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Introducing: Amplify Color

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Dr. André White

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Introducing Amplify Color: Charlamagne Tha God. Wendy Williams. Robin Quivers. The names are familiar, but the stories of their trials and triumphs in the radio industry may not be. Amplify Color reveals the empowering and inspirational stories of individuals who left an undeniable impact on the radio industry despite the challenges and battles they faced. Each week, we chronicle the history of Black radio through the story of a trailblazer who made a long-lasting impact on the medium that we know and love today. Listen wherever you get your podcasts - https://pod.link/1701651616 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

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There's a saying in the black community,

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you got to work twice as hard to get half of what they got.

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And there's no exception to the radio industry.

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When I was a kid during the winter,

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my dad would drive me and my brother to the bus stop

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and we would wait in the car for the bus

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while listening to the Tom Jr. Morning Show

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or the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

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Legendary black comedians and radio hosts

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was a staple in my childhood and still is till this day,

0:31.0

which is why I'm so excited for this season of Amplify Color.

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Amplify Color is a podcast that reveals the empowering

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and inspirational stories of individuals

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who left an undeniable impact on the radio industry.

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Despite the challenges that were faced

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that are all too familiar to people of the black community.

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Each week, they're chronicling the history of black radio

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through the story of a trailblazer

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who made a long-lasting impact on the medium.

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Hosted by Ryan Cameron, the voice of Atlanta and Georgia

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and black radio Hall of Famer.

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