CULTURETECHLENSJesse B. Blayton Sr.
PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record
Atlanta accountant, bank president, and Atlanta University professor who bought WERD in 1949, making it the first radio station both owned and programmed by African Americans.
Notes
Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-058; source research type(s): Person.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAEC_(AM); AJC; gregorturk.com WERD history by Donna L. Halper
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Blayton; communitysentinel.media
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Blayton; AJC 2024
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