Jack L. Cooper

CTL-E-4803 · Person · dj · 1888–1970

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

First African American radio announcer and disc jockey ('undisputed patriarch of Black radio'); created The All-Negro Hour (debut Nov 3, 1929) and Search for Missing Persons (1938) on Chicago's WSBC; vaudeville performer and Chicago Defender columnist; inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2012.

The record

• Also known as: Jack Leroy Cooper

Notes

RELP111 supporting: creator of focal practice CTL-E-1275. Distinct from existing CTL-E-1274 (the program entity 'Jack L. Cooper and The All-Negro Hour').

Relationships

• Chicago — based in
  Cooper's radio career was based in Chicago (WSBC).
• Memphis, Tennessee — from
  Jack L. Cooper was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1888.
• Search for Missing Persons (radio program) — related to
  Inverse of CTL-E-1275 related_to CTL-E-4803.
• Search for Missing Persons launches (1938) — initiated
  Cooper created the program; the 1938 launch event is his initiation.
• WSBC — affiliated with
  Cooper was host, producer, and announcer at WSBC.

Referenced by

• Chicago Defender — wrote for → this record
• Search for Missing Persons (radio program) — related to → this record
• The All-Negro Hour debuts (1929-11-03) — founded by → this record
• WSBC — hosted → this record

Sources

• Radio Hall of Fame - Jack L. Cooper
• USA Radio Museum - Making of a Pioneer: Jack Leroy Cooper

Record CTL-E-4803 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 2 sources · 9 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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