1940 -1953)
“Mr. District Attorney” Ad from the Shamokin News-Dispatch October 16th 1954
The program began it’s television run on ABC on October 1st 1952, and was placed into general syndication on radio for the 1952 season.
WISL brought Mr. District Attorney to the air in late 1954, at the tail-end of it’s days on the radio. The episodes ran by WISL were the David Bryan independent syndication episodes. The program aired Sunday afternoons at 4pm and was sponsored locally by D&R Radio of Trevorton and Connaghan’s Music Store of Mount Carmel in what appears to be a ZENITH “co-op” advertising deal.
Presented here for your enjoyment are five original episodes of “Mr. District Attorney.”
AUDIO EXHIBITS
The Deadly Snowflake (original air date May 26, 1948)
The Unknown Source (original air date July 14, 1948)
The Bridal Path Murders (original air date May 31, 1953)
The Body On The Freight Train (original air date July 12, 1953)
Presented is an advertisement printed in the Shamokin News-Dispatch announcing the addition of FM radio service to WISL Radio in 1968. WISL-FM is now WBLJ-FM.
Original advertisement printed in the Shamokin News-Dispatch September 17th, 1968
Fire tore through the WISL Transmitter site located on Big Mountain on February 17th 1968 completely destroying all equipment and forcing the station of the air for a brief period of time. Below is an article published in the Shamokin News-Dispatch on February 19th 1968, the Monday following the fire. Thanks to Heather Sharp-Makal for uncovering this newspaper clipping.
Shamokin News-Dispatch Story February 19th 1968
On the same day that this article was published WISL also ran a nice sized ad proclaiming that the station would be back on the air shortly and thanking the listeners for their support and patience.
WISL AD from the Shamokin News-Dispatch February 19th 1968
Amazingly within days of being taken off the air by fire, WISL resumed broadcasting at 9am on February 21st 1968. A new transmitter building would be built in the coming months and would serve the station for more than three more decades. Below is the article from the Shamokin News-Dispatch announcing that WISL has returned to the air.
Letters To Santa Graphic from Guinan’s Advertisement (Shamokin News-Dispatch, December 2nd 1951)
Growing up in the Shamokin and Mount Carmel area, it’s likely that when you hear someone say “Letters To Santa” it brings a warm feeling to your heart. It may bring back memories of preparing your letter for Santa, probably with the help of your Mother or Father, and then either mailing it to WISL Radio (a.k.a. The North Pole) or going with Mom or Dad to drop it off at a local business, who would make sure it would get to Santa, then racing home from school, or maybe waking up extra early to hear Santa Clause read your letter live on WISL Radio.
“Letters To Santa” article (Broadcasting Magazine December 12th, 1949)
The program was “Letters To Santa” and was arguably the longest running program on WISL Radio. While it’s difficult to track down the exact details of the show’s origins, we do know that it dates back as far as 1949, one year after WISL Radio signed on. According to an article written in the December 19th, 1949 edition of Broadcasting Magazine, the program drew “thousands of pieces of mail from every community, both urban and rural, in the area” and featured two announcers who would alternate reading the letters live on the air. The program ran 15 minutes in length and was usually sponsored by one local business.
Radio Listings as published in the Shamokin News Dispatch December 23rd, 1954, Notice “Letters To Santa” airs at 4pm
The program continued throughout the 1950’s, airing at various times during the day, sometimes at 11am other times at 4pm. The popularity of “Letters To Santa” grew and by the early 1960’s was being hosted by WISL News Director Jim Riley. The format was fairly the same, letters would come to the station and would be simply read on the air by Riley. However, in 1961, that format would change and WISL’s “Letter’s To Santa” would take on a whole new meaning to children in the area.
Tom Kutza has always loved the Christmas season and has even considered himself to be one of Santa’s helpers. When he joined WISL in 1961, he said to himself, if he had anything to do with the “Letters To Santa” program, he would arrange to have Santa read the letters to the children. It wouldn’t be long before Tom got his wish. Jim Riley accepted a job with WHLM-AM radio in Bloomsburg, PA, and upon his departure Tom took over the “Letters To Santa Program.”
From this point on, not only would children get to hear their letters read on the air, but WISL Radio would “fire up their connection to the North Pole” so that Santa himself could read the letters live on the radio.
Guinan’s Department Store Ad from The Shamokin News-Dispatch December 2nd, 1954, telling kids to drop their letters off in their Toyland section.
