United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981955-07-08In 1956 disc jockey and social activist Zenas Sears established the Atlanta radio station WAOK, one of the first in the country to play blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music as the primary format.Photograph of WAOK disc jockey and social activist Zenas Sears in Atlanta, Georgia. He sits at a table behind a microphone emblazoned with the call letters WAOK. He holds a vinyl record up with his left hand, and a cigarette hangs from his mouth. In 1956 Sears established the Atlanta radio station WAOK, one of the first in the country to play blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music as the primary format.image/jpegWAOK Radio Station; Zenas Sears [disc jockey], Box LBCB116, Envelope 67, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/waokhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overviewForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/waokhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overviewForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic CollectionRadio broadcasters--Georgia--AtlantaDisc jockeys--Georgia--AtlantaSound recordings--Georgia--AtlantaCigarettes--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaPolitical activists--Georgia--AtlantaCivil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaMicrophoneZenas SearsStillImage