MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Forty years ago, WLOK Radio was purchased by Gilliam Communications, Inc. and principal owner Art Gilliam. It was the first black-owned and the first locally-owned radio station in ...

Photo courtesy of filmmaker Gary Moore, writer, director, and producer of The Suburban Itch, a story about flipping the script — what happens when a white man is stopped by police for running in a ...

Forty years ago, WLOK 1340 AM became the city’s first black-owned and first locally owned radio station when former WMC-TV news anchor Art Gilliam purchased the soul music station from William F.

One expects the walls of a radio station to be embellished with posters of recording artists, zany deejay promotions and other tokens of pop cultural impact, commercial success and brand identity. But ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min WLOK Radio remains the only ...

A federally recognized holiday, Labor Day — which falls on the first Monday in September — this year happens to overlap with 901 Day, the Sept. 1 celebration of Memphis that, in recent years, seems to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WLOK is an institution in the Bluff City and our very first Black-owned radio station. And this year is a special one; 50 years of the WLOK Stone Soul Picnic. Its grown from a small ...

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Dan Montgomery releases a new EP, 'How to Get Old and Sad' this week. Montgomery will celebrate with a performance at Lafayette's Music Room on Tuesday. Art Gilliam Jr. made history back in 1976. That ...