Ode Audio: Black Radio Yet Alive @ 75
Memphis, TN, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2023, Ode Audio will celebrate 75 years of existence for Black and Urban format radio.
- Memphis, TN, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2023, Ode Audio will celebrate 75 years of existence for Black and Urban format radio.
- Black radio was born in 1948 at WDIA Radio in Memphis, TN.
- The Black radio format was born, meaning Black on air personalities playing Black music for Black audiences.
- Black radio stations were initially segregated by dial position since mostly all the Black radio stations broadcast on higher frequencies on the right side of the radio dial.