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Bookmark or Share- How WERD became the first Black-owned radio station in the U.S.How WERD became the first Black-owned radio station in the U.S. The station didn’t just broadcast Black jazz and blues performers; it empowered Black Atlantans working to create change during ...
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- WERD: America’s first black-owned radio station | CNNWERD, which became America's first black-owned radio station in 1949, is now used as a space for Atlanta artists to perform on Wednesday nights. Yasmin Amir for CNN. The building on historic ...
- First-ever African-American-owned radio station could return to ... - WABEListen. 5:29. The Masonic Lodge on Auburn Avenue is the historic home of the first Black-owned radio station WERD and the Atlanta chapter of the National Black Radio Hall of Fame. Atlanta’s WERD, the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans, is set to make a comeback.
- WERD Was America’s First Black-Owned Radio StationWERD Was America’s First Black-Owned Radio Station. In 1949, bank president and professor Jesse B. Blayton purchased a radio station for the price of $50,000. With the acquisition, the 1,000 watt-powered WERD officially became the country’s first African American-owned and operated station, and an important element of the burgeoning civil ...
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