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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 acollege student was researching information on Radio Station WNJR ad other Urban Radio Stations where BlaAnnouncers help change the landscape, in music, fashion, family unity, education programs, city-wide campaiconcerts, 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 arand for the most part, there are no mentions of many urban announcers after the late 1970s of local men andwomen. The latest trends in radio broadcasting does not promote, track, or present those news exposes on thoannouncers who has related causes that support up-to-date documentation on those pioneers who represented 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 toshape and change the cultural landscape impacts of music, fashion, family unity, broadcasting programs, andeducational programs through city-wide campaigns, concerts, news & information shows, talent shows andbroadcast 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 firsthand account of events, operational involvements, and building cultural bridges for an inclusive public, regardwhere we were in broadcasting across the Nation. Those public movement for events where messages broadcaacross the air-waves before the internet, which disseminated news and information to those who just needed tothere, whenever and wherever a community services (public service announcement) was a significantcontributions to informing the public.

Pioneers of Black Radio, want the actual facts and information to be a part of recorded history in Broadcastingand Communications to be available for access for use by todays generation and future generations. Our on-going projects are to make updates to this document will include collected memorabilia, radio artifacts, andpublic listeners that written comments on their support and witness to those days in broadcast history from locbroadcasting across urban areas of America and their encounters with the men and women through a Face booWebpage. Called, Pioneers of Black Radio. And on Wikipedia, Scribd and other media publishings.

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This will be the beginning towards archiving the broadcasting data, articles, video, audio, photos and historicalinformation is being collected as we strive to influence current broadcasting and radio communications practicthat are supportive as a favorable account for: How it all began in radio, where music was the culture to educainform, 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 wcooler, 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 whhas fallen, and passed on from this life. This project will be our Salute In Memoriam for Broadcaster. And as grow to ready pass-on the torch, of this work, we will put in place the structure for maintaining the stability of document that will organize a Pioneers of Black Radio Organization with a Nation-wide portal for comments factual information that will be checked by an Advisory Board of Communication and Broadcast industry inassociation with, other factual documents, in person documentation, along with AFTRA, SAG, BMI and otherindustries. 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, listenersand planners will play their part with personal comments around social events, concerts, clubs, discos, familyunity 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

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 shal

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 informatio

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 InclusionRespect, Educate to Embrace the Acceptance of Differences and Understanding for Cultural Awareness

through Music.

by Lonnie Tucker

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Pioneers in all media of Broadcasting and Communications still bridge the gap in cultures through music, SincNew Jersey and New York Pioneers in radio are the main focus of this document, it shall be a historical resouravailable to todays generations and future generations where other historians shall continue to chart the coursethe broadcast industry has taken. For those advocates for books and thesis writing, we hope that this documenhelp with presenting the facts, where hard access to data and information are short on black broadcasters of rad

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 efforfor maintaining all contributions of black broadcasting colleagues on our history in broadcasting. Using thelargest urban cultural market on the Great East Coast of the World, New Jersey and New York, shall serve as ttemplate for information, where these states radio, television, cable, owners, promoters, and businesses arecontinuing 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 th

author who served as; an air personality, news correspondent, radio operations lead staffer, and designatebusiness contact for media, and artist relations from 1973 1989. as an employee of WNJR Radio, AM 14

Newark, New Jersey.

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The Black Pioneers of Radio Station WNJR

WNJR Story begin with the pioneers of Black Radio in North Jersey, New Jersey. Whos listening audience spthe borders of New Jersey into the 5 boroughs of New York, New York Specifically into Manhattan, the Bronxand Brooklyn But let us set the stage from the beginning .

The call letter of WNJR were know in the 40s & 50 as WBYNIn 1946 The Newark Sunday Call purchased WBYN from the FCC. At the time the Newark Sunday Call was ithe middle of being purchased by the Newark Evening News. In 1947, it changed calls to WNJR, owned by NoJersey Radio Inc. It aired an all-news format that while unsuccessful at the time, today would be consideredprototypical. In the 1950s and 1960s the station featured some of the earliest rock and roll programming in theNew 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 froa studio located at 1700 Union Ave in Union, New Jersey. WNJR had two station's large 344 foot high guyedradio broadcast towers. Fortunate these towers were positioned to broadcast into a big FM marketplace of listenin 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 additrock and roll may have helped the cause of the civil rights movement because both African American teens andwhite American teens enjoyed the music. Many early rock and roll songs dealt with issues of cars, school, datinand clothing.

The rock and roll songs described events and conflicts that most listeners could relate to from some point in thelives. 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 happening around them with News, Information and Family Health and Safety.

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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 whthey identify with. This popularization the type of R&B (Rhythm & Blues) and Rock & Roll for both blackperformers reaching white audiences and teens to more African American Music and Black performers, with thMusic of the City, Dancing in the Streets, Freedom Marches, and Unity Family Day, all came at a time as racia

strife and tensions were prevalent in the big cities and urban America were experiencing the needs to stand up 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 thechanges, and that lead to the United States Supreme Court ruling to abolished all policies of "Separate but EquaPractices in 1954, while the ruling was clear, it will continue today leaving a policy which would be extremelydifficult to enforce throughout the United States.

