sentences:  At a time when many local radio stations were owned by or affiliated with newspapers, WLVA was not; consequently, the station frequently found itself in direct competition with Lynchburg's papers.In 1934, WLVA allied itself with the "Washington Herald" which was attempting to increase circulation in the Lynchburg area.The "Herald"'s Lynchburg correspondent, Nowlin Puckett, furnished local news on WLVA from August until December 1934.