#WDAS Radio

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Stokley Williams (July 15, 1967) known simply as Stokley, is a musician known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the R&B band Mint Condition.

In 2011, he was featured on Kelly Price’s song “Not My Daddy” from her album Kelly which earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance.

In 2017, he joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince. In 2017, he released his Bluraffe/Concord Records solo debut Introducing Stokley, with production by himself as well as the Philadelphia production team Carvin & Ivan.

In 2019, Jam & Lewis’ did a joint venture with Bluraffe ent /Perspective Records to release his second solo album, Sankofa.

In March 2020, he earned his first #1 solo hit with “She...” reaching the top of the Adult R&B Chart (Billboard) for two consecutive weeks and high radio play on stations such as WAMO, WDAS, & WHUR.

In 2024, he was cast as Rick James in Ja’Caryous Johnson’s musical stage play, Super Freak: A Rick James Story, set to tour spring of 2024. #afticanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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My media this week (31 Dec 2023-6 Jan 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 The PostScript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) (Elly Griffiths, author; Nina Wadia, narrator) - entertaining cozy mystery (even tho Harbinder is an actualfax police officer). Though it's nominally Harbinder's series, she's just one of the characters, not the main character per se. Anyway, I enjoyed!

💖💖 +366K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved (YULETIDE, BABEY!) 💖💖

Put to Their Books (ribbons) - Sotherans twitter acct; KJ Charles' England & WDA series: archie/daniel, fen/pat, 2K - v clever modern social media AU feat Southerns, cameo by AZ Fell

A Particular Force (TwoWeevils) - The Will Darling Adventures (KJ Charles): will/kim, 5K - Yuletide 2023

It was of this that he had been dreaming (ExceptMaybeYou) - We Could Be So Good (Cat Sebastian): andy/nick, 4K - Yuletide 2023

Permanent Residence (Nabielka) - The Cabots (Cat Sebastian): peter/caleb, 1.7K - Yuletide 2023, 'on staying in California'

Finest of the Flavors (whetherwoman) - Lilywhite Boys Series (KJ Charles): jerry/alec, 5K - Yuletide 2023

I love you--all I can (goseaward) - England Series (KJ Charles): bill/jimmy, 5K - Yuletide 2023, Bill & Jimmy across 30 years

The Alternatives of Summer (iberiandoctor (jehane)) - Call Me By Your Name: oliver/elio, 8K - Yuletide 2023, 8 yrs later Elio & Oliver meet at Fire Island

The Matrimonial State (beautifulduckweed) - The Cabots (Cat Sebastian): tommy/everett, 4K - Yuletide 2023, "Being a short account of three different weddings in Massachusetts attended by Thomas Cabot and Everett Sloane."

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Midsomer Murders - s24, e3-4

Dirty Laundry - s3, e9

D20: Escape From The Bloodkeep - e1-5

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Moguls Can’t Be Choosers

Desert Island Discs - Marina Abramović, performance artist

Overinvested - Ep. 291: Doctor Who 2023 specials

Welcome to Night Vale - The Haunting of Night Vale

Vibe Check - My Spiritual Finger Is Wagging

Today, Explained - Israel’s next move

Films To Be Buried With - Chelsea Peretti

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Books We Love: No Biz Like Showbiz

What Next: TBD - Why the New York Times Sued OpenAI

Up First - Trump's Pardon Promise, The Islamic State's Iran Attack, Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracies

Endless Thread - This episode is a sign from the universe

Dear Prudence - I Don’t Want to Cancel My Retirement Plans to Babysit. Help!

Cautionary Tales - DANGER: Rocks Ahead!

Our Opinions Are Correct - New mini episode! All about our cats

You're Dead to Me - Catherine the Great

What Next: TBD - Tesla's Cybertruck Problem

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - WWDTM: Now With Real Journalists!

Up First - Jan. 6 Insurrection Revisited, Blinken to Israel, COVID Resurgence.