WNJR like so many black radio stations across the nation started cultivating a new culture with young whiteflower 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

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 fomaking money and addressing desegregation, by creating new forms of music that encouraged racial cooperatiand shared cultural experiences as an instrument where both white and black teenage, multi-cultural householdand both sexes of listeners would identify themselves in real life situations, of feeling love and understandinglearned 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 wvoice blending, story rapping, and vocalizing with rhythm and beats that are still popular in many forms fromJazz, 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 rhythwith 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 jamsbrought big top 10 hits. Despite the subsequent explosion in records from doo wop acts in the later 50s, manyartist 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 Wopsince many Black American Groups could not get their music played on white stations so many of the earliestwhite rock and roll hits were a results of the re-writes of earlier black groups blues, and R&B songs throughou

the late 1950s, 1960s, 70s, 80s and late 1990s. As this historical opportunity continue to value and develop thcultural 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 DiscoMusic.

5These new dance routines and dance steps, began the duplication progress use by Artist Groups Routines, Teeage 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 fodances like:


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The Jitterbug, Stroll, Philly stomp, Locomotion, Jungle Boogie, Bump, Fly, Funky worm, Twist & Shout, PonyRide, Boogaloo, Skate Bounce, Hustle, Push & Pull, Swim, Electric Slide, and forming the Soul Train Line to free style dancing.

These variations of dance steps used at high school graduations, blue lights in the basement, disco dance partieclubs, and dance routines on the floor of teen-agers dancing on American Bandstand and in 1971 with the creatof Soul Train, and the Soul Train Dance Lines. With House Music 1980, and Freestyle in 1971, Nuo-Disco, w

the tracks sample of instrumentals and matching down-beat to blend from one blending of tracks to another beaor song, and the switching back and forth between recorded beats. Teens and adult got a glimps of creativefashions, that was famous in the 70s 80 and 90s, for what should be the style wormed. Dance routine to practinew dance steps, and the fashionable hair-dos and styles of the era. The Fusion ofdifferent musical styles as RB, 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 anddances 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 Cluopening 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 music spotlight with mixed music influences like; Pink Funk, Disco, Jamming & Jiving; to DJ House MusicBlends, Scratch Mixing, Techno-synthesizes Sounds, Rock expressions, Rapping, and Hip Hop Vocals. This trincluded both male and female performers.

R&B (Rhythm & Blues) music had been gaining a stronger beat and a wilder style, with artists such as FatsDomino, Billy Stewart, Ramsey Lewis, Count Base, Earl Father Hines, Ray Charles and others speeding up themusic tempo and downbeat to a popular sound being heard on the jukeboxes. Remembering before Alan FreedJaco Maxwell, Danny Stiles, and others, black music was taboo on many white-owned radio stations.

6However the music of black artist were being use by white artists for potential rock and roll hits.. Many of ElvPresley's hits were produced from black rhythm and blues or blues songs, like "That's All Right" (a countrifiedarrangement of a blues number), its flip side "Blue Moon of Kentucky", "Baby, Let's Play House", "Lawdy MiClawdy" and "Hound Dog".

Doo wop would be a major influence on vocal surf music, soul and early Jersey beat, including The Beatles. thearliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead


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instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s in the Souta region which would produce most of the major early rock and roll acts - through the meeting of variousinfluences 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 NeYork, Detroit, Garry, Chicago, Newark, Cleveland, Jersey City Buffalo and Harlem meant that black and whiteresidents 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 AfricanAmerican musical styles such as Blues, Jazz, Swing, Swing , and Latin Beats that was copied by white musiciathat 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 ochange bridging the social gap of many cultures and races that gave each a real sense of belonging to the musicand all people. R&B with Rock & Roll are part of the Generation X, New Age-Techno Groups and 21st CentuGlobal Exchange Cultures (TFCGC) all are adopting the old school ways, in music, and styles productions allfrom the inventive so called Baby Boomers Generation. All with the influential markings for understanding anlife 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 whievolved beyond music on the radio, or in record buying public music, or from the boom boxes and jukeboxes inTelevision dance programming like American Bandstand, and Soul Train. The Clubs & Discos were the plato be:Adam's Apple- New York, New York, Barney Googles, New York, Bentley, New York, Bottom of theBarrel, Union City, New Jersey, Caves, Staten Island, New York, Club Truffles, Staten Island, New York, CluZanzibar, 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, NYMelons, New York, NY,Palace, Elizabeth, New Jersey,Palladium, New York

Paradise Garage, New York, Peachtree, New Rochelle, New York,Plato's Retreat, New York, NYRed Parrot, New York, Roseland, New York, Roxy, New York, Scandals, Brooklyn, New York,UndergroundNew York, This places of music transformed and extended the blending of all music forms into a pop culturesfilm, clothes, hair-dos, makeup, social dress, cosmetics, cars, living space, social clubs, dance moves, greetingand a distinctive language-code-of-speaking within each cultures or groups:

