Friday
Sep102004
Who Killed Black Radio News?
Friday, September 10, 2004 at 12:54AM
In 1973, 21 reporters from three Black-oriented radio stations provided
African Americans in Washington, DC a daily diet of news - hard,
factual information vital to the material and political fortunes of the
local community. The three stations - WOL-AM, WOOK-AM and WHUR-FM -
their news staffs as fiercely competitive as their disc jockeys, vied
for domination of the Black Washington market. Community activists and
institutions demanded, expected, and received intense and sustained
coverage of the fullest range of their activities. [more 
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