WDIA Radio, Memphis, Tennessee, 1967

Creators

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.042_02.01.001

Description

E.R. Ferguson, former owner of WDIA, and Edmont Sonderling, then-current owner of WDIA, standing outside in front of WDIA radio station. WDIA was the first radio station in the country to cater solely to African American preferences in popular music.

Date Created

7-2-2021

Date

1967

Comments

E.R. Ferguson, former owner of WDIA, and Edmont Sonderling, then-current owner of WDIA, standing outside in front of WDIA radio station. WDIA was the first radio station in the country to cater solely to African American preferences in popular music.

Rights

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Recommended Citation

"WDIA Radio, Memphis, Tennessee, 1967" (2021). Memphis. 92.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/92