The Matt McGill Show, Weekdays 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Leonard (Chess) was a genius. I always tell people Chicago is such fertile ground for our people, great movements. Im smiling as I answer this. It was a music station at that time, but there was a talk show called "Hot Line." Samantha Thomas is an Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Entertainment/Lifestyle Correspondent, and currently a Radio/Social Media Personality on WVON 1690 AM. It turned out to be perfect timing. I always say that WVON has one of the most intelligent listening audiences in the country because you cannot get away with saying (just anything), however rational or irrational it is. My family is pretty close. She said Lucky Cordell headed upstairs after the fire started and the two became trapped, she said. Samantha Thomas is an Emmy winning journalist, entertainment/lifestyle correspondent and radio/social personality. Hoffman. All Rights Reserved. I was born and raised in Chicago. The station also had an active role during the Civil Rights Movement, covering it extensively. Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. What Ive done is always remember who I am and where I plan to go. Although he had Chess Records, he was smart enough to know we had to play more than Chess records; we played Atlantic records. I want to know what people are thinking sometimes. Youre responsible for you, so I keep that in mind daily. Using the name Ebony Moonbeams, Williams started her career in broadcasting in 1973 when she was hired at Howard Universitys WHUR. It's the tool that we use to deliver our special brand of enrichment and empowerment to this community. We took the market by storm. Whatever (the station) is, it needs to do one thing: to tell the story, the authentic story. In 1994, The Fly Jock became one of the first nationally syndicated Black DJs when was hired to host his own program, the Tom Joyner Morning Show, which spread to 29 stations. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. I would watch my mother, grandmother and aunts get dressed all the time when they would go out, or just on a regular basis. Their new series, Talent is a six-part video series featuring live entertainment and conversations with Chicago music artists hosted by Samantha Thomas. He always had guests who represented different aspects of what was going on in the black community at that time. Why did you attend college away from Chicago? Where were you born? Everybody listened to it. I tell people 'VON today is an acquired listenership. Moses "Lucky" Cordell, also known as the"Baron of Bounce," was WVON radio station's program and music director in 1965 and went on to become WVON's general manager in 1970. Christening the show Quiet Storm after a hit single from Smokey Robinson, Lindseys smooth soulful playlist was an instant success, and may well have influenced the growth of the smooth Jazz sector of the music and radio business. But when we hit, we hit like a ton of bricks. They finally caught up with us. So this whole idea of black talk radio was really an extension of Mr. South's influence. Williams currently hosts her own daytime TV talk show. And describe your childhood growing up. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/103.0.0.0 Safari/537.36, 2nd Helping sponsored by Residential Improvement Services, The Daily Game sponsored by Maryland Lottery, Operation Severe Weather Tire World Auto Service Centers, Connecting Communities Submit Your Event. Chicago Defender had an opportunity to chat with Samantha Thomas about her career, new show, and about being a fearless woman in media. Rufus Thomas was the preeminent DJ of Memphis WDIA, the nations first radio station with an all-Black air staff. I also like to write. Oprah! We're a better nation because of the Voice of a Nation. Cook eventually landed a radio show on Berkeleys KALX. hreich@tribune.com | Twitter @howardreich, WVON 50: 50th Anniversary Grand GalaWhen: 7 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.Tickets: $100-$500 at wvon.com or ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000, Legendary Chicago broadcaster; was one of WVON's original disc jockeys, Professor at Northeastern Illinois University and former host on WVON, Historian and author of Bridges of Memory, State representative in the 5th District, and frequent WVON guest, Female firefighters in Richton Park lead by example: You dont have to be a man to do this job, Kam Buckner: The next mayor of Chicago has a reform mandate, One shot, hopefully the last shot. "A youthful 'free' alternative to the AM vacuum at 1450", North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, 50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide, Iconic WVON radio station moving from Chatham. There's something about this place. That's the source you go to. You just couldn't fight FM. She is currently the host of Samantha Talks which airs weeknights from 6 pm-9 pm on WVON. Why journalism? [42], In 1986, WVON adopted its current black-oriented talk radio format. Required fields are marked *. Jacks band was also the personal favorite of Vice President Al Gore and played many of their events both personal and for the administration. When firefighters arrived, the officers directed them to the room, police said. Use Of Negro Shows Thruout U.S. New Chess R.