Over the years there were many sponsors of the “Letters To Santa” program. In the 1950’s there was W.C. Hack & Sons and Guinan’s Department Store, both of which showed their support in newspaper ads in the Shamokin News Dispatch. Kutza said that during the 1960’s Reed’s Dairy was one of the major sponsors, and that kids could give their letter to the Reed’s delivery man to be read by Santa. Burger King was also a sponsor over the years, and kids could take their letters to the restaurant to get them to the big guy.
W.C. Hack & Son’s Ad from The Shamokin News-Dispatch November 24th, 1953. Note the mention of “Letters To Santa” at the bottom of the ad.
Kutza said that it has been interesting to see how toys have changed through the years. When he took over the program the children would “write for dolls and tinker-toys, but today it’s all computers and high tech gadgets.” The program has brought it’s share of heart breakers to the air as well, Kutza said that there were many letters asking Santa to “please get Daddy a job for Christmas” or “bring Daddy back from the war.” He shared with us a couple of the memorable happy stories from over the years:
Father Herbert Skurski from St. Stephen’s Church was loved by the children. Known as “The Magician” it saddened many when he was sent by the Archdiocese to a church in Nova Scotia. The Father was well known in the Shamokin area, so it wasn’t surprising when one youngster wrote a letter to Santa asking if he would please pick up Father Skurski in Nova Scotia on his way to Shamokin and bring him back for Christmas. Well, as luck would have it, Father Skurski was headed back to Shamokin for the season. Can you imagine how happy that youngster was to find that Santa had honored the wish and delivered Father Skurski to Shamokin, just in time for Christmas Mass?
Another story takes us back to the days of the Vietnam War. A young boy wrote to Santa “if it’s possible, could you bring daddy home for Christmas?” Kutza said that these letters were always the saddest, knowing that all this little guy wanted was his daddy home for Christmas, and that nothing could be done to make sure his wish came true. However in this case there was a little Christmas magic in the air. Christmas morning came and the little boy came downstairs from his room, hoping to see his daddy standing there. He looked and looked and there was no sign of his daddy. Sad and disappointed that his daddy was not there on Christmas morning, he looked at his mother and said “I guess Santa couldn’t bring daddy home.” What the boy didn’t know was that in the early morning hours, while he was sleeping his father did come home and was asleep upstairs. The boy’s mother said he should go look upstairs, maybe Santa had left him up there. Needless to say, Santa delivered, and their family was reunited for Christmas.
In 1998, Kutza left WISL and “Letters to Santa” came to an end, at least in it’s original form. Five years later, in 2003 the News-Item approached Kutza, who at the time was the Tourism Director of Northumberland County, about bringing the program back, this time through the magic of the world wide web. Kutza agreed and now children from anywhere in the world can send their letters directly to Santa and hear them read by him nightly through the News-Item’s website.
The tradition also continues on the WISL internet stream weekday night at 7pm through the month of December. Kutza said he is so thankful that the News-Item saw the value in this wonderful program and brought it back to life.
We were able to locate a couple vintage “Letters To Santa” programs from the 1990’s, they are presented here for your enjoyment. We are always looking to add to the archives, so if you or anyone you know may have recorded a “Letters To Santa” program on WISL feel free to email us at [email protected]. We will be happy to pick up cassettes or reel to reel tapes, transfer them to a digital format, return the originals and provide a digital copy in return. We would love to be able to share more Christmas Magic from “Letters To Santa.”
In 1953 WISL was celebrating five years of radio broadcasting in Shamokin. To commemorate the occasion Radio Anthracite, the parent company of WISL, took out a full page ad in the Shamokin News Dispatch. The advertisement touts an award they received from the Pennsylvania Week Radio and Television Committee, a special fifth anniversary cash contest sponsored by National Dime Bank and the first official announcement of Radio Anthracite’s intentions of opening and operating a television station in Shamokin.
The Federal Communications Commissions was assigning new UHF television stations across the country and channel 65 was to be assigned to the Central Susquehanna Valley. WISL was not the only station to throw it’s hat in the ring for the new TV License, The Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WKOK in Sunbury had already applied for the channel 65 allotment.
By early 1954, both contestants had withdrawn their applications and visions of channel 65 would never be realized.
WISL Advertisement from The Shamokin News-Dispatch (January 24, 1953)
Article From The Shamokin News-Dispatch (February 22, 1954) Announcing the withdrawal of WKOK’s TV application
