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The Broadcast Pioneers /communicating in the fields, the salute also includes station owners and executives, management, talent, sales, engineering, ad agency personnel and local promoters. This salute began when a college student was researching information on Radio Station WNJR ad other Urban Radio Stations where Black Announcers help change the landscape, in music, fashion, family unity, education programs, city-wide campaigns, concerts, news & information shows, talent shows and broadcast specialty programs. Additional we learn that the radio industry and other pioneering groups only kept records for the geographic areas, and for the most part, there are no mentions of many urban announcers after the late 1970s of local men and women. The latest trends in radio broadcasting does not promote, track, or present those news exposes on those announcers who has related causes that support up-to-date documentation on those pioneers who represented a highest quality of life standards with news and information. These pioneer announcers placed cities, communities, artists, and education events on the map. These radio broadcasting personalities has continue to shape and change the cultural landscape impacts of music, fashion, family unity, broadcasting programs, and educational programs through city-wide campaigns, concerts, news & information shows, talent shows and broadcast specialty programs formats cycles. The sole purpose of this document is to provide a public record from those of us who were there, and our first hand account of events, operational involvements, and building cultural bridges for an inclusive public, regardless where we were in broadcasting across the Nation. Those public movement for events where messages broadcast across the air-waves before the internet, which disseminated news and information to those who just needed to be there, whenever and wherever a community services (public service announcement) was a significant contributions to informing the public. Pioneers of Black Radio, want the actual facts and information to be a part of recorded history in Broadcasting and Communications to be available for access for use by todays generation and future generations. Our ongoing projects are to make updates to this document will include collected memorabilia, radio artifacts, and public listeners that written comments on their support and witness to those days in broadcast history from local broadcasting across urban areas of America and their encounters with the men and women through a Face book Webpage. Called, Pioneers of Black Radio. And on Wikipedia, Scribd and other media publishings. 1

This will be the beginning towards archiving the broadcasting data, articles, video, audio, photos and historical information is being collected as we strive to influence current broadcasting and radio communications practices that are supportive as a favorable account for: How it all began in radio, where music was the culture to educate, inform, entertain and preach family unity. Listeners got their daily dose of music and information at home, at work, at the party, at the meetings, at the water cooler, in the car, and in other forms listing to our broadcasts. One of our famed news projects are on those (DJs) announcers of today and those pioneers that began it all who has fallen, and passed on from this life. This project will be our Salute In Memoriam for Broadcaster. And as we grow to ready pass-on the torch, of this work, we will put in place the structure for maintaining the stability of this document that will organize a Pioneers of Black Radio Organization with a Nation-wide portal for comments and factual information that will be checked by an Advisory Board of Communication and Broadcast industry in association with, other factual documents, in person documentation, along with AFTRA, SAG, BMI and other industries. This is to ensure the order for maintaining the integrity for those professionals in radio, television, cable, record companies, artist relations and station owners. It will be the intent of the Advisory Board membership to included pioneers in all sections and areas of radio, television, cable record artists, and record companies. This will included legal, programming, artists, owners, managers, public relations, publicity, advertising, radio engineers, finance and government. The fans, listeners and planners will play their part with personal comments around social events, concerts, clubs, discos, family unity events, and their stations and personalities commentaries.

The purpose is to:

Establish an organization of persons, who has served as DJs, announcers, news personnel, artist, record and business station owners, promoters serving in the field of of music and Broadcasting, and for the general public, to make comments or desire to become associated with this purposes of friendship, cultural education, and access to factual broadcasting information gathers to the best of the knowledge to the founders. That the Face Book shall serve as the link, connection and webpage for information, comments, and material data in association with the rule of the web company designers conditions. That all submitted materials and information are the responsibility of the submitters. And any erroneous in information shall be stricken from the public webpage should it be found improper, or derogatory for this web[page intent. The creation of this Face book webpage shall be the central clearinghouse for the exchange of information and historical data and facts about the pioneers in the broadcasting, and communications industry and shall record these .facts, data and other materials about the history of Pioneers of Black Radio and its traditions use for access for todays generation and for future generations. The organization shall try to verify all data with recognition and consultation to make correction or exchanges in information, that supports and respect the valuable contribution to the public interest where the impact results in Inclusion, Respect, Educate to Embrace the Acceptance of Differences and Understanding for Cultural Awareness through Music. by Lonnie Tucker 2

Pioneers in all media of Broadcasting and Communications still bridge the gap in cultures through music, Since New Jersey and New York Pioneers in radio are the main focus of this document, it shall be a historical resource available to todays generations and future generations where other historians shall continue to chart the course the broadcast industry has taken. For those advocates for books and thesis writing, we hope that this document help with presenting the facts, where hard access to data and information are short on black broadcasters of radio. As we grow in presenting results of more research, we shall continue with the establishment a Face book Webpage, with comments and contributions and this content of information that will result in a collective effort for maintaining all contributions of black broadcasting colleagues on our history in broadcasting. Using the largest urban cultural market on the Great East Coast of the World, New Jersey and New York, shall serve as the template for information, where these states radio, television, cable, owners, promoters, and businesses are continuing to make history everyday. This document is the results of 3years of research and edited general information in the public domain all photos are were permitted for the document including certain personal information, photos, and related content data that is also used or found in the public domain, facebook and email sent by the author. The completed document is an personal attempt to set the record straight on the noted period of time, of the author who served as; an air personality, news correspondent, radio operations lead staffer, and designated business contact for media, and artist relations from 1973 1989. as an employee of WNJR Radio, AM 1430, Newark, New Jersey.

The Black Pioneers of Radio Station WNJR WNJR Story begin with the pioneers of Black Radio in North Jersey, New Jersey. Whos listening audience spans the borders of New Jersey into the 5 boroughs of New York, New York Specifically into Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn But let us set the stage from the beginning . The call letter of WNJR were know in the 40s & 50 as WBYN In 1946 The Newark Sunday Call purchased WBYN from the FCC. At the time the Newark Sunday Call was in the middle of being purchased by the Newark Evening News. In 1947, it changed calls to WNJR, owned by North Jersey Radio Inc. It aired an all-news format that while unsuccessful at the time, today would be considered prototypical. In the 1950s and 1960s the station featured some of the earliest rock and roll programming in the New York area, including the first claim to airing Alan Freed in that region. Despite claiming to be based in Newark, in the late 1950's through the 1970's, the station actually broadcast from a studio located at 1700 Union Ave in Union, New Jersey. WNJR had two station's large 344 foot high guyed radio broadcast towers. Fortunate these towers were positioned to broadcast into a big FM marketplace of listeners in northern New Jersey, and the 5 Boroughs of New York City WNJR the Voices and Culture of the People Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. In addition, rock and roll may have helped the cause of the civil rights movement because both African American teens and white American teens enjoyed the music. Many early rock and roll songs dealt with issues of cars, school, dating, and clothing. The rock and roll songs described events and conflicts that most listeners could relate to from some point in their lives. Topics that were generally considered taboo, such as sex, began to be introduced in rock and roll music. WNJR new music break those boundaries and expressions of real people emotions and feeling, additionally, awakening a new young Black American culture of inner city life, family and community connections to what was happening around them with News, Information and Family Health and Safety.