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly - Disappearing Acts: When Popular Brands Are Discontinued

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

The Essential REO Speedwagon {2004}

I Wanna Know What Love Is

Soft Rock Ballads

Relaxing '80s Rock

Merengue Mix

AM In The A.M.: '70s Pop Morning

"Beach Baby" [First Class] radio

'70s Mellow Gold

'80s Slow Dance

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Obscure Animation Subject #92: Make Mine Music

Happy 100th anniversary Disney! Tonight, I’m gonna talk about the only WDAS film not on Disney+. This film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on April 20, 1946 in New York City and on August 15, 1946 in the rest of the United States. It was produced on a budget of $1.35 million and grossed $3.275 million worldwide.

The film is a musical anthology film with 10 segments in total, each were written and directed by different people. The film received mixed reviews upon release, and has 58% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film has been available on physical media in the US in 2000, but the first segment was cut and one of the segments had sexual imagery removed to make it more suitable for children. However, the film is available uncut on the 1985 Japanese laserdisc.

The film is also available with the first segment left intact on the 2013 UK DVD release, but sexualized imagery on one of the segments. Quite ironic because nothing in Fantasia’s final segment is cut and that featured female nudity. Anyways, this film just a dull attempt at Disney trying to recapture the spark of Fantasia, but instead of a timeless orchestra, we get outdated 40s culture. Yeah if your film is considered bad by Disney+ they couldn’t release it. Oh well, at least we still have physical media on our side.

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(originally published on 8/30/20)

WDAS TAGTEAM TWEET-ATHON MOVIE #42: LILO AND STITCH (2002) 

I hate this poster, but this movie is absolutely fantastic.

This is the second movie made entirely at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Nothing more to add there, just a fun fact.

This is one of the few movies Disney made during the early 2000s (Pixar excluded) that made a boatload of money. It definitely deserved it though, and it ended up spawning a bunch of sequels, television series, and theme park attractions.

But to be fair, I think all of these side projects that came after  diluted what made the original film so special in the first place.

The story is pretty fun. The world, both on Earth and in space feels very real. The story’s themes of belonging and family are some of the strongest in any Disney film.

The characters are SO good, oh my God! Lilo and Nani are probably the most realistic depiction of siblings in any Disney film ever. Their dialogue feels so real it almost feels unscripted.

Stitch is a very cute character, but this movie really highlights how sad his existence is when you really think about it. I don’t think Disney ever wrote characters this real ever again.

The score is great too, anything Alan Silvestri touches turns to gold. The songs also remind me of Radio Disney from the years 2002-2004 and that makes me yearn for simpler times.

This movie also takes a very negative look at American influence on Hawaiian culture, and the tourism industry. I wish it went a bit further with it, but then I remember that this movie was made in a theme park and realize that’s maybe asking too much.

Overall, a modern Disney classic. Nothing more to say about it. 

9/10: Ohana means family.

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🙏🏽Rest In Peace To Tony Brown, My Condolences to His Wife Sunshine and Family!~ 🕊

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“In Philadelphia it’s all done with hearers” (1947)

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Event: @therealmaryjblige WDAS FM Philly - December 15, 2011 . #maryjblige #wdas #radio #philly #soaw2022 #mondaymotivation https://www.instagram.com/p/CcNyvhZuUiU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | Dec 1983

Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown on 105.3 WDAS-FM Philadelphia | Dec 1983

 WDAS-FM 105.3 Philadelphia – Doug Henderson & Mimi Brown –  December 1983 In the early 1970s, Philadelphia’s WDAS-FM switched from a “Progressive Rock” format to “Progressive R&B.” “Progressive” in early ’70s radio lingo meant “album-oriented.” Just as progressive rock stations were trying to do the opposite of the AM Top-40 stations, the progressive soul stations were trying to be the…

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1963.

NAACP versus Black Muslims at Radio WDAS

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Always on the move and promoting our releases everywhere. Stopped in Philly the home of the disco sound and was up at legendary WDAS sharing the love of D-Train - When You Feel What Love Has @karmicpowerrecords

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Edward Rudolph “Ed” Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was a journalist, known for 26 years of award-winning work on 60 Minutes. He covered the fall of Saigon, was the first Black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including the Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, Radio Television Digital News Association Paul White Award, and 19 Emmy Awards.

