- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- WERD
- Creator:
- Etling, Laurence W.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-01-28
- Subject:
- Bankers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American bankers--Georgia--Atlanta
College teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American college teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio stations--Georgia--Atlanta
Executives--Georgia--Atlanta
African American executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
African American businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Blayton, Jesse B., 1897-1977
WERD (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about WERD. WERD in Atlanta became the first radio station in America to be owned by an African American when Jesse B. Blayton, a professor at Atlanta University and a bank president, bought it in 1949 and hired his son, Jesse Blayton Jr., as station manager. The 1,000-watt station, purchased for $50,000, was located in the Prince Hall Masons Grand Lodge at 334 Auburn Avenue.
GSE identifier: SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/werd/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "WERD," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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