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How 2 men transformed an Annapolis radio station for Black listeners in the 60s

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By Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — In the 1950s and 60s, WANN Radio in Annapolis became a beacon for Black listeners by playing music and broadcasting voices that other mainstream stations ignored. The station, led by Charles “Hoppy” Adams and Morris Blum, changed the airwaves in Annapolis and beyond. Hoppy’s son, Charles W. Adams III, remembers it well. “You could go to many homes in Annapo…

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How 2 men transformed an Annapolis radio station for Black listeners in the 60s

In the 1950s and 60s, WANN Radio in Annapolis became a beacon for Black listeners by playing music and broadcasting voices that other mainstream stations ignored.

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