Andrew "Skip" Carter

CTL-E-3393 · Person · businessperson · ?–1988

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Kansas City broadcast pioneer who founded KPRS in 1950 — the oldest continuously African American-owned and operated radio station in the United States; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame; died January 1988.

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Also known as: Skip Carter, Andrew Carter

Relationships

Kansas City, Missouri — based in
Andrew 'Skip' Carter signed on KPRS, the first African American-owned radio station west of the Mississippi, in Kansas City in 1950 and operated it there.

Referenced by

Carter Broadcast Group (KPRS/KPRT) — founded by → this record

Sources

U.S. Congress — Congressional Record vol. 146, tribute to the Carter Broadcast Group (2000)
Wikipedia — 'KPRS'
Legacy.com — Mildred Carter obituary (Kansas City Star, 2003)

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