WEBB-AM

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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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Sir Johnny-O 

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Pioneering air personality originally from Baltimore, Johnny Compton started his radio career at WOV in New York. Returning to Baltimore […]

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Rockin’ Robin (Fred Robinson)  

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Fred Robinson began his radio career in Atlantic City. While in broadcasting school he toyed with using the on-air name […]

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Hot Rod (Maurice Hulbert Jr.)

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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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Gale, Jack  

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Jack Gale graduated from Forest Park High School in West Baltimore. He began his radio career in 1944 at WBOC, […]

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Fat Daddy (Paul Johnson)

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Paul Johnson attended Douglass High School. He went on to attend Morgan State, University of Pennsylvania and the University of […]

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Edwards, Jack 

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Jack (John Herbert) Edwards graduated from Kenwood High School in 1956. His first radio job was a brief stint with […]

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Broadcasting Institute of Maryland 

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Founded in 1969 by former radio personality John Jeppi. John worked as an announcer at WWIN and a sports show […]

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Anderson, Curtis

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Curtis began his Baltimore radio career in 1970 as a news reporter / announcer at WEBB. He moved to WWIN […]

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