WDIA

radio station, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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    • WDIA: Black Music Mother Station
      • In WDIA: Black Music Mother Station

        When WDIA went on the air in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, its white owners, Bert Ferguson and John R. Pepper, were anything but blues aficionados; however, deejay Nat D. Williams was. A former high-school history teacher and journalist, Williams brought his own records and his…

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