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(Dig it; Right On; The Man; Solid on that; Can you dig it; My Brother; Fell me; Pound it; Fist Bumpin; Sock itme; Rock me; Hit-it & Run; Show & Tell; Soul Brother; Brother to Brother; Low Riders; Hey, hey, Check It O5-0, Foxy, Fly, In Your B.O.X., Whatz-Up, Hollywood, Down-wit-it, All the way Live, Sho-Nuff, Real DiddyNitty-Gritty, Pow,) all are coined phrases language codes used today, that relish the short terms understandingcomplete translation of words from feeling that defines moments for Black Music History that connects tounderstanding terms of Slangnglish (Slang and English)..
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The air-personalities (DJs) delivered the course for the culture to acclimate to, especially between parental desifor their teens and younger children to be the best they can be but to that young adult audience that began with ages of 16 21 which was the youth cultures to carry on the new renaissance for doing better than the oldergenerations.

Today these are the same concerns about the attitudes and behaviors of teen juvenile delinquency, socialrebellions, parting without understanding the needs for education, particularly in big cities and large urban areaof the ghettos and slums of the cities. There was an urgency to open up the eyes of the youth of tomorrow thshared 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 thoseyouth cultures in the urban and suburbans communities with a purposeful mix for the buying public on populamusic and a fashioned minded teen market with the music to influence the trend; with Teenager In Love PrettWoman Blue Suede Shoes " The Express Way" When a Man Loves a Woman; The Big Payback BernadetteGirls Just Want to Have Fun Tinted Love Rumors Getaway and Groovin Another One Bit the Dust I wilSurvive We Will Rock You and many more songs influenced the time and era in music with radio-personalit

delivered the course for the culture to acclimate young adult audience and cultures to carry on the new renaissain music from the older generations

WNJR used many on-air ID stingers to keep a fresh sound, and promotion for both listeners and commercialproduct sales. Some of these on-air station ID Stingers were also use as blends in and out of record intro and b

announcing 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

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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 HenrSingleton, Tom Joiner, Fred Mills, Donnie Simpson, Larry Joe Williams, Reggie Wells, Jerry Love , Fred BugSharmaine Foster, BJ Stone Cleo Rowe, J.J. Ramey, Ramona Braham, Wesley Morgan, Mike Thomas, StellMarrs Robin Johnson, Jose Guzman ,Carlos Dejesus

WNJR key program kept consistency with sound, operation, news and information with the management staff


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Administrative Operational Staff

Ed Rollins, Marvin Lewis, Harvey Lynch , Dave Barnett, Dan Robinson, Jeri Crisman, Lia Afrait (Merrill), LSatchel, Toya Beasley, Ed Hicks, Gene McNeil, Col Ed Brown, Carrie Brock, William Donahue, Ernie HowarJeff Samuel Dixon, Steel Colony, Jerry Love, Lonnie Tucker, Wesley Morgan, Carol Williams, Angela ReigniBeverly Bradshaw, Jean Wells, Larry Burke, Nina, Linda Brown, Tom Bradshaw, Thomas, Leroy Buzkirk, EdDawkins, Ken Beaver, Roman

WNJR, Newark became the home and City of predominantly African-American black-oriented music with a nformat 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 themoney the restriction to gain control over the music industry began with black owned station. Where the need tstrictly program what was said, done, played, service and voiced become under the watchful and seeing eye ofauthorities. Ministers were accused of give numbers on the air waves, announcers and DJs were accused of takmoney to pay certain records of certain artists (preventing other start-out artists from an equal share in therecording business). The fast buck to play was over as the news spread about the prosecutions of Jerry Lee LewChuck 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 lsongs ballads, often aimed at female listeners with such female groups as The Shirelles, The Primettes, TheCrystals, Marvelettes, the Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Dixie Cups. The Flow of on-air shows highligthe DJ acts to follow. Many will remember WNJRs Magnificent 7 Cast of Hall Jackson, Bobby Jay, HermAmis, 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 characteristbackbeat, 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 statioplayed Gospel music and sermons on Sunday mornings and evenings. The format stayed much the same. Thestation was profitable but by 1988, it began to lose money as its core audience switched to New York City's twFM 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 arebroadcast at times when few listeners or viewers are tuned in (or even awake). A particularly favored time for type of broadcasting is the graveyard slot, 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. Sunday morning with these overnight and weekendpersonalities and show hosts: Kitty Taylor, Bernice Bass, Dr. Seymour Charles, Lonnie Tucker and Herman A

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The 50s and 60s crew made it possible for the new young to continue the a new area in Black radio. Many of thold trail blazers made their way into the FM s-de of radio. Such as Bobby Jay, Danny Styles, Herman Amis, anHal Jackson.

WNJR partners with NBN and MBN feeds with correspondents Gerald Bentley, Roy Wood, Bob Law, FrankBannister Jr., Ron Pinkney, Ed Castleberry Joseph "Joe" Brown, Judge Bruce Wright, Larry Dean, VinceSanders., Fred Mills, J.J Ramey, Lonnie Tucker, and many others lending their broadcast voices on News anInformation.