He graduated from Cheyney State College graduating with a BA in Education. His first job was teaching sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Wynnefield community. He moonlighted at the old WDAS studios, working for free and, later, for minimum wage. He programmed music, read the news, and covered basketball games and other sports.

He did over 500 stories, covering nearly every possible type of news, from “heavy” segments on war, politics, poverty, and corruption, to lighter biographical pieces, or stories on sports, music, and cuisine. He interviewed Howard Stern, Laurence Olivier, Subcomandante Marcos, Timothy McVeigh, Neil Armstrong, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Bill Bradley, the 92-year-old George Burns, and Michael Jordan, he conducted the first television interview with Bob Dylan in 20 years. Some of his quirkier moments included playing blackjack with Ray Charles, interviewing a Soviet general in a Russian sauna, and having a practical joke played on him by Muhammad Ali. His favorite segment on 60 Minutes was when he interviewed 64-year-old singer Lena Horne. He said, “If I arrived at the pearly gates and Saint Peter said, ‘What have you done to deserve entry?’ I’d just say, ‘Did you see my Lena Horne story?’” #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Adding to the amazing guests that will be at Black Label ComiCon is Superhero Speak hosted by Dave Markowski. He is one of the coolest podcast interviewers around. We can't wait to hear the interviews he will be conducting with the most incrediable up coming artists and writers in the comic book and novel industry. If you aren't at Black Label ComiCon you are missing out on true originality and heart. Get your passes at www.Blacklabelcomicon.com #superherospeak #Blacklabelcomicon #BlackComics #blerds #podcast #philadelphia #Philly #ComicBooks #Scifi #graphicnovel #artistsofinstagram #radio #wdas #power99 #power99fm #nj1015 (at Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City / Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/By9LR6JjK-q/?igshid=e521lh99eroy

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#BABYMAMA RADIO REQUEST: We listed all the URBAN and URBAN AC radios, so you can find yours favorite GOOGLE their phone and REQUEST at least ONCE a day. We also added RHYTMIC formats, every airplay is good airplay

