WEVD

WEVD was a New York radio station that operated from 1927-2003 on various frequencies. The last WEVD frequency was 1050 KHZ.

WEVD Media

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  WEVD was a New York City radio station

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  The call letters WEVD were selected in honor of the initials of Socialist Party orator and publicist Eugene Victor Debs.

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  Norman Thomas, who ran 6 times for president heading the Socialist ticket, was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Debs Memorial Radio Fund.

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  ILGWU Vice President Charles S. Zimmerman speaking on WEVD c. 1937

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  Socialist Party leader Morris Hillquit, an attorney, was instrumental in the 1928 and 1931 regulatory defenses of WEVD.

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  Page from the Jewish Daily Forward's art section celebrating the opening of WEVD's new studio, October 9, 1932

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  Abraham Cahan (1860–1951) of the Jewish Daily Forward in his later years.

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  1942 station advertisement.