WNJR Cultural Identities WNJR and the personalities became the cross-over African American Latin culture mix of music and sound. Many called this "race music" where some infusion of a growing white youth audience got to hear a mix of what they identify with. This popularization the type of R&B (Rhythm & Blues) and Rock & Roll for both black performers reaching white audiences and teens to more African American Music and Black performers, with the Music of the City, Dancing in the Streets, Freedom Marches, and Unity Family Day, all came at a time as racial strife and tensions were prevalent in the big cities and urban America were experiencing the needs to stand up for Civil Rights; and Social Equality Issues; for jobs, education, housing and civil liberties in Rights to Assembly. This new Radio Pioneering began the push that civil rights movements for equality needed to continue the changes, and that lead to the United States Supreme Court ruling to abolished all policies of "Separate but Equal Practices in 1954, while the ruling was clear, it will continue today leaving a policy which would be extremely difficult to enforce throughout the United States. WNJR like so many black radio stations across the nation started cultivating a new culture with young white flower children and teen progressive audiences toward an understanding for black music statements and Rock & Roll lyrics which begin the breaking down of barriers based on color, gender, and race. This began the removal of stigmas and so called race music mixes, which were condemned basically by the white media. Proactive progressive business thinkers saw Rhythm & Blues (R&B) with Rock & Roll as an heralding way for making money and addressing desegregation, by creating new forms of music that encouraged racial cooperation and shared cultural experiences as an instrument where both white and black teenage, multi-cultural households, and both sexes of listeners would identify themselves in real life situations, of feeling love and understanding learned from the old school and social ways from being control with segregation. Its origins of music were cultured in African American vocal groups styles from the 1930s and 40s,with Doo wop voice blending, story rapping, and vocalizing with rhythm and beats that are still popular in many forms from Jazz, rock, R&B, Pop, Rap, Soul, and other monotypic styles used in todays music of expressions of rock and roll, with an emphasis on multi-part vocal harmonies and meaning backing lyrics matching the beats and rhythm with instrumental blends. By 1954, as rock and roll was beginning to emerge, a number of similar acts began to cross over from the R&B (Rhythm & Blues) charts to mainstream success, often with added honking brass and saxophone solo jams brought big top 10 hits. Despite the subsequent explosion in records from doo wop acts in the later 50s, many artist became one-hit wonders one the Bill-board charts and in music surveys played on radios. Towards the end of the 50s decade there were increasing numbers of white acts and singers taking up Doo Wop, since many Black American Groups could not get their music played on white stations so many of the earliest white rock and roll hits were a results of the re-writes of earlier black groups blues, and R&B songs throughout the late 1950s, 1960s, 70s, 80s and late 1990s. As this historical opportunity continue to value and develop the cultural and preservation of R&B music, the heritage began with the preservation of dance styles in the early -1950s. starting with the big-band era, through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, with R&B, Rock & Roll and Disco Music. 5 These new dance routines and dance steps, began the duplication progress use by Artist Groups Routines, Teenage Shows, slow dances, and the bass downbeat with the rhythm of swing all sync with the movement of feet, body swaying, hands, head arms and leg motions. The dance styles created different dance styles variations for dances like:

The Jitterbug, Stroll, Philly stomp, Locomotion, Jungle Boogie, Bump, Fly, Funky worm, Twist & Shout, Pony Ride, Boogaloo, Skate Bounce, Hustle, Push & Pull, Swim, Electric Slide, and forming the Soul Train Line to do free style dancing. These variations of dance steps used at high school graduations, blue lights in the basement, disco dance parties, clubs, and dance routines on the floor of teen-agers dancing on American Bandstand and in 1971 with the creation of Soul Train, and the Soul Train Dance Lines. With House Music 1980, and Freestyle in 1971, Nuo-Disco, was the tracks sample of instrumentals and matching down-beat to blend from one blending of tracks to another beat or song, and the switching back and forth between recorded beats. Teens and adult got a glimps of creative fashions, that was famous in the 70s 80 and 90s, for what should be the style wormed. Dance routine to practice new dance steps, and the fashionable hair-dos and styles of the era. The Fusion of different musical styles as R & B, Latin, Jazz and classic rock brought together people of different races, ethnicities and sexual orientations.

Hippie Torrales Zanzibar DJ

The Lincoln Motel provided the Hip and Fly with relatively soul rhythm & jazz jams, for the Hip, Fly, and Cute. The party and dances in the late 1970s, it was home to Club Zanzibar, New Jerseys answer to Studio 54. The Burger Brothers, turned the old Holiday Inn into a Disco Show Palace. Miles, the owner, brought the disco eras finest D.J.s, and Radio Station WNJR to the Clubs opening night drew thousands of revelers were entertained by Kool and the Gang and a live Tiger in a cage.

Teens and adults from the mid-1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s danced to R&B and Rock & Roll music which shared the music spotlight with mixed music influences like; Pink Funk, Disco, Jamming & Jiving; to DJ House Music Blends, Scratch Mixing, Techno-synthesizes Sounds, Rock expressions, Rapping, and Hip Hop Vocals. This trend included both male and female performers. R&B (Rhythm & Blues) music had been gaining a stronger beat and a wilder style, with artists such as Fats Domino, Billy Stewart, Ramsey Lewis, Count Base, Earl Father Hines, Ray Charles and others speeding up the music tempo and downbeat to a popular sound being heard on the jukeboxes. Remembering before Alan Freed, Jaco Maxwell, Danny Stiles, and others, black music was taboo on many white-owned radio stations. 6 However the music of black artist were being use by white artists for potential rock and roll hits.. Many of Elvis Presley's hits were produced from black rhythm and blues or blues songs, like "That's All Right" (a countrified arrangement of a blues number), its flip side "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Baby, Let's Play House", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Hound Dog". Doo wop would be a major influence on vocal surf music, soul and early Jersey beat, including The Beatles. the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead

instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s in the South a region which would produce most of the major early rock and roll acts - through the meeting of various influences that embodied a merging of the African musical tradition with European instrumentation. The migration of many freed slaves and their descendants to major urban centers like Memphis and north to New York, Detroit, Garry, Chicago, Newark, Cleveland, Jersey City Buffalo and Harlem meant that black and white residents were living in close proximity in larger numbers therefore resulted in most minorities listing to each other's music and emulating each other's fashions, Hairdo, and upward life styles. WNJR Radio played White, Hispanic and Black forms of music of groups, the development and spread of LPs, 45s records of African American musical styles such as Blues, Jazz, Swing, Swing , and Latin Beats that was copied by white musicians that brought about a cultural mix of Black Rock Music on the Great East Coast, WNJR and the air-personalities were among the first to bring a cross-cloture of music genres to define an age of change bridging the social gap of many cultures and races that gave each a real sense of belonging to the music and all people. R&B with Rock & Roll are part of the Generation X, New Age-Techno Groups and 21st Century Global Exchange Cultures (TFCGC) all are adopting the old school ways, in music, and styles productions all from the inventive so called Baby Boomers Generation. All with the influential markings for understanding and life styles struggles adopted in the lyrics of the R&B (Rhythm & Blues) and Rock & Roll cultures. The Key communicators were the announcers (DJs) who expressed these need to know feelings of kinship which evolved beyond music on the radio, or in record buying public music, or from the boom boxes and jukeboxes into Television dance programming like American Bandstand, and Soul Train. The Clubs & Discos were the places to be: Adam's Apple- New York, New York, Barney Googles, New York, Bentley, New York, Bottom of the Barrel, Union City, New Jersey, Caves, Staten Island, New York, Club Truffles, Staten Island, New York, Club Zanzibar, Newark, New Jersey, Club 88, East Orange, New Jersey, Copacabana, New York City, New York, Creation, West Orange, New Jersey, Dimples, Union, NJ Electric Circus, New York, New York, Flamingo, New York, NY, Leviticus, New York, NY Melons, New York, NY, Palace, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Palladium, New York Paradise Garage, New York, Peachtree, New Rochelle, New York, Plato's Retreat, New York, NY Red Parrot, New York, Roseland, New York, Roxy, New York, Scandals, Brooklyn, New York, Underground, New York, This places of music transformed and extended the blending of all music forms into a pop cultures in film, clothes, hair-dos, makeup, social dress, cosmetics, cars, living space, social clubs, dance moves, greetings and a distinctive language-code-of-speaking within each cultures or groups:

7 Here are a few (Dig it; Right On; The Man; Solid on that; Can you dig it; My Brother; Fell me; Pound it; Fist Bumpin; Sock it to me; Rock me; Hit-it & Run; Show & Tell; Soul Brother; Brother to Brother; Low Riders; Hey, hey, Check It Out, 5-0, Foxy, Fly, In Your B.O.X., Whatz-Up, Hollywood, Down-wit-it, All the way Live, Sho-Nuff, Real Diddy, Nitty-Gritty, Pow,) all are coined phrases language codes used today, that relish the short terms understanding a complete translation of words from feeling that defines moments for Black Music History that connects to understanding terms of Slangnglish (Slang and English)..

