Richard Field Lewis Jr.

Richard Field Lewis Jr. (May 18, 1907 – October 18, 1957) was an American radio network owner of Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.) in the mid-20th Century.

Richard Field Lewis Jr. was born on May 18, 1907, in Winchester, Virginia. He had a sister, later known as Mrs. E.L. Anderson.

WINC..... WINCHESTER, VA
250 watts
Owned by Richard Field Lewis
Radio station WINC started operations in 1941, and since then has presented many fine radio programs of both network and local origin. The station, located on the West Virginia - Virginia border in the county of Frederick, is under the management of Richard Field Lewis, Jr., and serves an area of nearly 5,000 radio homes.
(The Billboard, 1 December 1951, page 52)

In 1941, Lewis built the station for and licensed WINC, an ABC affiliate, in Winchester, Virginia.

In 1946, he licensed WRFL (FM), also in Winchester.

In the early 1950s, Richard F. Lewis, Jr., hired Whittaker Chambers briefly at WINC—the first work Chambers got after he had left TIME magazine in December 1948 (as the Hiss Case turned from HUAC hearings in Washington, a slander suit in Baltimore, and a grand jury investigation in New York into a federal case against Alger Hiss).

In September 1952, Lewis licensed WLXW (AM) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for $70,000.

By 1956-7, according to Telecasting Yearbook, Lewis owned a Mid-Atlantic network that comprised: