WVON radio as a listened-to Black Chicago institution

CTL-E-1316 · Institution · other · 1963–1979

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

WVON-AM ('Voice of the Negro,' later 'Voice of the Nation'), the Black-oriented Chicago station launched April 1, 1963, studied here through listener/community experience rather than station history.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-053; source research type(s): institution.

Sources

Congressional Record, vol. 159, H2072–H2073 (April 2013); T Dog Media 'WVON at 50' (April 2013)
Congressional Record, vol. 159, H2072–H2073 (April 2013); T Dog Media (April 2013)
T Dog Media 'WVON at 50' (April 2013); NPR 'A Racial Divide, Diminished' (July 10, 2013)

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