&B. And we all went through it. Music, radio and podcasts, all free. I'm not so arrogant as to believe that 'VON is a larger portion of it, but I'll tell you this: We are better because we are here. Deeb, Gary. [4], In the early 1950s, WHFC's studios and transmitter were moved to 3350 S. Kedzie, in Chicago's South Lawndale community. Condon, David. Though music dominated thanks to blues records from Pervis Spann and R&B tracks from Herb Kent and others Wesley South's legendary "Hot Line" talk show crackled with political discussion. While working behind the scenes, I discovered that I was a not only a producer, but that I could talk to people, and keep their interest. If it was when President Barack Obama was elected the first time. But Im more efficient during the day. If they continue to be the voice of the nation, we'll always respond. Copyright 2021 Midway Broadcasting All Rights Reserved, Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, elects Bola Tinubu as the new president, A man charged with killing 3 officers was found dead in his jail cell, Wray publicly comments on the FBI's position on COVID's origins, adding political fire. Deep Cover drops on Mondays. 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NDIGO recently caught up with Samantha to chat about her Chicago roots, why she chose to attend an HBCU, how she got into journalism, her go to fashion choices, and, of course, her new job at WVON 1690AM. Thank you! During his eight years at WVON, Kent established a huge following in the citys growing African-American community. Race riots, racism, food stamps, poverty, civil rights from a black point of view, which we never had before. Thats what he lives for., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Stream the best podcasts from your favorite stations. The station played an active role during the Civil Rights Movement during this era. It needs to continue that. Samanthas flair for not having interviews, but conversations. 9:35 am. To this day, we still believe in gathering for family dinners. The 1450 frequency was left silent for a time. WATCH NOW FREE VON TV features original live programs and video on demand films, TV series, entertainment specials, and more. Don't tear up your own home. Season three, Never Seen Again, tells the story of two women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing in the summer of 1999. And so when you wrapped your brain around that and the fact that we survived it with less resources, less capital, with all these things against us, (it) means that we're here for the long haul. Why not a career in fashion? So I would watch and learn about being put together and neat. I heard a caller today say: "You know, sometimes I don't like you, but it's like I'm married to you, and I can't get rid of you. Sign up for NewsOne's email newsletter! By Erick Johnson. Afternoon Drive,Weekdays 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Herb Kent, "The Cool Gent," who died last fall at age 88 after more than 50 years at the station. I knew that I had more experience in television, so I operated in that vision. That was huge. Part cohost and part cosigner, Quivers has maintained a precarious and controversial role as a foil for Sterns arguably racist rants: Does her presence give Stern a pass, or does she keep him in check? Ron DeSantis cements control of Disney World's special district DeSantis dealt another blow to Walt Disney World's ability to operate with autonomy by signing a bill on Monday to end the park's special tax status. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not attending immediately after graduation increased my desire to go away. Currently, Samantha is an on-air personality at WVON 1690AM/i HeartRadio, Chicagos oldest African Amercan-owned news talk radio station. Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. The Wake Up Show eventually became internationally syndicated, reaching more than 20 different markets in five countries. With the introduction of social media, how has it enhanced your job? The shooting was one of the deadliest for law enforcement officers in Kentucky's history. During the 1980s, Daniels worked Chicago morning shows on WVON, WGCI and eventually on "Smooth Jazz WNUA." During her 30-year career, Daniels is credited with paving the way for future generations of female radio personalities. FROM LEFT:Producer Gabe (Gabe Ramirez),ShowbizShelley (Michelle Menaker) andJ-Niice(Jamar McNeil). Shes the host of the evening show airing Monday-Thursday from 6 p.m. 9 p.m., where she invites listeners and viewers on social media to simply, TALK to Samantha.. It doesn't have to be PC. After being the emcee at an event where she and other professionals were honored, I networked and kept in touch with many in attendance. The idea was that, The People are as interesting as the Plates.. How did you handle it? It's the station they get their information from. Cliff's interview covers critical issues that impact the African American community. All Rights Reserved. Using the name "Ebony Moonbeams," Williams started her career in broadcasting in 1973 when. Jack Diamond hosted the Jack Diamond Morning Show in Washington, DC for ABC radio for 30 years! Police Hiring Process Discriminates Against Blacks, Latinos: Ald. Two years later, Frankie Crocker hired Williams at WBLS-FM in her hometown, New York City. DJ Red Alert | Source: Nicholas Rhodes / Getty. Mon - Fri: 06:00 AM - 10:00 AM. Sometimes people turned it on to hear the music, but along the way they got the message. Type in the name of your neighborhood or select one from the list below. Copyright 2009-2018, New York Public Radio. I grew up on 'VON. Have you progressed in your career as you have expected? [13][14] 97.9 WEHS's call sign was changed to WHFC, and simulcast WVON's programming