West Virginia broadcasters 1946 DST proposal
Quoting from /Broadcasting * Telecasting/ of March 18, 1946: In a move believed to be unprecedented in radio, the newly-formed West Virginia Broadcasting Assn., comprising all stations in the state, will adopt daylight savings time form April 28 through Sept. 29 -- although West Virginia clocks will remain on standard time throughout that period. The time change was unanimously voted by the broadcasters at a meeting held in Charleston March 9. Representatives of all of the state's 14 stations agreed to the resolution. On March 12, all stations included the resolution in all newscasts. Under the plan, radio clocks will be changed to conform to network clocks [ed: the networks observed New York City time, which had DST in 1946] when time change occurs. This means that, unless the West Virginia legislature takes action to the contrary during a special session to be held in two weeks, West Virginians will have two time schedules -- that decreed by the state an that observed by radio. Time Announcements Participating stations will give time-announcements by the radio clock; they will make no rate adjustments, since their proposition is based on the assumption that West Virginia timekeepers are out of step with radio -- not vice versa. The article goes on to quote the full text of the resolution. -GAWollman
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Garrett Wollman