The air-personalities (DJs) delivered the course for the culture to acclimate to, especially between parental desires for their teens and younger children to be the best they can be but to that young adult audience that began with the ages of 16 21 which was the youth cultures to carry on the new renaissance for doing better than the older generations. Today these are the same concerns about the attitudes and behaviors of teen juvenile delinquency, social rebellions, parting without understanding the needs for education, particularly in big cities and large urban areas of the ghettos and slums of the cities. There was an urgency to open up the eyes of the youth of tomorrow that shared differences, but the same racial and social strives. As big cities experienced the same types of student behaviors, the nation began to re-tune how to reach those youth cultures in the urban and suburbans communities with a purposeful mix for the buying public on popular music and a fashioned minded teen market with the music to influence the trend; with Teenager In Love Pretty Woman Blue Suede Shoes " The Express Way" When a Man Loves a Woman; The Big Payback Bernadette Girls Just Want to Have Fun Tinted Love Rumors Getaway and Groovin Another One Bit the Dust I will Survive We Will Rock You and many more songs influenced the time and era in music with radio-personalities delivered the course for the culture to acclimate young adult audience and cultures to carry on the new renaissance in music from the older generations

WNJR used many on-air ID stingers to keep a fresh sound, and promotion for both listeners and commercial product sales. Some of these on-air station ID Stingers were also use as blends in and out of record intro and backannouncing WNJR METRO NEW JERSEY & NEW YORK Rock 14, WNJR AM 1430, WNJR 1430, on your AM Band, WNJR WNJR, Newark WNJR, the Best of The Gold and The New Black Rock Radio-WNJR WNJR, The Black Rock of The Great East Coast The Closer you Listen the Better We Sound, WNJR WNJR, Kicking The RL Out of Your BLS 8

Herman Amis, Jeff Dixon, Bill Franklin, Steele Colony, Dean Webb, Diana Steel, Audrey June Taylor, Charlie Green, John L Frazer, Lonnie Tucker, Bobby Jay, Hal Jackson, Jake Jordan Henry Singleton, Tom Joiner, Fred Mills, Donnie Simpson, Larry Joe Williams, Reggie Wells, Jerry Love , Fred Buggs, Sharmaine Foster, BJ Stone Cleo Rowe, J.J. Ramey, Ramona Braham, Wesley Morgan, Mike Thomas, Stella Marrs Robin Johnson, Jose Guzman ,Carlos Dejesus WNJR key program kept consistency with sound, operation, news and information with the management staff and

Administrative Operational Staff Ed Rollins, Marvin Lewis, Harvey Lynch , Dave Barnett, Dan Robinson, Jeri Crisman, Lia Afrait (Merrill), Liz Satchel, Toya Beasley, Ed Hicks, Gene McNeil, Col Ed Brown, Carrie Brock, William Donahue, Ernie Howard, Jeff Samuel Dixon, Steel Colony, Jerry Love, Lonnie Tucker, Wesley Morgan, Carol Williams, Angela Reignior Beverly Bradshaw, Jean Wells, Larry Burke, Nina, Linda Brown, Tom Bradshaw, Thomas, Leroy Buzkirk, Ed Dawkins, Ken Beaver, Roman WNJR, Newark became the home and City of predominantly African-American black-oriented music with a news format and part of the flagship station of Unity Broadcasting's National Black Network (NBN). With the pay to play (illegal) payola were big from the 60s , and 70s, and since the government could make the money the restriction to gain control over the music industry began with black owned station. Where the need to strictly program what was said, done, played, service and voiced become under the watchful and seeing eye of authorities. Ministers were accused of give numbers on the air waves, announcers and DJs were accused of taking money to pay certain records of certain artists (preventing other start-out artists from an equal share in the recording business). The fast buck to play was over as the news spread about the prosecutions of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Frankie Crocker was supposing break the payola scandal (which implicated major figures, including Alan Freed, in bribery and corruption in promoting individual acts or songs), There was also a process that has been described as the "female invasion" on the music chart with dominating love songs ballads, often aimed at female listeners with such female groups as The Shirelles, The Primettes, The Crystals, Marvelettes, the Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Dixie Cups. The Flow of on-air shows highlighted the DJ acts to follow. Many will remember WNJRs Magnificent 7 Cast of Hall Jackson, Bobby Jay, Herman Amis, Dean Webb, Fred Cory, John Frazer, Georgie Hudson, and others part-time announcers. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and on television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the initially characteristic backbeat, that are now more commonly called simply "rock music" or "Rhythm and Blues." WNJR continued with an Urban Contemporary format from 1973. to an Urban format in 1978. Also, the station played Gospel music and sermons on Sunday mornings and evenings. The format stayed much the same. The station was profitable but by 1988, it began to lose money as its core audience switched to New York City's two FM Urban powerhouses, WBLS and WRKS (98.7 Kiss FM). In 1989, Sound Radio filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Public affairs programs focused on matters of politics and public policy. Public affairs television programs are broadcast at times when few listeners or viewers are tuned in (or even awake). A particularly favored time for this type of broadcasting is the graveyard slot, 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. Sunday morning with these overnight and weekend personalities and show hosts: Kitty Taylor, Bernice Bass, Dr. Seymour Charles, Lonnie Tucker and Herman Amis; 9 The 50s and 60s crew made it possible for the new young to continue the a new area in Black radio. Many of the old trail blazers made their way into the FM s-de of radio. Such as Bobby Jay, Danny Styles, Herman Amis, and Hal Jackson. WNJR partners with NBN and MBN feeds with correspondents Gerald Bentley, Roy Wood, Bob Law, Frank Bannister Jr., Ron Pinkney, Ed Castleberry Joseph "Joe" Brown, Judge Bruce Wright, Larry Dean, Vince Sanders., Fred Mills, J.J Ramey, Lonnie Tucker, and many others lending their broadcast voices on News an Information. Public affairs coverage and are carried some (particularly)"Public Affairs" may be a special unit, separate from the

news department, dedicated to producing long-form public-affairs programming, Sunday mornings, brought on a list of all day local and syndicated talk shows during the mid-1970s and reached their height of with the rise of the tabloid talk and Newspapers stories. Morning talk shows programs - during the 1960s and early and 1970s re-wrote those TV News and Talk shows into the programming to again ask what people thought about a particular show, what was said and the meaning of its content. The idea was to keep people informed and to educate others about celebrities guest interviews on late night shows such as ; Arsenio Hall, and Johnny Carson and music shows like the Midnight Special ,Soul Train and American Bandstand or music award shows. All were use to keep a growing audience informed with what they missed or call-in their views during the morning radio shows, while listeners were getting dressed for work or driving to work. This was also the reverse format when listeners were coming in the evening drive to and from work to home. Again, keeping the listeners informed on the events of the day with some personal commentary of the announcer view.

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Historical Moments In Music

In the beginning... there was The Groove. It came up from the earth, and from the heart, and in the souls and the voices and the rhythm and the blues. And it was good. And there was Ruth Brown, and there was Solomon Burke. And there was Jackie Wilson and there was Otis Redding and there was Laverne Baker and there was Ben E. King. And it was very good. And there was Aretha Franklin and there was James Brown and there was Little Richard. And it was BADCan you dig it And the people danced and forgot their troubles, thanks to The Groove and the artists that brought it to life...