until 1965, when 97.9 adopted a jazz format as WSDM. Ive always loved watching TV, and would impersonate Oprah and other talk show hosts with my baby dolls as an audience. And he marketed us. Samantha eventually created her own media lane, and in 2014 started the initial concept of her Web-Series, SmallTALK With Samantha. Doesn't have to be overassimilated. As president and general manager of Chicago's WVON-AM, Melody Spann-Cooper heads the only African American-owned radio station in the nation's third-largest market. Also on The Matt Bubala Show on WGN Radio, Saturdays 2 a.m. - 5 a.m. Fred and Angiin the Morning, Weekdays 5 a.m. - 10 a.m. Christopher "Brotha'Fred" Frederick,Angi Taylor. Martin Luther King Jr. used this station as his bully pulpit in the latter part of his life, in the years he spent in Chicago, between '66 to '68. Follow her on social media @DanieSandersOfficial. Season one, The Drug Wars, tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover with a biker gang, and follows a trail of clues that eventually leads to the US invasion of a foreign country. I dont do well being complacent, so hopefully this will be a great goal to push toward. Jack Diamond is a radio personality who has hosted mornings at WRQX in Washington, D.C. for nearly 24 years. Think about it: three U.S. senators (Barack Obama, Carol Moseley Braun and Roland Burris) and a president. Of course, when the riots came (after the assassination of the Rev. Home; About Us; Line-Up; Events; Special Features; Partner with us; listen He was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Once that job ended for me, I knew I had to be creative and innovative. Everybody fought to get on the air at WVON because we had so many listeners. [37] Both stations were on the air by October 1979 and shared a transmitting tower. [13] In 2002, then State Senator Barack Obama filled in for vacationing Cliff Kelley. Though resistant to rap, he played some of the first hip-hop records and hired hip-hops first legendary radio jock, Mr. Magic. The Download,Weeknights 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Moses "Lucky" Cordell, also known as the"Baron of Bounce," was WVON radio station's program and music director in 1965 and went on to become WVON's general manager in 1970. Mancow Morning Show, Weekdays 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. [12] WVON debuted on April 1, 1963 and quickly became a success playing R&B music, becoming the second most listened to Chicago station during evening hours by early 1964. @dnainfo_breen @trafficjamjen @jmd34john @C1McKnight pic.twitter.com/KTAke3a1it. We played the hit R&B songs 24 hours a day. Your email address will not be published. WVON is proud to be Chicago's only African-American news talk radio station. Helped different black politicians get elected. So how did you come up with the concept of reviewing restaurants while interviewing interesting people? And I tell my sales staff, "We're not counting the people we reach, we're reaching the people that really count. Sometimes I don't like your hosts' opinions. In the mid-1980s Parr also recorded with his band Bobby Jimmy and The Critters. In 1996, he became the second African American giant of syndication when his Russ Parr Morning Show on Radio Ones WKYS-FM became the base of operations for a network that eventually reached more than 3 million listeners daily on over 40 radio stations. A legendary disc jockey on the airwaves of Philadelphia and New York in the 1950s and 1960s, Douglas Wendell Jocko Henderson was a pioneer of the slick-talking, rapid-fire radio patter that influenced Black and White jockeys nationwide and laid a cultural foundation for rap music. Star & Buc Wild (left) | Source: Getty Images / Getty. [35][36][38][39] The 317-foot tower was located at the old WVON site at 3350 South Kedzie Avenue. That an organic, independently owned operation could exist and be able to play in this wonderful world of multiple radio stations and television stations and media companies in the city of Chicago is amazing. Rufus Thomas | Source: Getty Images / Getty. We are the Voice of the Nation! Jack cohosted Broadcast House, Live for WUSA, TV, channel 9, and he was the featured host on FOX TVs. I always knew I wanted to attend college away from home. They know the benchmarks that are important, and where you can get the authentic word. They were taken to the U. of C. medical center in serious-to-critical condition, fire officials said Sunday. He later purchased WVON in the late 1970s. [10] WHFC's programming was simulcast on 97.9 WEHS after WEHS's storecasting contract expired in the 1950s. What have you been able to bring to the late night talk format that will set you apart from others? I know why people were so upset when Marshall Field's became Macy's. [11][12] 97.9 WEHS was included in the sale. No one escaped this. It knows its audience. At Roosevelt 'L' Station, Obama Closes Inaugural Summit As Inspirer-In-Chief, Common, Lin-Manuel Miranda Close Obama Summit With Epic Freestyle [VIDEO], 62-Foot Norway Spruce To Become City Christmas Tree At Millennium Park, Wild Costume Art Returns To Beverly Arts Center Stage With 'Wandering Bird', 82 Percent Jump In Police Accountability Budget Not Enough, Alds. But after becoming one of the first Black jocks to cross over into more mainstream radio (as one of WMCAs Good Guys), Crocker crossed back when a Black-owned consortium hired him for a new FM station in New York called WBLS. It's a very learned audience. [42] WGCI became so successful that Gannett changed the call letters