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Frankie Crocker

CTL-E-0678 · Person · 1970s-2000

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Legendary Black radio DJ and programmer who coined the term 'urban contemporary' and programmed WBLS in the 1970s-80s.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-044; source research type(s): Person.

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Record CTL-E-0678 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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