west of that line. Employing a transmitter built by Huse, WJAG begin regular service on September 13, 1922. Its initial schedule was announced to be three afternoon news and market reports at 12:15, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m., although this was termed a "temporary schedule until enough [listener] cards come in indicating what changes should be made". A short time later the station was authorized to also broadcast on the 485 meter "market and weather reports" wavelength. As of January 20, 1923, the station's daily schedule was reported to be "12:15 p.m—markets, current events and aerograms; 3:30 p.m.—markets, current events, aerograms; 5 p.m. continental code school; 5:30 p.m.—current events, features, aerograms". The station reverted to only broadcasting on 360 meters a few months later. The newspaper's city editor, Karl Stefan, anchored the station's first news report and served as chief announcer until his election to Congress in 1935. Stefan had come to Norfolk in 1909 as an Associated Press telegrapher working for the News. He initially rewrote dispatches for the paper, and was eventually promoted to the city editor position. With the introduction of WJAG, Stefan was selected to prepare and broadcast a daily noon news program. Employing a shortwave transmitter, he originated "Voice of the Street" live broadcasts of local residents on December 19, 1932. WJAG's first studio consisted of a single room in the Daily News building at the corner of 4th Street and Braasch Avenue in downtown Norfolk. Early programming consisted of performances by community choral groups, barbershop quartets and polka bands. The station's first remote broadcast was prompted by a performance by a 67-member choir. The choir was too large to fit in the one-room studio, and the station was able to obtain use of the automobile showroom at the neighboring Buick dealer. A wire was run across the street to carry audio of the choir's performance from the dealership to the studio. WJAG was commercial-free until February 1926, when mounting expenses created the need to sell airtime to cover costs. The first advertiser was the Carberry Seed Company, and eight others followed the next year, including Ryal-Miller Chevrolet, and Omaha agency Buchanan-Thomas. In late 1923 the station moved to 1060 kHz, now with 250 watts, and two years later was reassigned to 1110 kHz. A mid-1927 reassignment to 1350 kHz by the newly formed Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was cancelled, and changed to 1050 kHz. On