Arthur W. Arundel

(noun)

Arthur W. Arundel is credited with creating the first 24-hour all-news station, radio or television, in the United States in January 1961 on his owned and operated WAVA station in Washington.

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    • Arundel is credited with creating the first 24-hour all- news station, radio or television, in the United States in January 1961 on his owned and operated WAVA in Washington.
    • Arundel helped other stations in New York and Chicago also to convert to his all-news format and then met direct competition from Washington Post-owned WTOP in 1969.