RHYTHMIC (103 stations) 000. The Heat (Satellite) 001. Hot 97 (New York, NY 10001) 001. 103.5 KTU (New York, 10001) 002. Power 106 (Los Angeles, CA 90009) 003. B96 (Chicago, IL 60606) 004. 106 KMEL (San Francisco, CA 94111) 004. WiLD 94.9 (San Francisco, CA 94111) 005. 97.9 The Beat (Dallas, TX 75252) 006. 97.9 The Box (Houston, TX 77077) 008. Wired 96.5 (Philadelphia, PA 19119) 009. 95.5 PGC (Washington, DC 20002) 010. Jam’n 94.5 (Boston, MA 02120) 012. Power 96 (Miami, FL 33133) 013. KUBE 93 (Seattle, WA 98198) 015. 101.5 Jamz (Phoenix, AZ 85085) 015. Power 98.3 (Phoenix, AZ 85085) 016. 107.5 The Eagle (Minneapolis, MN 55455) 017. Z90 (San Diego, CA 92129) 018. Party FM (Long Island, NY 11551) 019. WiLD 94.1 (Tampa, FL 33633) 020. KS107.5 (Denver, CO 80208) 022. Z104.3 (Baltimore, MD 21212) 023. Z100 (Portland, OR 97272) 024. KISS 95.1 (Charlotte, NC 28282) 024. 96.1 The Beat (Charlotte, NC 28282) 026. 99.1 KGGI (Riverside, CA 92522) 027. Hot 103.5 (Sacramento, CA 94249) 027. 102.5 KSFM (Sacramento, CA 94249) 029. 96.5 KISS FM (Cleveland, OH 44144) 030. U92 (Salt Lake City, UT 84148) 031. 98.5 The Beat (San Antonio, TX 78287) 033. Hot 97.5 (Las Vegas, NV 89193) 033. 98.5 KLUC (Las Vegas, NV 89193) 034. 102 Jamz (Orlando, FL 32828) 034. Power 95.3 (Orlando, FL 32828) 036. Power 107.5 (Columbus, OH 43234) 038. 102.3 The Beat (Austin, TX 78778) 039. Hot 96.3 (Indianapolis, IN 46202) 041. Hot 106 (Providence, RI 02902) 043. Z104 (Norfolk, VA 23523) 044. 102.5 The Party (Nashville, TN 37237) 045. 102 Jamz (Greensboro, NC 27427) 047. X102.3 (West Palm Beach, FL 33422) 048. WiLD 104.9 (Oklahoma City, OK 73137) 049. Hot 107.1 (Memphis, TN 38138) 050. Hot 93.7 (Hartford, CT 06160) 052. Power 102.9 (New Orleans, LA 70123) 057. 95.7 Jamz (Birmingham, AL 35253) 058. Hot 98.1 (Greenville, SC 29698) 059. WiLD 104 (McAllen, TX 78505) 060. Hot 98.3 (Tucson, AZ 85757) 061. Hot 102.9 (Dayton, OH 45454) 062. 105.5 The Beat (Ft. Myers, FL 33911) 063. Jamz 96.3 (Albany, NY 12222) 064. Hot 93.9 (Honolulu, HI 96834) 064. 102.7 Da Bomb (Honolulu, HI 96834) 064. Power 104.3 (Honolulu, HI 96834) 065. 92.1 The Beat (Tulsa, OK 74147) 066. B95 (Fresno, CA 93737) 066. Q97 (Fresno, CA 93737) 068. Power 106 (Albuquerque, NM 87187) 068. KISS 97.3 (Albuquerque, NM 87187) 071. Hot 104.5 (Knoxville, TN 37997) 072. Power 106.9 (Omaha, NE 68181) 074. Power 102 (El Paso, TX 79997) 074. 104.3 Hit FM (El Paso, TX 79997) 075. Hot 94.1 (Bakersfield, CA 93383) 080. 102.5 K-Don (Monterey, CA 93944) 081. Magic 101.3 (Gainesville, FL 32627) 082. 97.7 K-WIN (Stockton, CA 95201) 098. Power 93.9 (Wichita, KS 67276) 099. 93.1 Jamz (Madison, WI 53777) 100. WiLD 101.1 (Boise, ID 83733) 102. Jammin’ 92.3 (Johnson City, TN 37615) 103. Hot 102 (Lexington, KY 40504) 105. Hot 107.9 (Lafayette, LA 70507) 107. Hot 103.5 (Huntsville, AL 38595) 108. WiLD 96.3 (Ft. Wayne, IN 46825) 108. Hot 107.9 (Ft. Wayne, IN 46825) 111. Hot 104.7 (Modesto, CA 95353) 113. Jammin’ JJS (Roanoke, VA 24042) 118. Q104.7 (Ventura, CA 93003) 118. 103.3 The Vibe (Ventura, CA 93003) 128. Club 93.7 (Flint, MI 90057) 129. U92.7 (Palm Springs, CA 92292) 137. Hot Z95 (Corpus Christi, TX 78478) 141. 99.3 Kiss FM (Atlantic City, NJ 08404) 142. OC104 (Salisbury, MD 21802) 145. The Blaze 102.7 (Tyler, TX 75707) 150. Power 92.3 (Peoria, IL 61616) 165. 96.1 Kiss FM (Poughkeepsie, NY 12602) 166. WiLD 96.7 (Hagerstown, MD 21747) 170. WiLD 106.1 (San Luis Obispo, CA 93412) 173. K-Fat 92.9 (Anchorage, AK 99599) 175. 102.7 The Vibe (Ft. Smith, AR 72919) 177. Jammin’ 107.7 (New London, CT 06320) 180. 104.9 The Beat (Lubbock, TX 79493) 182. B93 (Odessa, TX 79769) 185. 98.7 The Beat (Charleston, WV 25325) 187. Fly 92.1 (Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549) 192. 93.1 The Beat (Amarillo, TX 79119) 193. Power 99.1 (Kennewick, WA 99336) 204. Hot 99.7 (Yakima, WA 98909) 206. Hot 106.1 (Laredo, TX 78040) 209. 95.7 The Beat (Santa Maria, CA 93456) 217. Hot 105.5 (Champaign, IL 61822) 232. Hot 97.9 (Lake Charles, LA 70607) 245. Q106.1 (Columbia, MO 65202)