Public affairs coverage and are carried some (particularly)"Public Affairs" may be a special unit, separate from


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news department, dedicated to producing long-form public-affairs programming, Sunday mornings, brought onlist of all day local and syndicated talk shows during the mid-1970s and reached their height of with the rise oftabloid talk and Newspapers stories.

Morning talk shows programs - during the 1960s and early and 1970s re-wrote those TV News and Talk showinto the programming to again ask what people thought about a particular show, what was said and the meaninits content. The idea was to keep people informed and to educate others about celebrities guest interviews on la

night shows such as ; Arsenio Hall, and Johnny Carson and music shows like the Midnight Special ,Soul Trainand 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 themorning radio shows, while listeners were getting dressed for work or driving to work. This was also the reverformat when listeners were coming in the evening drive to and from work to home. Again, keeping the listenerinformed 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 therhythm and the blues. And it was good. And there was Ruth Brown, and there was Solomon Burke. And there Jackie Wilson and there was Otis Redding and there was Laverne Baker and there was Ben E. King. And it wavery good. And there was Aretha Franklin and there was James Brown and there was Little Richard. And it waBADCan you dig it And the people danced and forgot their troubles, thanks to The Groove and the artists thbrought it to life...


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Mutual Black Network

WNJR Radio Station also got a boost in listenership with the flagship of MBN with a variety of time slotprograms from the Mutual Black Network and NBN National Black Network Systems in 1972, this was the firnational full-service radio network aimed at African Americans. It broadcast an hourly 5 minute newscast at 50minutes past the hour. It also aired sports and feature programs, and for one year beginning in the spring of 197a 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-makewho 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 weeklyshows, American Urban Radio Networks reaches an estimated 25 million listeners, reaching more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcastcompanies combined to more than 475 radio stations nationwide

WNJR aired a wide variety of public affairs programs, live overnight talk show, product specialty shows, gospmusic, church services, and over political news and views where the public could call-in and participate with thshows.

In 1972 there were only 17 African American owned radio stations even though there were over 125 AfricanAmerican oriented station in the country, and by 1976 Eugene D. Jackson became the only African American othe 125 member Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). With over 80 affiliateassociated 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 acomplement to his position on the NAB Board. Within 15 years, the number of African American owned radiostation moved to almost 50 through the creation of Broad-cap, a capital raising institution formed by the NAB the captains of the television and radio industry.

In the early 1980s NBN offered a second news service, American Urban Information Radio, which broadcast a

hourly newscast at 50 minutes past the hour, but concentrated on in-depth reporting. By the early 1990s, NBNmerged with its main competitor, the Sheridan Broadcasting Network (formerly the Mutual Black Network), toform the American Urban Radio Networks. The first news director was Roy N. Wood Sr., from the famedChicago 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 ofBroadcast Operations at NBN until its demise in 1995. He joined NBN following 3 years with NBC news and Chicago owned-and-operated station: WMAQ-AM. Before NBC, Sanders was a talk show host for 8 years atWBEE-AM in the Chicago market. His final assignment with NBN Broadcasting included Vice President andGeneral Manager of its New York City station, WWRL-AM.

11The WNJR Legends Lives On in providing multi-cultures with professional services, events and sports rail an

travel centers, the WNJR Story brought and help with the renaissance and beautification programs that made thCity what is today along with the unity and special blend of music that rocks The Great East COAST. TheBlack Radio Pioneers, of northern New Jersey and New York Cities listeners continues to span with newgeneration of young, adult and old audiences

WNJR like so many black radio stations across the nation started cultivating a new culture with young whiteflower 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 removalstigmas and so called race music mixes, which were condemned basically by the white media.


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Proactive progressive business thinkers saw Rhythm & Blues (R&B) with Rock & Roll as an heralding way fomaking money and addressing desegregation, by creating new forms of music that encouraged racial cooperatiand shared cultural experiences as an instrument where both white and black teenage, multi-cultural householdand both sexes of listeners would identify themselves in real life situations, of feeling love and understandinglearned 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

90s from Doo wop vocals, Street corner rap, blues, rock, country, R&B blends, to the rap. The Story with rhythand beats are still popular in many forms from Jazz, Rock, Blue Grass, R&B, Pop, Rap, Soul, and othermonotypic music styles based on the re-innovation of black radio music of expressions. The main emphasis bewith inclusive music blends and multi-vocal harmonies with meaning background lyrics melodies that match thbeats 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 freepublic remote broadcasted events, concerts, talent shows, discotheques, church, collage and university functioncultural and political social gatherings and more, such as: Club 88, Family Unity Day, Beautification CampaignProspect Park Brooklyn, Attucks King Parade, Toys for Tots, Budweiser Super-fest, The Peppermint Lounge, tLincoln, 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 BudweiserSuper-fest, Dupes, Playboy Club (Vernon)cornet, Fullmans Onion Inn, Cornet, Synonymy Hall, Paradisco,


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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 "BlaCollege Polls" for Jet Magazine each week. The heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali made hispresence 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 formeWVON 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 famousinterview and on-air with music artists, special guests, state federal and local politicians, local talented, andprofessionals performers such as; Barry White, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Platinum Hook, Morris Day, EddiKendricks, 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 SharpJames, , 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 Angelo

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 theestablished African-American Center of JAZZ and one of the birthplaces that spawn Blues, Fusion, Hip hop, Dwap, 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 spinningdance in the streets, the scenes and disco happening which also influenced the 1970s and 1980s, cultures of allethnic groups, youths and cultures.