Mutual Black Network WNJR Radio Station also got a boost in listenership with the flagship of MBN with a variety of time slot programs from the Mutual Black Network and NBN National Black Network Systems in 1972, this was the first national full-service radio network aimed at African Americans. It broadcast an hourly 5 minute newscast at 50 minutes past the hour. It also aired sports and feature programs, and for one year beginning in the spring of 1974, a 15-minute daily soap opera called Sounds of the City. Some of its special programming focused on African American history, up to the minute news coverage, entertainment, sports and interviews with black news-makers who had previously been ignored by the traditional mass media outlets. Mutual Black Network.. It is one of the largest networks reaching urban America, with more than 300 weekly shows, American Urban Radio Networks reaches an estimated 25 million listeners, reaching more AfricanAmericans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcasting companies combined to more than 475 radio stations nationwide WNJR aired a wide variety of public affairs programs, live overnight talk show, product specialty shows, gospel music, church services, and over political news and views where the public could call-in and participate with the shows. In 1972 there were only 17 African American owned radio stations even though there were over 125 African American oriented station in the country, and by 1976 Eugene D. Jackson became the only African American on the 125 member Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). With over 80 affiliates associated with NBN, Jackson wanted to see more radio stations owned by African Americans and therefore, conceived and started the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) in Atlanta as a complement to his position on the NAB Board. Within 15 years, the number of African American owned radio station moved to almost 50 through the creation of Broad-cap, a capital raising institution formed by the NAB and the captains of the television and radio industry. In the early 1980s NBN offered a second news service, American Urban Information Radio, which broadcast an hourly newscast at 50 minutes past the hour, but concentrated on in-depth reporting. By the early 1990s, NBN merged with its main competitor, the Sheridan Broadcasting Network (formerly the Mutual Black Network), to form the American Urban Radio Networks. The first news director was Roy N. Wood Sr., from the famed Chicago radio station WVON, "The voice of the Negro." In 1975 Roy Wood was replaced by Vince Sanders, another Chicago area talent and veteran of local black-formatted radio. Sanders, served as Vice President of Broadcast Operations at NBN until its demise in 1995. He joined NBN following 3 years with NBC news and its Chicago owned-and-operated station: WMAQ-AM. Before NBC, Sanders was a talk show host for 8 years at WBEE-AM in the Chicago market. His final assignment with NBN Broadcasting included Vice President and General Manager of its New York City station, WWRL-AM. 11 The WNJR Legends Lives On in providing multi-cultures with professional services, events and sports rail and travel centers, the WNJR Story brought and help with the renaissance and beautification programs that made the City what is today along with the unity and special blend of music that rocks The Great East COAST. The Black Radio Pioneers, of northern New Jersey and New York Cities listeners continues to span with new generation of young, adult and old audiences WNJR like so many black radio stations across the nation started cultivating a new culture with young white flower children and teen progressive audiences toward an understanding for black music statements and Rock & Roll lyrics which begin the breaking down of barriers based on color, gender, and race. This began the removal of stigmas and so called race music mixes, which were condemned basically by the white media.

Proactive progressive business thinkers saw Rhythm & Blues (R&B) with Rock & Roll as an heralding way for making money and addressing desegregation, by creating new forms of music that encouraged racial cooperation and shared cultural experiences as an instrument where both white and black teenage, multi-cultural households, and both sexes of listeners would identify themselves in real life situations, of feeling love and understanding learned from the old school and social ways from being control with segregation. WNJR and Newark, is the cultured of African American music styles and fashions from the 1950, 60s,70s, 80 and 90s from Doo wop vocals, Street corner rap, blues, rock, country, R&B blends, to the rap. The Story with rhythm and beats are still popular in many forms from Jazz, Rock, Blue Grass, R&B, Pop, Rap, Soul, and other monotypic music styles based on the re-innovation of black radio music of expressions. The main emphasis began with inclusive music blends and multi-vocal harmonies with meaning background lyrics melodies that match the beats of rhythm instrumental blends.

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WNJR Historical Firsts & Hot Spots

Connecting to the radio communities of Northern New Jersey and New York City to come out and enjoy free public remote broadcasted events, concerts, talent shows, discotheques, church, collage and university functions, cultural and political social gatherings and more, such as: Club 88, Family Unity Day, Beautification Campaign, Prospect Park Brooklyn, Attucks King Parade, Toys for Tots, Budweiser Super-fest, The Peppermint Lounge, the Lincoln, Leroys Name of the Game, Gospel Super-fest, 20 Grand Lounge, Perks Silver Edge, Club LaRuge, Tingles, Dupes, Mercedes & Minks, Zanzibar, Club Evergreen, Mr. Wes, Club Company Two, the Budweiser Super-fest, Dupes, Playboy Club (Vernon)cornet, Fullmans Onion Inn, Cornet, Synonymy Hall, Paradisco,

Terrace Ball Room, the Garage, Platos Retreat and other public places Long before Bob Law gained fame with "Night Talk," there were Frank Bannister Jr., who also wrote the "Black College Polls" for Jet Magazine each week. The heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali made his presence known visiting Frank Bannister after a defeat to Leon Spinks. After his death from a heart attack, Bannister was replaced by Ron Pinkney, a former colleague of Gerald Bentley and Ed Castleberry, who were already on the airwaves of NBN. Roy Wood's "One Black Man's Opinion" was a major showcase of the formerWVON anchor, allowing him a no-holds-barred avenue to the listeners each week. Joseph "Joe" Brown hosted "Black Issues In The Black Press," another weekly news program that focused on the issues of the day. WNJR has had the a number of Black radio stars first on the airwaves of WNJR, such as famous of the famous, interview and on-air with music artists, special guests, state federal and local politicians, local talented, and professionals performers such as; Barry White, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Platinum Hook, Morris Day, Eddie Kendricks, Slave, OJays, Sister Sledge, The Temptations, George Clinton, Isley Brothers, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, to President Jimmy Carter, Mayor Kenneth Gibson, Rev. Jesse Jackson,, Councilmen Sharpe James, , Donald Tucker, Earl Harris, Dennis West Brooks, George Branch, Rev. Ralph Grant, Peter Schapiro, Governors Tom Kean, Brendon Byrnes, and James Florio, US Congressman Peter Rodino, to Dr. Maya Angelou, Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Leroy Jones, to the local resident from other cities within the listening area. Many Global cultures has moved into the big cities and boroughs of New York & Harlem and Newark, as the established African-American Center of JAZZ and one of the birthplaces that spawn Blues, Fusion, Hip hop, Doowap, and Rappin in the 1960s and 70sNewark, N.J was the Hub and Mecca. Both cities had, rockers, punk, rocker, blues, caf hard-rock, and dance rock bugaboo, the jerk, the fly, the stroll, the stomp, hitch-hike, locomotion, watusi, mash-potatoes, monkey-time, the tighten up, the swim, the peppermint twist, and spinning as dance in the streets, the scenes and disco happening which also influenced the 1970s and 1980s, cultures of all ethnic groups, youths and cultures. Newark and New York became prominent places to be, live, work, play and party. Both are known for flashgraffiti art, dance routines, music steps, street corner harmonizing, high school theater, fashion, singing group, stage productions, cable, and Disco clubs and dancing. 13 The New York City is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art; abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting; and hip hop, punk, salsa, disco, freestyle, and Tin Pan Alley in music. Urban center such as Newark and New York City has been considered the dance capital of the world. The city boast as the celebrated popular movie set features, with a large city library, Grand Central Station, a connecting land and seaport and the home of major television stations.

