In August 1923 William P. Boyer purchased the White & Boyer Company, while reassuring listeners that WJH would continue to operate."Radio News", Washington Evening Star, August 17, 1923, page 10. However, early the next year it was announced that the station had ceased operations,"WJH, Church Radio Station, Silenced", Washington Evening Star, March 28, 1924, page 2. and WJH was formally deleted on March 26, 1924."Strike Out All Particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, April 1, 1924, page 10. The stated cause for closing the station was the pending expense resulting from an industry-wide demand by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) that stations had to pay for the right to use certain important radio equipment patents that it held. As a consequence, AT&T had recently started legal proceeding, beginning with a widely publicized suit against station WHN (now WEPN) in New York City."Radio Law Suit Is To Be Hurried On", New Britain (Connecticut) Herald, March 13, 1924, page 14.
