 In the pre-war era WSAY became best known as the home of local music programs at a time when its network-affiliated competitors were airing a mix of local news and sports with national drama, comedy and music/variety shows supplied by the NBC and CBS networks.WSAY also was the first station to hire an African-American announcer for a regular shift.Following World War II WSAY received FCC permission to improve its signal by moving to the regional 1370 kHz frequency.