The on-air personalitys talks and blended nitro knowledge of the music artist, the listens got a spiritual soulful sense for the movement and sway that sync with the hand clapping, foot and body movement of joy, laughter, and sing-along with the music. Added to this genre-spirit of black music revivals came the sexual love mood of music. Various gospel, blues, rock and swing and instrumental recordings were used frequently in rotation and shift plays

Because these re-developments, music companies using rock & roll , R&B, and personal appearances to get their artists and record singles identified with the different stations play formatas. The immediate roots of rock & roll lay in the rhythm, toe tapping and body swaying to the blues. jazz, gospel, country, and folk music. Many white radio stations also began to change away from their traditional views and white only air playing of music to the more popular top 30 music of names and music forms and beat, lyrics and the stories song about troubled times, love relations, and hardships music messages which formed a different attitude around Black rhythm and blues now in white radio marketplace. A chain of black radio announcers (DJs) of WNJR across the urban divide of New Jersey and New York cities begin with a understanding and knowledge for the beat, the swing, the toe tapping, and hand clapping music, insync with the downbeat and melody that change how music will be classified going into the 60s, , 70s, 80. and 90s, which added to the televised dance show of Soul Train to a new types of teen aged youth, and adult dancers from across urban America of the Great East Coast.

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WNJR Notable Distinguishes Pioneers of Black Radio:

WNJRs air personalities and entertainers began with the end of the 40s a,d 50s, inot the 60s, 70s, 80s an 90s beginning with the Black Radio Pioneers announcers story of the magnificent 7, : The Bellboy" Clint Miller, Georgie Hudsons Downbeat Club, and his intro theme song by the Baton label Hearts called "Here Comes Georgie Hudson;; Pat Conell known as "Pat The Cat in his Switchin' Kitchen," The Cat man Dannie Stiles, ElGranda Musica- Herman Amis, Steele Colony -Baby Steele, John L with Rufus the Chicken, There was talk shows, Straight talking with Charlie Green, also in the broadcast line up were syndicated R & B jocks from across the country. Rusty Bryant and the Club Carolyn Combo show came direct from Columbus, Ohio; There was "Poppa Stoppa" from New Orleans, Zenas "Daddy" Sears from Atlanta, Jim Ameche from Hollywood, and even a short stint by a guy from Ohio named Moondog the later 70s morning drive time shows had characters live with comments from Tabloid -Weird News stories with Jeff Dixon-the Jamaican Sugar Daddy,

 and Ramon Bruce, who took his persona of being a super-hero able to do anything, anywhere, anytime, declaring - "Im The BRUCE !, These were the beginning pioneers of Black Rock Radio and it continued with church and gospel shows host and announcers like: The Old Ship of Zion hosted by Joe Bostic, Sunday after Church, with Lonnie Tucker, who also hosted WNJR Sunday Gospels with Herman Amis in the 70s and 80s. WNJR most dynamic personalities Disc Jockeys included Fred Mills, Jerry Love, Music in the Round, For Lovers Only, Jake Jordan -the Apology Line, Herman Amis -the Other Side of Midnight, Fred Buggs-Afternoon Drive, Cleo Row, Morning with Steele Colony & Sharmaine Foster, Later Evening With B.J. Stone, and the Swing Shift Personalities like Friendly Henry (Henry Singleton) T-in The Morning (Lonnie Tucker) Mike T (T&T) following Lonnie. The Over night crew for Soft Mellow Music with Robin Johnson, Stella Marrs, Ramona Brabrum, and the weekend Black Rock Warriors was JJ Ramey, Bobby Jay, Donnie Simpson, Larry Joe Williams, Jose Guzman, Carlos Dejesus, Wesley Morgan and Thurman A Miller Many Listeners cherish these personalities and many on-air special moments that they witness behind the personalities whit, fun and sometime inter play with the music. WNJR Radio Pioneers are household names and are accepted as part of the listeners families. The format design was to be a use friendly listeners radio station where throughout the 70s, and 80s. Live talk, news and views, information and live music played a big part in a majority of Black Americans households. Television was too expensive so radio. Radio becomes the personal juke boxes for over three generations with the music that change the urban cities, with dance, songs and entertainment. The station signed on in 1947. Initially the station was diversified running Jazz blocks, R & B music, talk shows, and Latin music. The Newark Evening News owned WNJR until 1953, when Rollins Broadcasting bought the station. As Newark's population became increasingly African-American in the 1960s, WNJR evolved into an R&B Music format full time. Some of the jocks included,. In 1967, Rollins broadcasting, after a dispute with on air staff, restructured into Continental Broadcasting. 15 The defunding moments in Black Radio History to began the change as one urban radio station serving the people and music industry and produce selling.at and during a time when WNJR (1430 AM) became a commercial radio station based in Newark, New Jersey,

These are the Air Personalities that charted the course for Rock Music of the Great East Coast: Alan Freed, Pat the Cat Conell, Hal Jackson, Jocko Maxwell, Enoch Gregory, Charlie Green Herman Amis, Hal Wade, Danny Stiles, Clint Miller, Bill Franklin, Dean Webb , Joe Bostic, John L Frazer, George Hudson, Fred Corey The great on-air format was for an ageless radio audience where the sounds and format fit the mold of WNJR, as North Jerseys AM Radio Station. A new Program Director Named Jeffrey Samuel Dixon focus in on blending and consistency music, jingles, commercials and DJ programming in producing shows and personalities that made

the listeners feel that they were listening to more than the 5,000 watts of power equal to the 50,0000 watts of power FM station in New York City. These are the air personalities that made history and fortifying the New AM Sound of WNJR as the Black Rock of the Great East Coast: Steele Colony, Jake Jordan, Jeffrey Samuel Dixon, Lonnie Tucker, Cleo Rowe, Romana Braham, Sharmaine Foster, Jerry Love, Henry Singleton, Robin Johnson, Fred Mills, Bobby Jay, B.J. Stone, Jose Guzman, Fred Buggs, Donnie Simpson, Tom Joiner, Larry Joe Williams, Mike Thomas, Stella Marrs, J.J. Ramey, Carlos Dejesus, Wesley Morgan, Diana Steele, Audrey June Taylor, Larry Burke, and Bill Franklin WNJR moved to several locations; first on 91 Halsey St. in Newark, NJ, then to 1700 Union Avenue, Union, NJ, to 900 Union Avenue, and today to Clifton, NJ from 5,000 watt to 10,000 transmitter power output watts.

Hal Jackson 16

Bobby Jay

Lonnie T

T-On-Your B.O.X.

T-In-The Morning

Wesley Morgan & Lonnie T

Sharmaine Foster & Lia Afrait

Linda Brown & Nia

Andrea

Jerry Love

Steele Colony & Lonnie T

leo Rowe Ronnie Dyson Fred Buggs, Lonnie T Diana Steel, Lonnie, Sharmaine, Gene McFadden Fred Buggs, Steele Colony, John Whitehead

StellaBlackwell.. Lonnie T

Jeff Dixon

Jake Jordan

Carlos ,

B.J. Stone

Henry Singleton

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BROADCASTING DEMOGRAPHICS The main Idea was to get a big share of both Northern New Jersey and New York Citys music market with a fluid and talk format tight programming with requested music from our targeted listeners. The format included program give-a ways, trips, concert tickets, music artists, live performances, Broadway shows, and other listener prizes around popular coming events and social gatherings.. Newark New Jersey was the home base of all in studio broadcasting which often presented outdoor family events to identify with the neighborhoods and wards of North, East, West, South and Central. The formula focus was to get a major part of the listeners share from New York listeners;

