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WGNT, originally WYAH-TV, was preceded on channel 27 by an earlier station, WTOV-TV (unrelated to the current WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio), the second built in Norfolk proper and the market's third. It operated twice during the 1950s: from December 6, 1953, to October 3, 1954, and again under different ownership from May 25, 1955, to August 1959.
The station began broadcasting as WSAP in February 1943 as a Mutual affiliate. It operated on 1490 kHz with 250 watts of power from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. [6] As WAVY in the 1950s and '60s, the station competed against cross-town WGH with a top 40 music format until 1962.
1950 – Population: 80,039. 1952 – Downtown Tunnel opens. 1955 – Portsmouth Historical Association founded. [24] 1957 – WAVY-TV begins broadcasting. [13] 1960 – Population: 114,773. Portsmouth annexes additional portions of Norfolk County, including ten square miles and 36,000 residents. [20]
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Cradock Historic District is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 759 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a primarily residential section of Portsmouth. It was developed starting in 1918, as a planned community of Colonial Revival and Bungalow style single family residences.
“It’s incredible to see how they lived and made their living despite the obstacles, the trials and tribulations."
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