This is an on-going collection of articles related to WJMA.
Over a year before WJMA went on the air, Welford Sherman spoke to the Orange Rotary Club about television which was sweeping the country after World War II. This article is from the April 22, 1948 issue of the Orange Review.
The May 27, 1948 issue of the Orange Review carried an article on the proposal for a radio station in Orange.
Morning announcer Ed Trivette leaves for job in Florida. June 12, 1952
July 17, 1952. Assistant Manager Don Greene leaves for a job at WSVS in Crewe, VA.
The WJMA News Department won four awards from the Associated Press for 1982 coverage. This article was in the May 19, 1983 Orange Review after the awards had been presented at the annual AP meeting in Fredericksburg. Here's a picture.
Long time employeed Pat Watson died on June 9, 1990. Here's the obituary and a news story.
January 1, 1993. WJMA is sold to Piedmont Broadcasting. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. The sale became final in March and the Orange Review had that story. And the sale was mention in a column in the Richmond Times Dispatch.