New York City is composed of five boroughs of New York City where hundreds of distinct neighborhoods, and many historical characters and fashioned minded residents call their own from Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. Manhattan (New York County; 2009 Est. Pop.: 1,629,054) is the most densely populated borough and is home to Central Park and most of the city's skyscrapers. The borough has Wall Street, the financial center of the U.S. The World Trade Center contains the headquarters of many major corporations, the UN, a number of important universities, and many cultural attractions. Manhattan is loosely divided into Lower, Midtown, and Uptown regions. Uptown Manhattan is divided by Central Park into the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side, and above the park is Harlem. Connecting New Jersey with New York are the Holland and Lincoln tunnels The Bronx: Pop. 1,397,287) is New York City's northernmost borough, the home of Yankee Stadium, and the New York Yankees, and Co-op City. Except for a small section of Manhattan known as Marble Hill, the Bronx is the only section of the city. It is home to the Bronx Zoo, the largest metropolitan zoo in the Country, which spans 265 acres (1.07 km) and is home to over 6,000 animals. Connecting to New Jersey are the Tapen Zee and George Washington Bridges. Brooklyn: Pop. 2,567,098), on the western tip of Long Island, is the city's most populous borough is Brooklyn that is known for its cultural, social and ethnic diversity, an independent art scene, distinct neighborhoods and a distinctive architectural heritage. It is also the only borough outside of Manhattan with a distinct downtown neighborhood. The borough features a long beachfront and Coney Island, established in the 1870s as one of the earliest amusement grounds in the country. Queens: Pop. 2,306,712) is geographically the largest borough and the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, and may overtake Brooklyn as the city's most populous borough due to its growth. Historically a collection of small towns and villages founded by the Dutch, today the borough is predominantly residential and middle class families, where the median income among African Americans, approximately $52,000 a year, is higher than that of White Americans. Queens is the site of Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, and annually hosts the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Additionally, it is home to two of the three major airports serving the New York metropolitan area, LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. (The third is Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.) 18 Staten Island: Pop. 491,730) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. Staten Island is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to Manhattan by way of the free Staten Island Ferry. The Staten Island Ferry is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City as it provides unsurpassed views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and lower Manhattan. Located in central Staten Island, the 2,500 acres (10 km) Greenbelt has some 28 miles (45 km) of walking trails and one of the last undisturbed forests in the city. Designated in 1984 to protect the island's natural lands, the Greenbelt comprises seven city parks.

Newark, New Jersey and the Bronx, New York are the birthplaces for rap, doo-wap and hip hop. WNJR format stayed much the same, bring in profits that rival with the big 50,000 watts stations powerhouses of WBLS and

WRKS (98.7 Kiss FM) and WWRL (1600 AM). Newark, New Jersey is the States largest and second-most diverse city. Newark is divided into five political Wards, which are often used by residents to identify their place identify with specific neighborhoods, wards of North, East, West, South and Central, including Newark's North Ward is the home of Branch Brook Park, and approximately 200,000 residents. Its neighborhoods include Broadway, Newark, New Jersey, Mount Pleasant, and the affluent Forest Hill section. The North Ward historically had a large Italian population, which has transitioned to Latino in recent decades. Large portions of the North Ward, especially areas where the homes are very close together, are over 90% Latino. There remains pockets of African-Americans in the North Ward. The Central Ward also used to be known as the old Third Ward contains much of the city's original history including the Lincoln Park, Military Park and the James Street Commons Historic Districts. The Ward contains the University Heights, The Coast/Lincoln Park, Government Center, Springfield/Belmont and Seventh Avenue Neighborhoods. Of these neighborhood designations only University Heights, a newer designation for the area that was the subject of the 1968 novel Howard Street by Nathan Heard, is still in common usage. The Central Ward has the largest health sciences university in the nation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, with three other universities New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers University - Newark, and Essex County College. The Central Ward has 26 public schools The West Ward comprises the neighborhoods of Vailsburg, Ivy Hill, West Side, Fairmount and once affluent Roseville sections. Roseville is mainly Latino and Italian American. The West Ward, once a predominately IrishAmerican, Polish, and Ukrainian neighborhood, is now home to neighborhoods composed primarily of African Americans, Africans, and Caribbean Americans including Guyanese, Haitians and Jamaicans. The South Ward comprises the Weequahic section, Clinton Hill, Dayton, and South Broad Valley neighborhoods. The South Ward, once home to residents of predominately Jewish descent, now has ethnic neighborhoods made up primarily of African-Americans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. The citys second-largest hospital, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, can be found in the South Ward, as can 17 public schools, five daycare centers, and three branch libraries. 19 The East Ward consists of Newark's downtown commercial district, as well as the heavily Portuguese Ironbound neighborhood, where much of Newark's industry was located in the 19th century. Today, due to the enterprise of its immigrant population, the Ironbound (also known as "Down Neck") is a very successful part of Newark. The East Ward is transitioning from Portuguese to Brazilian. It is largely composed of houses packed very closely together, but the neighborhoods are notably safe, thriving and successful. Surrounding municipalities are: East Orange, Bloomfield Twp, Belleville Twp, E. Newark, Harrison, Kearny, Maplewood Twp, So. Orange, Irvington Twp, Jersey City, Hillside Twp, Elizabeth and Bayonne Newark, New Jerseys Demographics Census Pop. % 1960 1970 405,220 7.6% 381,930 5.7%

1980 329,248 13.8%

1990 275,221 16.4%

2000 273,546 0.6%

The Economy of Newark, New Jersey

Newark has over 300 types of business. These include 1,800 retail, 540 wholesale establishments, eight major bank headquarters (including those of New Jersey's three largest banks), and twelve savings and loan association headquarters. Deposits in Newark-based banks are over $20 billion. Newark is the third-largest insurance center in the Nation, after New York City and Hartford. The Prudential Financial and Mutual Benefit Life companies originated in Newark. The former, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, is still headquartered in Newark. Many other companies are headquartered in the city, including International Discount Telecommunications, New Jersey Transit, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), and Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey. Though Newark is not the industrial colossus of the past, the city does have a considerable amount of industry. The southern portion of the Ironbound, also known as the Industrial Meadowlands, has seen many factories built since World War II, including a large Anheuser-Busch brewery. Panasonic plans to leave their longtime headquarters in nearby Secaucus, New Jersey and move its North American headquarters to a 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) space in Newark in 2013, as part of a deal in which the company would receive over $100 million in tax incentives to add to the 800 employees it already has in New Jersey.

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Some of the Great Movers and Shakers 0f the 70s, 80s, & 90s

Harold Edwards Sr.

Barbara Kukla

Eugene Goldston

Stanley Terrell,

Judge Golden Johnson

Hubert Williams

Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant Kenneth A. Gibson

Armando B. Fontoura

Donald Tucker Sen. John P. Caufield Rev. Thomas Rev. Lawrence Roberts Ralph Grant Earl Harris Dennis Westbrook Mary Mathis-Ford Bernice Bass Gov. Thomas Kean Al Zack

Dr. Stanley Bergen Herbert Tate Harry Wheeler Connie Woodruff Rev. JC Crawford Steve Adubato Kitty Taylor Tony Imperiale Carl Sherif Bernard Moore Dr. Eugene Campbell Leroy Jones Curtis Wade Dr. Yomba Daniel Blue Dan OFlaherty Brendon Byrne Wes Weaver Gov. Richard Hughes Stanley J K NAACP/ Urban League / Chamber

There are several notable performers and known radio personalities from Newark. The 1925 neo-classic building, originally built by the Shriners, has three performance spaces, including the main concert named in honor of famous Newarker Sarah Vaughn. Also among the first and famous are Lonnie Tucker, DJ and Radio host for live radio shows of rhythm and blues, artists interviews, Teen rap, Hip-hop Dance , Gospel Music for the Soul and the Weekend Spectacular. Lonnie was the first Black Appointed Public Relation Officer for the Newark Fire Department. He also served as Chief of Staff to State Senator John P. Caufield, who was also the Fire Director. Newark does not have any major television network affiliates due to its proximity to New York City. However, WNET, a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and Spanish-language WFUT-TV, a TeleFutura owned-and-operated station, are licensed to Newark. The state's leading newspaper, The Star-Ledger, owned by Advance Publications, is based out of Newark. Radio Station WJZ (now WABC (AM)) made its first broadcast in 1921 from the Westinghouse plant near Lackawanna Station. It moved to New York City in the 1920s. Pioneer radio station WOR AM was originally licensed to and broadcast from the Bamberger's Department Store in Newark. Radio Station WNEW-AM (now WBBR) was founded in Newark in 1934. It later moved to New York City. In addition, WBGO, a National Public Radio affiliate that reaches New York City with a format of standard and contemporary jazz, is located in downtown Newark. WNSW AM-1430 (formerly WNJR) and WQXR (which was formerly WHBI and later WCAA) 105.9 FM are also licensed to Newark.

