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WJJD — Negro Newsfront era

CTL-E-0595 · RadioStation · other · 1949–1952

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

WJJD aired 'Negro Newsfront,' a Black news and commentary program co-created by journalist Vernon Jarrett and Oscar Brown Jr. around 1949–1952.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-034; source research type(s): radio_station. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

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