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- WERD_(historic_radio_station) comment "WERD was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949. WERD Atlanta was the first radio station owned and operated by African-Americans. (WDIA in Memphis was on the air in 1948 doing black—or Negro as it was then called—programming, but the owners were not African American). Jesse B. Blayton Sr., an accountant, bank president, and Atlanta University professor, purchased WERD in 1949 for $50,000.".
- Q7949019 comment "WERD was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949. WERD Atlanta was the first radio station owned and operated by African-Americans. (WDIA in Memphis was on the air in 1948 doing black—or Negro as it was then called—programming, but the owners were not African American). Jesse B. Blayton Sr., an accountant, bank president, and Atlanta University professor, purchased WERD in 1949 for $50,000.".