Newark and New York became prominent places to be, live, work, play and party. Both are known for flash-

graffiti art, dance routines, music steps, street corner harmonizing, high school theater, fashion, singing group,stage productions, cable, and Disco clubs and dancing.

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The New York City is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literatuand visual art; abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting; and hip hop, punk, sadisco, 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 connectinland 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 soulfulsense for the movement and sway that sync with the hand clapping, foot and body movement of joy, laughter, asing-along with the music. Added to this genre-spirit of black music revivals came the sexual love mood of muVarious gospel, blues, rock and swing and instrumental recordings were used frequently in rotation and shift pl


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Because these re-developments, music companies using rock & roll , R&B, and personal appearances to get thartists 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 andwhite only air playing of music to the more popular top 30 music of names and music forms and beat, lyrics anthe 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 citiesbegin with a understanding and knowledge for the beat, the swing, the toe tapping, and hand clapping music, isync with the downbeat and melody that change how music will be classified going into the 60s, , 70s, 80. and90s, which added to the televised dance show of Soul Train to a new types of teen aged youth, and adult dancerfrom 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 90sbeginning 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 ComesGeorgie Hudson;; Pat Conell known as "Pat The Cat in his Switchin' Kitchen," The Cat man Dannie Stiles, El-Granda 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 & 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 fromHollywood, and even a short stint by a guy from Ohio named Moondog the later 70s morning drive time showhad characters live with comments from Tabloid -Weird News stories with Jeff Dixon-the Jamaican Sugar Dad


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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 anannouncers like: The Old Ship of Zion hosted by Joe Bostic, Sunday after Church, with Lonnie Tucker, who alhosted 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 LovOnly, Jake Jordan -the Apology Line, Herman Amis -the Other Side of Midnight, Fred Buggs-Afternoon DriveCleo Row, Morning with Steele Colony & Sharmaine Foster, Later Evening With B.J. Stone, and the Swing ShPersonalities like Friendly Henry (Henry Singleton) T-in The Morning (Lonnie Tucker) Mike T (T&T) followiLonnie. The Over night crew for Soft Mellow Music with Robin Johnson, Stella Marrs, Ramona Brabrum, andweekend Black Rock Warriors was JJ Ramey, Bobby Jay, Donnie Simpson, Larry Joe Williams, Jose GuzmanCarlos Dejesus, Wesley Morgan and Thurman A Miller

Many Listeners cherish these personalities and many on-air special moments that they witness behind thepersonalities 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 desiwas 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 tooexpensive so radio. Radio becomes the personal juke boxes for over three generations with the music that chanthe 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 showand Latin music. The Newark Evening News owned WNJR until 1953, when Rollins Broadcasting bought thestation. As Newark's population became increasingly African-American in the 1960s, WNJR evolved into anR&B Music format full time. Some of the jocks included,. In 1967, Rollins broadcasting, after a dispute with oair staff, restructured into Continental Broadcasting.

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The defunding moments in Black Radio History to began the change as one urban radio station serving the peoand music industry and produce selling.at and during a time when WNJR (1430 AM) became a commercialradio 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 GreenHerman 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, North Jerseys AM Radio Station. A new Program Director Named Jeffrey Samuel Dixon focus in on blendingand consistency music, jingles, commercials and DJ programming in producing shows and personalities that m


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the listeners feel that they were listening to more than the 5,000 watts of power equal to the 50,0000 watts ofpower FM station in New York City.

These are the air personalities that made history and fortifying the New AM Sound of WNJR as the Blac

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, JoseGuzman, 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, andBill Franklin

WNJR moved to several locations; first on 91 Halsey St. in Newark, NJ, then to 1700 Union Avenue, Union, Nto 900 Union Avenue, and today to Clifton, NJ from 5,000 watt to 10,000 transmitter power output watts.

Hal Jackson Bobby Jay

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Lonnie T T-On-Your B.O.X. T-In-The Morning Wesley Morgan & Lonnie T


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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 McFaddenFred 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 fand talk format tight programming with requested music from our targeted listeners. The format included proggive-a ways, trips, concert tickets, music artists, live performances, Broadway shows, and other listener prizesaround popular coming events and social gatherings.. Newark New Jersey was the home base of all in studiobroadcasting which often presented outdoor family events to identify with the neighborhoods and wards of NoEast, West, South and Central.

The formula focus was to get a major part of the listeners share from New York listeners;


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New York City is composed of five boroughs of New York City where hundreds of distinct neighborhoods, anmany historical characters and fashioned minded residents call their own from Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island.

