WSBC

CTL-E-4805 · RadioStation · am · 1920s–present

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Chicago AM radio station; home of Jack L. Cooper's pioneering Black programming from 1929, including The All-Negro Hour and Search for Missing Persons.

Notes

RELP111 supporting: station of focal practice CTL-E-1275.

Relationships

Jack L. Cooper — hosted
Inverse: WSBC featured Cooper as host/personality.

Referenced by

Jack L. Cooper — affiliated with → this record

Sources

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

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