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, host Ryan Cameron chronicles 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. Subscribe to Amplify Color now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode Transcript

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Hello world, You're tuning into Amplify Color and I'm your host,
Ryan Cameron, Georgia and Black Radio Hall of Famer and
the Voice of Atlanta. During the course of this season,
I'll share the stories of black trailblazers who forever changed.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
The medium of radio.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
These are empowering profiles of individuals who left an undeniable
impact on the radio industry despite the uphill battles and
challenges they faced. From the very first black American DJ,
Jack L. Cooper and the first black owned radio station WERD,
to groundbreakers like P. D. Green who changed what could
be said on air. And tonight I'm gonna tell it

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like it is because I'm gonna give you P D.

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Green interpretation of Black history.

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From renaissance women Kathy Hughes and Deanna Williams to the
DJs who helped the underground go mainstream. Welcome once again
to the world famous mister Magic and rapper Jack, and
of course I am Sir Jesus. And then go worldwide.

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What's up? This is wk C stch on Sean. My
name is about Beata GLASSI Akao, Bob Love, and of
course we've got great stories about the larger than life,
personalities you know and love on the air today, Mike
Big Boy, Wendy Williams.

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People saying that it sounds like I'm having a lot
of fun here on the radio and.

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I am Robin Quivers.

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Life is great except for all the stuff that sucks
and Charlemagne the God? Who is this guy coming on
our always talking crazy about our artists? Who is the
decades before the Internet and TV, radio connected people like
and never before. But just because everyone got to enjoy
radio didn't mean that everyone got to participate. In this
season of Amplify Color, I'll shed light on how African

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Americans refused to be denied an opportunity behind the mic
and in the boardroom, and how radio would never be
the same. Want to tune in?

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Listen to Amplify Color on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify
or wherever did you get your podcasts?

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