Manhattan (New York County; 2009 Est. Pop.: 1,629,054) is the most densely populated borough and is homeCentral Park and most of the city's skyscrapers. The borough has Wall Street, the financial center of the U.S. TWorld 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 CenPark into the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side, and above the park is Harlem. Connecting New Jerseywith 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 theNew York Yankees, and Co-op City. Except for a small section of Manhattan known as Marble Hill, the Bronxthe only section of the city. It is home to the Bronx Zoo, the largest metropolitan zoo in the Country, which spa265 acres (1.07 km) and is home to over 6,000 animals. Connecting to New Jersey are the Tapen Zee and GeorWashington Bridges.

Brooklyn: Pop. 2,567,098), on the western tip of Long Island, is the city's most populous borough is Brooklyn is known for its cultural, social and ethnic diversity, an independent art scene, distinct neighborhoods and adistinctive architectural heritage. It is also the only borough outside of Manhattan with a distinct downtownneighborhood. The borough features a long beachfront and Coney Island, established in the 1870s as one of thearliest amusement grounds in the country.

Queens: Pop. 2,306,712) is geographically the largest borough and the most ethnically diverse county in theUnited States, and may overtake Brooklyn as the city's most populous borough due to its growth. Historically acollection of small towns and villages founded by the Dutch, today the borough is predominantly residential anmiddle 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 tennistournament. Additionally, it is home to two of the three major airports serving the New York metropolitan areaLaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. (The third is Newark Liberty International Airpin Newark, New Jersey.)

18Staten Island: Pop. 491,730) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. Staten Island is connected Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to Manhattan by way of the free Staten Island Ferry. The StateIsland Ferry is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City as it provides unsurpassed views othe Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and lower Manhattan. Located in central Staten Island, the 2,500 acres (10 k

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 formastayed much the same, bring in profits that rival with the big 50,000 watts stations powerhouses of WBLS and


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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 wspecific 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 neighborho

include Broadway, Newark, New Jersey, Mount Pleasant, and the affluent Forest Hill section. The North Wardhistorically had a large Italian population, which has transitioned to Latino in recent decades. Large portions oNorth Ward, especially areas where the homes are very close together, are over 90% Latino. There remainspockets 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 historyincluding the Lincoln Park, Military Park and the James Street Commons Historic Districts. The Ward containthe University Heights, The Coast/Lincoln Park, Government Center, Springfield/Belmont and Seventh AvenuNeighborhoods. Of these neighborhood designations only University Heights, a newer designation for the areathat 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 Schoolwith three other universities New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers University - Newark, andEssex County College. The Central Ward has 26 public schools

The West Ward comprises the neighborhoods of Vailsburg, Ivy Hill, West Side, Fairmount and once affluentRoseville sections. Roseville is mainly Latino and Italian American. The West Ward, once a predominately IrisAmerican, Polish, and Ukrainian neighborhood, is now home to neighborhoods composed primarily of AfricanAmericans, Africans, and Caribbean Americans including Guyanese, Haitians and Jamaicans.

The South Ward comprises the Weequahic section, Clinton Hill, Dayton, and South Broad Valley neighborhooThe South Ward, once home to residents of predominately Jewish descent, now has ethnic neighborhoods mad

up primarily of African-Americans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. The citys second-largest hospital, NewarkBeth Israel Medical Center, can be found in the South Ward, as can 17 public schools, five daycare centers, andthree branch libraries.

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The East Ward consists of Newark's downtown commercial district, as well as the heavily Portuguese Ironbounneighborhood, where much of Newark's industry was located in the 19th century. Today, due to the enterprise oits immigrant population, the Ironbound (also known as "Down Neck") is a very successful part of Newark. ThEast 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 DemographicsCensus Pop. %1960 1970 1980 1990 2000405,220 7.6% 381,930 5.7% 329,248 13.8% 275,221 16.4% 273,546 0.6%


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The Economy of Newark, New Jersey

Newark has over 300 types of business. These include 1,800 retail, 540 wholesale establishments, eight majorbank headquarters (including those of New Jersey's three largest banks), and twelve savings and loan associatiheadquarters. 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 insurancecompanies 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 busince World War II, including a large Anheuser-Busch brewery.

Panasonic plans to leave their longtime headquarters in nearby Secaucus, New Jersey and move its NorthAmerican headquarters to a 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) space in Newark in 2013, as part of a deal in whi

the company would receive over $100 million in tax incentives to add to the 800 employees it already has in NJersey.

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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


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Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant Kenneth A. Gibson Armando B. Fontoura

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 maconcert named in honor of famous Newarker Sarah Vaughn. Also among the first and famous are LonnieTucker, DJ and Radio host for live radio shows of rhythm and blues, artists interviews, Teen rap, Hip-hop DanGospel Music for the Soul and the Weekend Spectacular. Lonnie was the first Black Appointed Public RelatiOfficer for the Newark Fire Department. He also served as Chief of Staff to State Senator John P. Caufield, whwas also the Fire Director.

