Did Sutton Have a Radio Station?

 WHAT IS THIS?

This image appeared at the top of a page in issues of The Sutton News during 1927; this image was on Page 8 of the News on Friday, May 27, 1927. 

This image appears to be an ad for a local radio station claiming coverage in the local four-county area. The accompanying cartoons certainly imply a radio station is the topic. Calling this "Carney's Broadcasting" is clearly talking about that radio station. "Carney" definitely refers to Sam Carney.

Samuel Carney, Sr. (1850-1920) was an early Sutton merchant with a hardware store. He was gone by '27. Samuel Gray Carney II (1883-1851) who took over his dad's Store and seems to have operated this radio station. (The Gray middle name comes from Col. Hosea Wilson Gray, his maternal grandfather and a Sutton pioneer.) At some point, Sam Carney II hired a young fellow named Les Bauer to work in the store. He stuck around a while. 

The radio station call sign warrants discussion and explanation. Commercial radio broadcast began in late 1920 with station "KDKA" in Pittsburgh. Amateur radio and commercial radio expanded during the 1920's. 

National and international efforts to standardize radio call signs began as early as 1921. The U.S. was assigned the letters "K" "W" and "N" in international agreements. Most of "C" including "CH" went to Canada (others to Chile). U.S. call signs were separated at the Mississippi River, "K" west of the river and "W" to the east. ("N" was only used in amateur call signs.) Early Call signs were "grandfathered" such that KDKA was preserved in the east while "WOW" and "WIBW" still exist in Omaha and Topeka. There were a few others. 

Carney's Broadcasting's use of the call sign "CHYF" in 1927 seems late for a licensed radio station in the U.S. There was an element of chaos in regulating radio in the early days, or maybe Sutton's early radio station was an early case of a "pirate" station, an unlicensed station.

Just wondering, and looking, and soliciting any additional information about this apparent early Sutton radio station.