of 1390 from WVON to WGCI in 1983. But I think, overall, it has given the black community an opportunity to have our own voice, our own analysis of issues, from our own unique perspective, given the dynamics of the American society. Sunday: 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM, Mon - Fri: 12:00 AM - 06:00 AM Main Menu. Only sometimes, lol! The Cliff Kelley Show, Weekdays 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Terri Hemmert,Weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lin Brehmer,Weekdays 5:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Dyana Williams is one of the earliest and most influential female air personalities in Black radio. WVON 1690 AM Lincoln University (MO) About I am an Emmy award winning Journalist, and Media Professional committed to providing information that's current, on-trend, and marketable for all. I would often love to put on my moms high-heel shoes, and prance around the house. I began filling in as needed as the traffic/weather and news anchor, and things took off from there. People keep asking me, "What will the next 50 years look like?" Dyana Williams is one of the earliest and most influential female air personalities in Black radio. ", Herb KentLegendary Chicago broadcaster; was one of WVON's original disc jockeys. What kind of music do you like? Herb Kent and that whole entourage of personalities were very impactful in getting the word out through music and through our culture on WVON. And it grew up with 'VON. Although WVON has not been without controversy. It doesn't have the kind of clamorous support that existed in those early days of '60s and '70s. My Apple Music playlist is filled with all types though, like gospel (because Ive gotta be inspired), R&B (because I like to chill), and even some trap music (because I like to turn-upin a classy way, of course). And it went right to Marmions Collin Wainscott. [25] In 1975, Globetrotter bought WNUS-AM-FM from the McLendon interests for $4,450,000; they moved WVON from 1450 to the 5,000-watt former WNUS signal on 1390 on February 5 of that year at 3:30p.m.,[26] which increased WVON's coverage area significantly. The Roe Conn Show With Anna Davlantes, Weekdays 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Star (Troi Torain) and his stepbrother Buc Wild (Timothy Joseph) started their radio journey in March of 2000 hosting the morning show on Hot 97 in New York City. [14][17][18], WVON was a "heritage" station to Chicago's black community featuring great Black air personalities like Moses "Lucky" Cordell, Bruce Brown, Herb Kent "The Cool Gent",[19][20][21] E. Rodney Jones,[19] Cecil Hale, Joe "Youngblood" Cobb,[19] Ed "Nassau Daddy" Cook, Bill "Butterball" Crane, Pervis Spann,[13][19] Don Cornelius,[19] Sid McCoy (who would accompany Cornelius when he formed Soul Train), Richard Pegue, Bernadine C. Washington, Jay Johnson, newsmen Roy Wood[19] and Jim Moloney, a very young reporter/engineer Larry Langford and many others. The positive response to Lindseys impromptu show led WHUR station manager (and now Urban One founder), Cathy Hughes, to give him his own time slot. WVON 1690AM/ iHeartRadio is a staple in the Chicago media community. I love it here, and I love being from here! Were you influenced by anyone? We will use this site and social media to deliver our message. We could put a record on and play it a couple of days, it would start selling like crazy, if it was a good record. What is your favorite book? And I keep a cute and safe standard face mask handy. This city loves its institutions, those that it grows up with. When I arrived at Lincoln University of Missouri in Fall of 2000, I majored in computer information systems. Listen online or download the iHeart App. Being able to get the factual information quickly and distribute it just as fast is important in this day and age. Telephones for the first time were portable, and we rode around in the neighborhoods and talked to people (on the air). Mr. Magic brought the first rap show to commercial radio on New Yorks WBLS. VON-TV is WVONs new digital streaming platform. Wendy Williams | Source: Getty Images / Getty. [48] The WRLL call letters were assigned to Midway's half of the time-share on 1450 at Cicero, Illinois. FM had this great sound: stereo. All Rights Reserved. Frank Ski has been an integral part of our local Atlanta . And then look at a very young Barack Obama, who cut his teeth and grew his brand at this station as a community activist and as a state senator, and on to (being) a U.S. senator, and look at him now. Congratulations on your new job! I would sometimes get in trouble in grammar school for talking. Seven years later, their stories collided when a small town detective got a tip and became convinced that if he could solve one mystery, he'd solve the other. We had to get it done, and get it done efficiently fast. You go to a 'VON to really ferret out your particular opinion or perspective on a subject matter, on an issue, and you get really straight talk on an issue. [33] Two former WVON personalities, Pervis Spann and Wesley South, were the principals of Midway Broadcasting. A few years later, Magic took his Rap Attack to commercial station WBLS and fostered the careers of producer Marley Marl, and artists like Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane. Gibson got his start on the very first Black-owned radio station, Atlantas WERD, in 1949. WRLL (1690 AM) was an oldies radio station licensed to Berwyn, Illinois, USA, serving the Chicago market. 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