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WSID R&B HISTORY

While WSID was started by Baltimore mortgage banker Sidney Tinley (hence the 'SID' in the call sign -- and I'm not sure of the original sign-on date) ... if memory serves, Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting purchased the station in 1947.

Eaton, ahead of his time in being a proponent of focused broadcasting to ethnic audiences, introduced programming targeted to Baltimore's black population very early on. R&B and gospel music were staples of the station right up to the early 80s, when 1010 morphed into a 'shadowcast' and/or simulcast of co-owned adult-contemporary FM WYST ('92 Star').

WYST(AM) later fielded various iterations of gold-based programming before transitioning to WERQ(AM) and being sold to Radio One. Today, it's talk WOLB, relaying much of the programming of co-owned WOL(AM) in D.C.
 
Hey otterk9:

Thanks for that info. I looked in the past yearbooks and United aquired WSID on June 16, 1949. So I guess that is when the R&B format began.

T.J.
 
According to Billboard Magazine for May 14th and Oct 15th 1949, Tex Daniels and the Lazy H. Ranch Boys were hosting programs on WSID. This information was listed under "Folk Talent". However there was news in the Aug 6th, 1949 Billboard Magazine which said "Harold Jackson, blues & rhythm spinner, is shuttling between WOOK, Washington and WSID, Baltimore."
 
Hey Steve:

I actually caught those billboard articles. So I am guessing about when thye date was when WSID went full R&B. It looks like WSID was running Country and R&B programming from 1947 to 1949. Wonder when they went full R&B?

T.J.
 
In the 60's, WSID had an incredible talent in afternoon drive, Fat Daddy (Paul Johnson). He was able to deliver a show like no one else I've ever heard. And he was extremely influential in breaking R&B hits.

He eventually left for WITH at night and then mornings at WWIN. He had asthma and wasn't nearly as good after leaving WSID. He passed away at a young age.
 
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