On this West Virginia Morning, professional wrestling has become a major commercial industry across the country, with WWE stars making six figure salaries. But back in the 1950s, when pro-wrestling was just getting to be popular, a small television station in Fayette County began broadcasting a show called “Saturday Nite Wrestlin’ ”. The program ran for more than two decades. Incidentally, state representative Shirley Love was an announcer for the program. West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Adam Harris interviewed writer Zack Harold about the history of WOAY Wrestling.
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