URBAN 126. Jamz 101.9 (Youngstown, OH 44599) 127. Foxy 99 (Fayetteville, NC 28303) 127. Soul 104.5 (Fayetteville, NC 28303) 133. 103.7 The Beat (Shreveport, LA 71166) 133. 99.7 KMJJ (Shreveport, LA 71166) 137. 102.9 Da Bomb (Corpus Christi, TX 78478) 138. Magic 102.5 (Beaumont, TX 77707) 151. Z92.3 (Killeen, TX 76543) 154. 97.9 Jamz (Montgomery, AL 36116) 154. Hot 105.7 (Montgomery, AL 36116) 155. JZ94.5 (Biloxi, MS 39535) 156. Blazin’ 92.3 (Macon, GA 31213) 156. Power 107.1 (Macon, GA 31213) 156. 97.9 WIBB (Macon, GA 31213) 158. 94.1 The Beat (Savannah, GA 31414) 158. E93 (Savannah, GA 31414) 161. Blazin’ 102.3 (Tallahassee, FL 32303) 162. Coast 97.3 (Wilmington, NC 28404) 189. Foxie 105 (Columbus, GA 31999) 189. 98.3 The Beat (Columbus, GA 31999) 190. Power 92 Jamz (Tupelo, MS 38803) 191. Blazin’ 92.1 (Dothan, AL 36303) 218. WYNN 106.3 (Florence, SC 29505) 223. WiLD 106.3 (Laurel, MS 39443) 225. 98.7 Kiss FM (Alexandria, LA 71303) 225. B102 Jamz (Alexandria, LA 71303) 230. 92.7 Kiss FM (Charlottesville, VA 22911) 232. 107 Jamz (Lake Charles, LA 70607) 255. 100.1 KRVV (Monroe, LA 71212) 262. Star 105.3 (Valdosta, GA 31606) 262. Lyx 96 (Valdosta, GA 31606) 263. 96.3 WJIZ (Albany, GA 31707) 268. Power 92.1 Jamz (Columbus, MS 39703) 279. K98 Jamz (Lawton, OK 73505) 289. 105.7 The Beat (Meridian, MS 39303)

