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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
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Recommended Citation
"WDIA Radio, Memphis, Tennessee, 1967" (2021). Memphis. 92.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/92
Keywords
WDIA (Radio Station: Memphis, Tenn.), Memphis (Tenn.)--Music.
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.