1.0Digital Childhoodshttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dirLayla Kochhttps://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/author/lmkoch/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="npJ4jJNxLc"><a href="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/conversion-of-the-juke-box/">The Converted Juke Box</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/conversion-of-the-juke-box/embed/#?secret=npJ4jJNxLc" width="600" height="338" title="“The Converted Juke Box” — Digital Childhoods" data-secret="npJ4jJNxLc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Converted-Juke-Box.png942638In 1954, a news article from the Beckley News-Herald reported that a Christian youth organization, called Youth for Christ, had converted an old beer storeroom into a youth center in the small West Virginia town. The article featured a photo of two teenagers next to a juke box in the new youth center. The juke box had many of the normal features of the increasingly popular music technology, but there was also something distinct about it. On its face, the Youth for Christ juke box testified to its conversion, stating, “I am a converted juke box. I play only Christian