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On July 5, 2002, WAAA returned to the air with new studios and a limited schedule, with Evans claiming to have solved her problems and intending to return to a full schedule as soon as possible. Evans and the community worked to bring the station back, and a web site was introduced in January 2002. On July 9, 2001, deputies locked the doors to the WAAA studios on Indiana Avenue because court documents showed rent had not been paid since 1997. But WAAA was unique in its service to the community, playing gospel music, jazz and rhythm and blues and broadcasting news, daily obituary reports, and Sunday religious programming. WAAA continued to broadcast but faced increasing competition from larger stations. At the time, the station had 14 employees and was doing well financially considering its size but, in 1988, WAAA filed for Chapter 11. in 1979 for US$1.04 million (equivalent to US$419.34 million in 2022), making her the youngest and second African American woman to own a broadcast property in the United States. Evans bought WAAA from Media Broadcasting Corp. Anita "Boss Lady" Dean was a DJ for six years. Annie Bell Bowman played gospel music on the station. Īlexander left the station in 1962 after five years. He was almost like the black Wolfman Jack in this area. He was a good spirit, a great character and he played the hottest songs. You know what I'm saying? It was smooth and sweet. He had a voice that was like gravel going through molasses. Jazz pianist Keith Byrd, who once lived near him, described Alexander this way: He was described as "a jive-talking hipster who radiated cool while spinning hits from Motown and Stax." Oscar "Daddy-Oh" Alexander was the station's best-known DJ. Williams, a pioneer in radio, retired in 2008 at the age of 90. He returned to his home in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2002 to become General Manager of WOXL-FM. Williams went on to become General Manager of radio stations in Alabama, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Williams gave play-by-play action of the Winston-Salem State University football and basketball games becoming known as the "Voice of the Rams." Larry L. Prior to becoming the General Manager of WAAA, Larry L. WAAA was also the first black-owned station in North Carolina. WAAA was believed to be the third black radio station in the United States, preceded by WDIA in Memphis and WERD in Atlanta. On the morning of October 29, 1950, Williams signed on WAAA for the first full day of broadcasting as the second radio station in the state (after WGIV in 1947) specifically targeting an African American audience. (principal of Atkins High School) while Larry L. The game was announced from the stadium by Togo West, Sr. The first program broadcast was a football game between Morgan State University and A & T State University. Williams, an African-American, signed on WAAA. On the afternoon of October 28, 1950, Larry L. This was rare at this time in the Deep South that a white owner would own and an operate a mainly black radio station. WAAA was owned by white businessman Roger Page when it first began broadcasting in 1950.
The station is currently owned by Richard Miller and Robert Scarborough, Ken Hauser and Richard Parker through licensee Southern Broadcast Media LLC. WTOB (980 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which serves the Piedmont Triad area. “Every story comes to an end and this is only the beginning of a new era for our country and our region,” she said Monday.Ī Knoxville, Tennessee, businessman who started a race car team, John Shoffner, paid his own way to the space station. The Saudi government picked up the multimillion-dollar tab for its two astronauts: Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher who became the first Saudi woman in space and fighter pilot Ali al-Qarni.īarnawi wiped away tears as she wrapped up her experiments and prepared to leave the space station. The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida panhandle, 12 hours after undocking from the orbiting lab. (AP) - A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station.
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