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PIONEERS OF BLACK RADIO ADVISORS

The Professional Advisory Board comprised of representatives of Rhythm & Blues diverse community, including artists, members of the entertainment and music industries, and representatives of the fields of education, public relations, journalism, and financial management, as well as other noted radio professionals. The Professional Advisory Board main focus is on documented proof of real air-personalities, real radio stations, and or their existence and prominence in the public market place that is included in this document celebrating and

paying tribute in memoriam to the announcers, business contributors and the public that supports and promote the appreciation of Pioneers of Black Radio across America. Other initiatives include partnering with music produces, records companies, foundations, halls of fames; artists record artists, the public listeners, and the music pioneers of today and the future. To maintain and sustain the intent of this document as the facts for improve the quality of public life, and to record and safe guard the Black Radio Pioneers Legacy. And to ensure that each broadcasting generation are promoted and recognized as an important communicators that links and bridge the music gaps to be incorporated in all cultures of past current and future generations of music. Where the music service as the Rhythm to the Blues, that Rocks and Roll the Souls to remember the continuing musical legacy for all in the music industry with integrity, achievements, successes, and greatness.

Mission
The Mission of the Pioneers of Black Radio is to enshrine Americas Urban Cities Disc-Jockeys Announcers /AirPersonalities/, and Recording Artists

Vision
Vision is to preserve the memories of lives by the outreach and comments from the general public those testimonials that provided Educational Outreach, News & Views, Performances, Recording Opportunities, Community Activities, and Musical Operations and recognize contributions of musical dedicated to the historical and cultural preservation into an accountable document that sustain and benefited to a quality of life for bring the music that links people through the music that directly participation with artists, the recording industry, and the voice communicators of music for the fans and urban America.

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RESEARCHER CONTRIBUTORS
Lead Researcher Lonnie Tucker Lead Organizers Mike Thomas & Fred Mills Contributors . Henry Singleton, Sharmaine Foster, Jerry (Love ) Brown, Fred Buggs, Toya Beasley, Bobby Jay, B.J. Stone, J.J. Ramey, Carlos Dejesus Jae Gregory, Linda Jones, Thurman Miller, Barbara Kukla Post Commentary Billie Prest

(The group invites you to be a member by sending us you information, and credentials, internships or experiences with our black radio station in New Jersey and New York.)

Send your information to: WNJR Radio Project, POB 1084 West Chester, Ohio, 45071 or to Lonnie Tucker at: wellstucker@live.com

PERSONALITIES MEMBERS
NEW List of Announcers, Djs, Radio Operators, Owners, Artists, Record Producers, Media And Marketing

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LISTNERS TESTOMONIES
We want your sincere testimony as our public listeners. We would like your comments as part of our documentation that honors those that has contributed to Black Radio. We are profoundly thankful for everyones expressions, thoughts, comments, experiences, joys, (good & bad) and for your assistance with the facts for this historic document. We are all eternally grateful for your help on making this historical journey with us.

The Pioneers of Black Radio want to create a program and venue that recognizes the contribution of Urban America across the nation. While this will be a work of inclusion in progress, the plans and strategy is to find, research and include those radio disc-jockeys, announcers, and other personalities that are the legends that made is possible for artists, the music industry, the listeners and radio stations that are and were instrumental in educating the public with a life-time commitments to music and those who were a part of it. As we grow to create and developing this official document, our core focus will be on and about the achievement and successes of people, the cities, the music, the hot spots, the radio stations, and the disc-jockeys. This includes the artists, groups, bands, vocalist and background singers, songwriters, producers, directors that made radio what it is today, a reservoir of information and entertainment. We are asking everyone in the sounds of our voices, or reading the print on the paper, or thats connected online to the internet, to join in with: Comments What they were doing from the 1950, 60s, 70, 80s, and 90s? (5 decades) What event you attended, What station you listened to Name all the announcers you listened to Please include the stations ID, and city location We want you to be part of this Pioneers Honorarium that will continue to celebrate the legacy of Black Radio Pioneers across America.

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LISTNERS COMMENTS
I am a documentary filmmaker currently working on a project about Branch Brook Park Roller Rink in Newark, NJ. http://www.therinkfilm.com/ The film goes into the house scene in Newark because it is a huge influence for some of the DJs at the rink. Does anyone have any footage of Zanzibar? I would love to incorporate it in the film. If so, hit me up- sarahema@gmail.com

We the Djs are keeping the music alive! now with that being said. Dj Comacho you will be truly missed.He was a great Dj and person , gone way too soon. I am still residing in Orlando,Fl formly of jersey city, NJ. I missed those day going to Zbar and so many other clubs long gone too. I am attending Winter Music Conferance in Miami, fl for March 2012, that was the last place I hung out with DJ Comacho and other friends. If anyone else is attending, I would like to hear from you. Lets celebrate life for those whom are not with us now. R.I.P. DJ Comacho, Heavy D, Larry Paterson, David Cole, Larry

Levan, and old time friend S.U.R.E. record pool founder Bobby, I hope you are hanging with DJ Comacho and other.

Chaka Khan live at Club Zanzibar in '83 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5TbkcRbB4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NapBsAAKHFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFK_kNtzuLY that's all the audio from her set that was on youtube. I believe she also performed Ain't Nobody, I'm Every Woman, Life Is a Dance, Roll Me Through the Rushes, Papillion, Do You Love What You Feel, Naughty, and Sweet Thing (if anybody can confirm this). also, Wendy Williams was a regular here during her early years in radio.

billie prest GOOD NEWS....RE: Footage from Club Zanzibar.... brother Ralph McDaniels says the footage from Club Zanzibar is very important to the history of Music and Dance. Looks like the creator of Video Music Box will lend a helping hand to... "Zanzibar Dayz" ... bp ps...a sneak preview will be available online just before the Memorial Day Holiday 2010. Stay tuned to 'new' YouTube Connection: ClubZanzibarJersey or The new fb page created by "Zanzibar Heads" (Naeem Johnson and Friends) ~ "Club Zanzibar" or my fb page: billie prest .... ~The Time Is Now~

50years old, I drove past the vacant space deliberately just to "feel" those old parties back in the early '80s ...the legends,,,,,,. Man let us never forget these Guys 25

What a history lesson. I will never forget those lines around to the pool. How about Chaka Kahn, Colonel Abrams, Grace Jones, The Peach Boys. How about the last song on Wednesday nights. Broadcasts

HT,,,,,,As the opening jock of Zanzibar I also have fond memories. But before Zanzibar we had another club in Newark that was the lead into Zanzibar. That club was Docks. And this year will be the 35th Anniversary. I also was the opening jock to that club. So this year we will be celebrating the 35th Docks Reunion Party. All the original Docks jocks will be DJing. Naeem Johnson, Frankie Hernandez and myself. September 4th in Newark, NJ. Hit the facebook page and I will keep you up to date on all the info. Here is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Docks-Reunion/142595842484610 I am very lucky to have been involved in the club scene in Newark for many years. Thank You too all the down to earth people that have supported me through out the years.

