Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff

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The Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company was a conglomerate of companies that started in the 19th century with Johann George Pfaltzgraff's emigration from Germany to York, Pennsylvania (in the Susquehanna Valley).

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Johann Pfaltzgraff was a potter and, after he died in the late 19th century, his children carried on his pottery making business and started The Pfaltzgraff Company , a kitchenware company, in 1889.

Susquehanna Broadcasting Company was founded in 1941 to apply for and operate a radio station in York, Pennsylvania, by Louis J. Appell, president and treasurer of Pfaltzgraff. The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station, which would become WSBA, on December 30, 1941. [1]

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  1. "Jacksonville, York Given New Outlets". Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising . Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 22 (1): 40. January 5, 1942.
  2. Susquehanna Communications: About SusCom
  3. Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff: BlazeNet
  4. Internet Archive: BlazeNet: Inside BlazeNet: From the beginning...