Newark does not have any major television network affiliates due to its proximity to New York City. HoweverWNET, a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and Spanish-language WFUT-TV, a TeleFuturaowned-and-operated station, are licensed to Newark. The state's leading newspaper, The Star-Ledger, owned bAdvance Publications, is based out of Newark. Radio Station WJZ (now WABC (AM)) made its first broadcas1921 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 Stoin Newark. Radio Station WNEW-AM (now WBBR) was founded in Newark in 1934. It later moved to NewYork City. In addition, WBGO, a National Public Radio affiliate that reaches New York City with a format ofstandard 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, includartists, members of the entertainment and music industries, and representatives of the fields of education, publirelations, 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 stationand or their existence and prominence in the public market place that is included in this document celebrating a

Donald Tucker Dr. Stanley Bergen Herbert TateSen. John P. Caufield Harry Wheeler Connie WoodruffRev. Thomas Rev. JC Crawford Steve AdubatoRev. Lawrence Roberts Kitty Taylor Tony ImperialeRalph Grant Carl Sherif Bernard MooreEarl Harris Dr. Eugene Campbell Leroy JonesDennis Westbrook Curtis Wade Dr. YombaMary Mathis-Ford Daniel Blue Dan OFlahertyBernice Bass Brendon Byrne Wes WeaverGov. Thomas Kean Gov. Richard Hughes Stanley J K

Al Zack NAACP/ Urban League / Chamber


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paying tribute in memoriam to the announcers, business contributors and the public that supports and promoteappreciation of Pioneers of Black Radio across America.

Other initiatives include partnering with music produces, records companies, foundations, halls of fames; artisrecord artists, the public listeners, and the music pioneers of today and the future. To maintain and sustain theintent of this document as the facts for improve the quality of public life, and to record and safe guard the BlaRadio 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 currenand future generations of music. Where the music service as the Rhythm to the Blues, that Rocks and Roll theSouls to remember the continuing musical legacy for all in the music industry with integrity, achievements,successes, and greatness.

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

VisionVision is to preserve the memories of lives by the outreach and comments from the general public thosetestimonials that provided Educational Outreach, News & Views, Performances, Recording Opportunities,Community Activities, and Musical Operations and recognize contributions of musical dedicated to the historand cultural preservation into an accountable document that sustain and benefited to a quality of life for bring tmusic that links people through the music that directly participation with artists, the recording industry, and thevoice 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.)


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Send your information to: WNJR Radio Project, POB 1084 West Chester, Ohio, 45071 or to Lonnie

Tucker at: [email protected]

PERSONALITIES MEMBERS

NEWList 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 ourdocumentation that honors those that has contributed to Black Radio. We are profoundly thankful for everyonexpressions, thoughts, comments, experiences, joys, (good & bad) and for your assistance with the facts for thihistoric document.

We are all eternally grateful for your help on making this historical journey with us.
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The Pioneers of Black Radio want to create a program and venue that recognizes the contribution of UrbanAmerica 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 madpossible for artists, the music industry, the listeners and radio stations that are and were instrumental in educatthe 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 achieveme

and successes of people, the cities, the music, the hot spots, the radio stations, and the disc-jockeys. This includthe artists, groups, bands, vocalist and background singers, songwriters, producers, directors that made radio wit 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 onlinthe 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 BlacRadio Pioneers across America.

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LISTNERS COMMENTS

I am a documentary filmmaker currently working on a project about Branch Brook Park Roller Rin Newark, NJ. http://www.therinkfilm.com/ The film goes into the house scene in Newark because it huge influence for some of the DJs at the rink. Does anyone have any footage of Zanzibar? I would lovincorporate it in the film.

If so, hit me [email protected]

We the Djs are keeping the music alive! now with that being said. Dj Comacho you will be trulymissed.He was a great Dj and person , gone way too soon. I am still residing in Orlando,Fl formly ofjersey city, NJ. I missed those day going to Zbar and so many other clubs long gone too. I am attendingWinter Music Conferance in Miami, fl for March 2012, that was the last place I hung out with DJComacho and other friends. If anyone else is attending, I would like to hear from you. Lets celebrate liffor those whom are not with us now. R.I.P. DJ Comacho, Heavy D, Larry Paterson, David Cole, Larry
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Levan, and old time friend S.U.R.E. record pool founder Bobby, I hope you are hanging with DJ Comaand other.

Chaka Khan live at Club Zanzibar in '83http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5TbkcRbB4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NapBsAAKHFshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFK_kNtzuLYthat's all the audio from her set that was on youtube. I believe she also performed Ain't Nobody, I'm EvWoman, Life Is a Dance, Roll Me Through the Rushes, Papillion, Do You Love What You Feel, Naughand 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 C

Zanzibar is very important to the history of Music and Dance. Looks like the creator of Video Music Bwill lend a helping hand to... "Zanzibar Dayz" ... bp ps...a sneak preview will be available online justbefore the Memorial Day Holiday 2010. Stay tuned to 'new' YouTube Connection: ClubZanzibarJerseyThe new fb page created by "Zanzibar Heads" (Naeem Johnson and Friends) ~ "Club Zanzibar" or my page: billie prest .... ~The Time Is Now~

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

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What a history lesson. I will never forget those lines around to the pool. How about Chaka KahnColonel 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 hadanother club in Newark that was the lead into Zanzibar. That club was Docks. And this year will be the35th 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 myself. September 4th in Newark, NJ. Hit the facebook page and I will keep you up to date on all the inHere is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Docks-Reunion/142595842484610 I amvery lucky to have been involved in the club scene in Newark for many years. Thank You too all the doto earth people that have supported me through out the years.

