the only TV station, and the only daily newspaper in the same town. WHIS-TV was sold and the call letters changed to WVVA in 1979. His name lives on in WHIS-AM although it also was later sold, as was the FM station he owned. Legacy The Hugh Ike Shott, Jr. Foundation – Shott's youngest son, H.I. Shott, Jr., established a foundation in 1984 with the objective to help improve the social and economic quality of life within the trade area of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Shott Jr. was with the newspaper founded by his father for more than 60 years. References Hugh Ike Shott at The Political Graveyard Hugh Ike Shott at GovTrack External Links The West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University houses the Hugh Ike Shott papers in two collections, A&M 908 and A&M 1583 1866 births 1953 deaths People from Bluefield, West Virginia Politicians from Staunton, Virginia Editors of West Virginia newspapers West Virginia postmasters Republican Party United States senators from West Virginia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia Journalists from Virginia