WWIN-AM

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WWIN 1400-AM was where to go for round-the-clock R&B music. In the early 1960s WWIN was the only 24-hour R&B […]

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WITH-AM            

Joe

WITH 1230-AM first broadcast was heard on March 1, 1941. The new 24-hour station’s first General Manager was Thomas Tinsley. […]

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WEBB-AM

Joe

Named in honor of the late Chick Webb, the station began operating with a 1,000-watt transmitter in 1955. From 1955 […]

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Hot Rod (Maurice Hulbert Jr.)

Joe

Maurice ‘Hot Rod’ Hulbert, the self-proclaimed “Bald-headed Prince of Radio” worked at WDIA, Memphis in the late 1940s. He came […]

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Henderson, Douglas ‘Jocko’

Joe

As a young teenager, Jocko Henderson would hang out at the WITH studios and help carry records to hops and […]

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Deane, Buddy

Joe

The Deane of Baltimore radio (and TV), Buddy was the Dick Clark of Baltimore television in the late ‘50s and […]

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Tangiers, The

Joe

R&B vocal group from West Baltimore. A 1955 lineup featured Cora Boykins, Bobby Covington, Richard Quarles, Earle Beale, and Bill […]

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Swintones, The

Joe

Seen in the ‘50s at Sherries on Pulaski Highway featuring Bill Swindell “wild man of the sax,” with Happy Jack […]

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Plants, The 

Joe

West Baltimore based R&B vocal harmony group originally known as the Equadors. The group consisted of George Jackson (lead), James […]

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Parson, Les

Joe

R&B vocalist from West Baltimore. His first band in the ‘60s was a teen band called Little Les & the […]

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