URBAN AC (75 stations) 000. Heart & Soul (Satellite) 001. 107.5 WBLS (New York, NY 10001) 001. 98.7 Kiss FM (New York, NY 10001) 002. 102.3 KJLH (Los Angeles, CA 90009) 003. Soul 106.3 (Chicago, IL 60606) 003. V103 (Chicago, IL 60606) 004. 102.9 KBLX (San Francisco, CA 94111) 005. Smooth R&B 105.7 (Dallas, TX 75252) 005. 94.5 K-Soul (Dallas, TX 75252) 006. Magic 102.1 (Houston, TX 77077) 007. Majic 107.5 (Atlanta, GA 30303) 008. WDAS 105.3 FM (Philadelphia, PA 19119) 009. 96.3 WHUR (Washington, DC 20002) 009. My Majic 102.3 (Washington, DC 20002) 011. 105.9 Kiss FM (Detroit, MI 48260) 011. 107.5 WGPR (Detroit, MI 48260) 011. Mix 92.3 (Detroit, MI 48260) 012. Hot 105FM (Miami, FL 33133) 021. Majic 104.9 (St. Louis, MO 63136) 021. Foxy 95.5 (St. Louis, MO 63136) 022. Magic 95.9 (Baltimore, MD 21212) 024. V101.9 (Charlotte, NC 28282) 024. My 92.7 (Charlotte, NC 28282) 029. 93.1 WZAK (Cleveland, OH 44144) 032. Majic 107.3 (Kansas City, MO 64146) 034. Star 94.5 (Orlando, FL 32828) 036. Magic 98.9 (Columbus, OH 43234) 037. Jammin’ 98.3 (Milwaukee, MN 53235) 039. 106.7 WTLC (Indianapolis, IN 46202) 042. Foxy 107 (Raleigh, NC 27676) 043. 105.3 Kiss FM (Norfolk, VA 23523) 043. 95.7 RNB (Norfolk, VA 23523) 044. 92Q (Nashville, TN 37237) 045. 97.1 WQMG (Greensboro, NC 27427) 046. V101.5 (Jacksonville, FL 32223) 047. B106.3 (West Palm Beach, FL 33422) 049. V101.1 (Memphis, TN 38138) 052. Power 102.9 (New Orleans, LA 70123) 052. WYLD FM 98 (New Orleans, LA 70123) 054. Magic 101.3 (Louisville, KY 40204) 055. 105.7 Kiss FM (Richmond, VA 23232) 057. 98.7 Kiss FM (Birmingham, AL 35253) 057. Hot 107.7 (Birmingham, AL 35253) 058. 107.3 Jamz (Greenville, SC 29698) 061. 92.1 WROU (Dayton, OH 45454) 079. Q106.5 (Baton Rouge, LA 70807) 083. Magic 107.3 (Charleston, SC 29492) 083. Star 99.7 (Charleston, SC 29492) 084. Power 106.9 (Syracuse, NY 13252) 085. KOKY 102.1 FM (Little Rock, AR 72227) 086. 92.3 The Touch (Greenville, NC 27858) 089. 103.1 Kiss FM (Columbia, SC 29292) 089. 101.3 The Big DM (Columbia, SC 29292) 092. Mix 95.7 (Toledo, OH 43656) 095. 98.3 WDLT (Mobile, AL 36663) 096. 104.7 The Flame (Ft. Pierce, FL 34949) 105. Magic 104.7 (Lafayette, LA 70507) 106. Groove 93 (Chattanooga, TN 37424) 107. 94.1 WHRP (Huntsville, AL 38595) 109. Magic 100.9 (Augusta, GA 30903) 109. 96.3 Kiss FM (Augusta, GA 30903) 113. Vibe 100 (Roanoke, VA 24042) 122. Kixie 107 FM (Jackson, MS 39232) 124. Magic 106 (Pensacola, FL 32523) 127. Kiss 107.7 (Fayetteville, NC 28303) 128. Z92.7 (Flint, MI 90057) 133. Hot 102 Jams (Shreveport, LA 71166) 133. Magic 102.9 (Shreveport, LA 71166) 134. Kiss 107.1 (Saginaw, MI 48606) 142. Magic 98.9 (Salisbury, MD 21802) 145. Hot 107.3 Jamz (Tyler, TX 75707) 154. Magic 97 (Montgomery, AL 36116) 156. V101.7 (Macon, GA 31213) 158. Love 101.1 (Savannah, GA 31414) 158. Magic 103.9 (Savannah, GA 31414)

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The Marvelettes at a WDAS radio sponsored Motortown Revue appearance

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Ed Bradley

Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9,2006) was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes. During his earlier career he also covered the fall of Saigon, was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his own news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including the Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, and 19 Emmy Awards.

Biography

Early life

Bradley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents divorced when he was 2, after which he was raised by his mother, Gladys, who worked two jobs to make ends meet. Bradley, who was referred to with the childhood name of "Butch Bradley," was able to see his father, who was in the vending machine business and owned a restaurant in Detroit, in the summertime. When he was 9, his mother enrolled him in the Holy Providence School, an all-black Catholic boarding school run by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania. He attended Mount Saint Charles Academy, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated in 1959 from Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys High School in West Philadelphia and then another historically black school, Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1964 with a degree in education. His first job was teaching sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia's Wynnefield community. While he was teaching, he moonlighted at the old WDAS studios on Edgley Drive in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, working for free and, later, for minimum wage. He programmed music, read news, and covered basketball games and other sports.

Career

Bradley's introduction to news reporting came at WDAS-FM during the riots in Philadelphia in the 1960s. In 1967 he landed a full-time job at the CBS-owned New York radio station WCBS. In 1971, he moved to Paris, France. Initially living off his savings, he eventually ran out of money and began working as a stringer for CBS News, covering the Paris Peace Talks. In 1972 he volunteered to be transferred to Saigon to cover the Vietnam War, as well as spending time in Phnom Penh covering the war in Cambodia. It was there that he was injured by a mortar round, receiving shrapnel wounds to his back and arm.

