Richard Pegue

CTL-E-2849 · Person · dj · 1960s–2000s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago Black radio DJ (1960s–2000s); music director at WVON from 1968; fill-in DJ on FM WGCI in the late 1970s; his 1980s–1990s off-the-radio aircheck tapes preserve Chicago Black radio broadcasts.

Notes

New entity created in batch RELP66 (2026-10-06); identity-resolution checked against canonical entities.json.

Relationships

WGCI — affiliated with
Richard Pegue was a fill-in DJ on FM WGCI in the late 1970s.
WGCI-FM 107.5 — affiliated with
Richard Pegue was a fill-in DJ on FM WGCI in the late 1970s.
WVON 1450 AM ('The Voice of the Negro') / Midway Broadcasting Corporation — affiliated with
Richard Pegue was WVON’s music director from 1968.

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WGCI — hosted → this record
WGCI-FM 107.5 — hosted → this record

Sources

CultureTechLens batch RELP66 research: Richard Pegue

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