One of the worlds most outstanding entertainment structures ever constructed in the history of audio engineering! Richard Long engineered the one and only of it's kind sound system that actually moved the

minds and hearts of the city of Newark, New Jersey, and all of the surrounding area, because of the octaves and decibels in depth that was unheard of and completely unbelievable unless you were one of its captives The sound of the music inside of the place was so overwhelmingly massive that the train station over 1000 feet way would actually pulsate from the rhythm of the This is from just one of you who wishes that someone would or could, or even myself, with a large amount of help from those who would really like to construct such a great entertainment complex once again to show the next generation what it meant to: (ENJOY A REAL NIGHTCLUB), that was engineered just for your musical entertainment

I gainned my inspiration for becoming a Dj from attending zbar. Checking out Tony, man he know how to work that reel to reel. I use to live on that dance floor. Anyway, I went on to become a very good mobile Dj, and did lots of guest spot. I lived in Jersey City at the time. DJ Diamond was my call name @ Club LaRouge. I became a member of SURE Record pool,there is so much to tell. I am now 47 living in Florida and still have all those Zan cuts, even the orginal version of Release the Tension on reel to reel. i still go out dancing regular,even out dance those twenty something years old. I miss those time, I try to attend WMC in March every year in Miami, FL and meet up with old friends from those time.If i sound like someone you have meet or heard, drop me a few lines.RIP Larry Patterson, Larry LeVan, John Robinson

SOMEDAY --CeCe Rogers is still going strong. He his my Facebook friend and is producing and writing music at this time. If you have facebook look him up he is soooo down to earth and his music thou he is saved now is still great!

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the MUSIC is what drew us all in. Having become a regular at the Zanz. was bittersweet for me. I couldnt survive the times without my Zanz. fix That created its own issues at home being at the club 4 nights a week. Another story:) Just knowing that after anything in my day I could always release with a night of working out on the dance floor. I have stopped this writing twice because of emotional stirrings so I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. So again thanks to all for letting me know that the CULTURE we created is still alive among us scattered over the world. I am looking for any information concerning the next Zanz. reunion

hello to all that experienced "the legendary club Zanzibar" and "club 88"....i once was the club director for both clubs...handling all promotions and entertainment. radio spots etc.....i was also friends with al Murphy who along with Miles Berger(owner of both clubs} was the genius and actual creator of club Zanzibar which opened 1979. i have numerous video tapes from both club Zanzibar and club 88. i look forward to transferring the s-vhs and vhs tapes to digital format and then making available for the "world" to somewhat experience both cub zanzibar and club 88. sincerely ....d.j. "billie prest" also executive producer and manager for Ce Ce Rogers "someday" circa 1987 : ) .......

The Pioneers of Black Radio wish to thank all the loyal listeners, followers, contest winners, artists, record companies, Artist relation representatives, clubs, discos, bars, car dealerships, beer companies, fast-foods chains, mom & pop establishments, mayors & city officials, governors, presidents, , public services operations, clothing industry, manufacturing, Our unions-(AFTRA & SAG), our air-personalities, staff, employees and our station owners. We thank you all for nearly four decade of professional opportunities of a life, for serving, giving, leading, and providing news, information and the platform for music, with no boundaries, which connected us all, in a language of respect and understanding. For the nearly four decades of public services, communication that bridge the social gaps to the people of New Jersey and New York, that made AM 1430, WNJR, Radio Station # One. And as the evolution of radio slips into online broadcasting; I would like to leave you with the word that I sign off from every broadcast. Im, T-On-Your B-O-X, Please Keep Living As Long As You Want and Want As Long As You Live. Be Good to Each other, and I will See You Out There. T-Gone For Now; But, We Will Meet Again Same Time, Same Station,W-N-J-R, Newark.

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WNJRS PARTIES AND CONCERTS

WNJR Hosting the party

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WNJR At The Parties Contest Winners

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WNJR In The Community

Greeting Film Star

Greeting Film Star

Newarks VIPs

Ed Hicks Ronald Tuff Lonnie T

Ys Mix City Basketball Teams

WNJR Team Rappers

Lonnie Tucker and Bill Franklin of WNJR Inside of Rahway Maximum State Prison with The CRISIS Program speaking and interviewing Lifers about prison Conditions (1975)

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WNJR At The Concerts

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ARTISTS AND LISTNERS CONTRIBUTIONS

These testimonials submitted shall be only listed by first name and last name initial. The comments from the contributor may ask that their last name be added. However this may only be in the form of a written request with their comments. The same applies to artists and other industry comment contributors. As we honor the legends of music, songwriter and other fro 5 decade of on-air broadcast my first taste of what would become rock and roll music back in the spring of 1953 on a little AM station out of Newark, New Jersey - WNJR, 1430 on the dial. Having become bored with the top of the pops of the first Eisenhower term - that paragon of the time - "How Much is that doggie in the Window"), Searching for something different in music, I had discovered these great names - "Big Mama" Maybell, "Little" Esther Phillips, Guitar Slim, Fats Domino, and the Platters." Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia format) is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens. It is primarily on AM because market research reveals that only persons in that age group listen to music on AM in sizable numbers. Adult standards first became a popular format in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a way to reach mature adults who came of age before the rock era but were perhaps too mature for adult contemporary radio or too young for beautiful music. At one time there were several hundred such stations; today, because of changing demographics and the passing of many long-time loyal listeners, there are probably only about 200. Many of those stations that do remain have attempted to update their sound to appeal to younger listeners by moving away from big-band music and other pre-1960 material and into soft adult contemporary territory, playing softer hits from 1960-1980, but some 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s music may be included as well. While Music of Your Life has not eliminated all of the big-band and traditional pop music from its playlist, Westwood One and ABC dropped much of the older music in favor of softer pop and rock oldies from the 1960s and 1970s top 40 era and a good deal of soft adult sound as well. Some of the older-style songs are making a comeback on the Westwood One format. ABC discontinued its Timeless service early in 2010; that same year, Music of Your Life added more 1960s oldies to its playlist.

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MUSICIANS TESTOMONIES
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Educational Musical Outreach bring together those great generations of musicians and recording artist that got the opportunity and promotions to stardom. From the personal in studio interviews, outdoor concerts, to exposures for recording deals, the Music educational Outreach is designed to get comments from those who grace the hallowed halls and studios of urban radio while educating the public and the communities of diverse families and teens across America. As we honor and publicly appreciation the communication of radio music of Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll and Rap, Pop & other Music Artists. Comments and experienced from the music artist that remember WNJR that promoted their records, like CeCe Rogers, Pure Natural, Egg Roll, the Manhattans, Melba Moore, Dionne Warwick and local vertically unknown artist who got their start

The WNJR Pioneers of Black Radio next piece are the interviewed, and supported as local New Jersey/New York Artists

Ce Ce Rogers

George Clinton

Dee Dee Warwick Shirley Marie Elliston Sandi Sheldon. (aka) Kenni Woods

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Whitney Houston Tisha Campbell

Melba Moore

Gwen Guthrie Ruth SlikyWaters

Dionne Warwick

AURRA- Curt Jones & Starleana Young

SLAVE

Young & Company

MTUME

The (Poets) Main Ingredient

The Ebonys

The Manhattans

The Moments

Persuaders

Little Anthony & The Imperials

The Chiffons

The Ad Libs

Madeline Bell

Marie Knight

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Cicely Tyson Thelma Houston Carol Slade Linda Jones Cissy Houston

Sarah Vaughn

Carrie Smith

Cynthia Holiday Madame Pat Tandy Lady CiCi

Carrie Jackson

Jackie Jones

Yvette Glover

The Gospel Clefs

The Coleman Brothers

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Egg Roll

Patti LaBelle

Ce Ce Rogers

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WNJR WITH THE ARTISTS

Platinum Hook

Lou Rawls

Lakeside

Jackie Moore

WNJR Contest Winners Party

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Tony Toni Toney

The Jones Girls

Lonnie T

Contestants Winners Party

Carlos DeJesus

B.J. Stone

Jerry Love

Fred Buggs

Fred Mills

Bill Franklin WNJR News Director

Inside Rahway State Prison

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