In 1974 he moved to Washington, D.C., and was promoted to covering the Carter campaign in 1976. He then became CBS News White House correspondent (the first black White House television correspondent) until 1978, when he was invited to move to CBS Reports, where he served as principal correspondent until 1981. In that year, Walter Cronkite departed as anchor of the CBS Evening News and was replaced by the 60 Minutes correspondent Dan Rather, leaving an opening on the program that was filled by Bradley.

Over the course of Bradley's 26 years on 60 Minutes, he did over 500 stories, covering nearly every possible type of news, from "heavy" segments on war, politics, poverty, and corruption, to lighter biographical pieces, or stories on sports, music, and cuisine. Among others, he interviewed Howard Stern, Laurence Olivier, Subcomandante Marcos, Timothy McVeigh, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Bill Bradley, the 92-year-old George Burns, and Michael Jordan, as well as conducting the first television interview of Bob Dylan in 20 years. Some of his quirkier moments included playing blackjack with the blind Ray Charles, interviewing a Soviet general in a Russian sauna, and having a practical joke played on him by Muhammad Ali. Bradley's favorite segment on 60 Minutes was when, as a 40-year-old correspondent, he interviewed 64-year-old singer Lena Horne. He said, "If I arrived at the pearly gates and Saint Peter said, 'What have you done to deserve entry?' I'd just say, 'Did you see my Lena Horne story?'"

On the show, Bradley was known for his sense of style. He was the first male correspondent to regularly wear an earring on the air. He had his left ear pierced in 1986 and says he was inspired to do it after receiving encouragement from Liza Minnelli following an interview with the actress. He is also thus far the only male 60 Minutes anchor to do so, though male correspondents from other network programs, including Jim Vance, Jay Schadler, and Harold Dow, later wore earrings on camera.

Personal life

Bradley never had children, but was married to Haitian-born artist Patricia Blanchet, whom he had met at a museum where she was working as a docent. Despite the age difference (she was 24 years younger than he), Bradley pursued her, and they dated for 10 years before marrying in a private ceremony in Woody Creek, Colorado, where they had a home. Bradley also maintained two homes in New York: one in East Hampton, and the other in New York City.

In the early 1970s, Bradley had a brief romantic relationship with Jessica Savitch, who at that time was an administrative assistant for CBS News and later became an NBC News anchor. After the relationship ended, Bradley and Savitch continued to have a non-romantic social and professional relationship until her death in 1983.

Bradley was known for loving all kinds of music, but he was especially a jazz music enthusiast. He hosted the Peabody Award–winning Jazz at Lincoln Center on National Public Radio for over a decade until just before his death. A big fan of the Neville Brothers, Bradley performed on stage with the bunch, and was known as "the fifth Neville brother". Bradley was also friends with Jimmy Buffett, and would often perform onstage with him, under the name "Teddy". Bradley had limited musical ability and did not have an extensive repertoire, but would usually draw smiles by singing the 1951 classic by Billy Ward and the Dominoes, "Sixty Minute Man".

Bradley died on November 9, 2006, at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan of complications from lymphocytic leukemia. He was 65 years old.

Legacy

Bradley was honored in April 2007 with a traditional jazz funeral procession at the New Orleans Jazzfest, of which he was a large supporter. The parade, which took place on the first day of the six-day festival, circled the fairgrounds and included two brass bands.

Columnist Clarence Page wrote:

Bradley had been a season ticket holder to the New York Knicks for over 20 years. On November 13, 2006, they honored him with a moment of silence. On the 60 Minutes program after Bradley's death, his longtime friend Wynton Marsalis closed the show with a solo trumpet performance, playing some of the music Bradley loved best.

In 1994, Bradley created the Ed Bradley Scholarship, which has since been offered annually by the Radio Television Digital News Association to outstanding aspiring journalists in recognition of Bradley's legacy and contributions to journalism.

Awards

Emmy Award 19 times

Peabody Award for his African AIDS report, "Death By Denial"

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

1979: George Polk Award for Foreign Television

2000: Paul White Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association

2005: Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists for being one of the first African Americans to break into network television news

2007: Bradley posthumously won the 66th annual George Foster Peabody award for his examination of the Duke University rape case

2007: Bradley posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia [2] Hall of Fame

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