One of the worlds most outstanding entertainment structures ever constructed in the history of auengineering! Richard Long engineered the one and only of it's kind sound system that actually moved th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5TbkcRbB4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NapBsAAKHFshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFK_kNtzuLYhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Docks-Reunion/142595842484610http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx5TbkcRbB4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NapBsAAKHFshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFK_kNtzuLYhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Docks-Reunion/142595842484610


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minds and hearts of the city of Newark, New Jersey, and all of the surrounding area, because of theoctaves and decibels in depth that was unheard of and completely unbelievable unless you were one of captives The sound of the music inside of the place was so overwhelmingly massive that the train statiover 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 amoof 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 justyour musical entertainment

I gainned my inspiration for becoming a Dj from attending zbar. Checking out Tony, man he knohow to work that reel to reel. I use to live on that dance floor. Anyway, I went on to become a very goomobile 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 iFlorida and still have all those Zan cuts, even the orginal version of Release the Tension on reel to reel.still go out dancing regular,even out dance those twenty something years old. I miss those time, I try toattend WMC in March every year in Miami, FL and meet up with old friends from those time.If i soundlike someone you have meet or heard, drop me a few lines.RIP Larry Patterson, Larry LeVan, JohnRobinson

SOMEDAY --CeCe Rogers is still going strong. He his my Facebook friend and is producing awriting music at this time. If you have facebook look him up he is soooo down to earth and his music thhe 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. Icouldnt survive the times without my Zanz. fix That created its own issues at home being at the club 4 nighweek. Another story:) Just knowing that after anything in my day I could always release with a night ofworking out on the dance floor. I have stopped this writing twice because of emotional stirrings so I think Iquit while I'm ahead. So again thanks to all for letting me know that the CULTURE we created is still aliveamong 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 clubdirector for both clubs...handling all promotions and entertainment. radio spots etc.....i was also friendswith al Murphy who along with Miles Berger(owner of both clubs} was the genius and actual creator oclub Zanzibar which opened 1979. i have numerous video tapes from both club Zanzibar and club 88. ilook 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" alsoexecutive producer and manager for Ce Ce Rogers "someday" circa 1987 : ) .......


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The Pioneers of Black Radio wish to thank all the loyal listeners, followers, contest winners, artists, recordcompanies, Artist relation representatives, clubs, discos, bars, car dealerships, beer companies, fast-foods chaimom & pop establishments, mayors & city officials, governors, presidents, , public services operations, clothinindustry, manufacturing, Our unions-(AFTRA & SAG), our air-personalities, staff, employees and our stationowners.

We thank you all for nearly four decade of professional opportunities of a life, for serving, giving, leading, andproviding news, information and the platform for music, with no boundaries, which connected us all, in alanguage of respect and understanding. For the nearly four decades of public services, communication that bridthe 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 signfrom 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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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 andinterviewing Lifers about prison Conditions (1975)

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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 thecontributor may ask that their last name be added. However this may only be in the form of a written request wtheir comments. The same applies to artists and other industry comment contributors. As we honor the legendmusic, 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 oNewark, New Jersey - WNJR, 1430 on the dial. Having become bored with the top of the pops of the firstEisenhower term - that paragon of the time - "How Much is that doggie in the Window"), Searching for somethdifferent in music, I had discovered these great names - "Big Mama" Maybell, "Little" Esther Phillips, GuitarSlim, Fats Domino, and the Platters."

Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia format) is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainlythose persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens. It is primarily on AM becausemarket research reveals that only persons in that age group listen to music on AM in sizable numbers. Adultstandards first became a popular format in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a way to reach mature adults whocame of age before the rock era but were perhaps too mature for adult contemporary radio or too young forbeautiful music.

At one time there were several hundred such stations; today, because of changing demographics and the passinof many long-time loyal listeners, there are probably only about 200. Many of those stations that do remain havattempted 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 1981990s, 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 196and 1970s top 40 era and a good deal of soft adult sound as well. Some of the older-style songs are making acomeback 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 TESTOMONIEShttp://social.msn.com/profile/X89C8RqvPUd6lAa0OaXIGbAGOZApnXVQ3?mkt=en-us

Educational Musical Outreach

bring together those great generations of musicians and recording artist that got the opportunity and promotionstardom. From the personal in studio interviews, outdoor concerts, to exposures for recording deals, the Musieducational Outreach is designed to get comments from those who grace the hallowed halls and studios of urbaradio while educating the public and the communities of diverse families and teens across America. As we honand 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 CeCeRogers, Pure Natural, Egg Roll, the Manhattans, Melba Moore, Dionne Warwick and local vertically unknownartist who got their start

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

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 Chiffons The Ad Libs Madeline Bell Marie Knight

The Imperials

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CicelTyson 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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Patti LaBelle Ce Ce Rogers

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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

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