• WGPR (107.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, broadcasting an urban contemporary radio format. Owned by the International Free and...
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    Michigan. Founded as WGPR-TV in 1975 by Dr. William V. Banks and the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons as an extension of WGPR (107.5 FM), channel...
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  • (at the time a popular Top 40 station). In 1977, he began broadcasting on WGPR (107.5) in Detroit and soon gathered a diverse audience attracted to his...
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  • New Dance Show is a television series in Detroit, Michigan, which ran on WGPR-TV 62 (now a CBS affiliate known as WWJ-TV) and W68CH 68 (now WHPS-CD 15)...
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  • and producer. Gilliard started his career working as a radio newscaster at WGPR in Detroit. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985, where he appeared in over 2...
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    longtime girlfriend, Stephanie Grimes, who is general sales manager for WGPR-FM 107.5 in Detroit. He also revealed his plans to release a new album. Washington...
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  • movie Deep Space (music), Saturday late night/early morning radio show on WGPR 107.5 FM in Detroit Deep Space (collection), a 1954 collection of short stories...
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  • the first president and general manager of WGPR-FM (which became Detroit's first black radio station) and WGPR-TV (which was the first black-owned and black-operated...
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    Atlanta to attend Spelman College. Robinson's career began in Detroit at WGPR-TV (now WWJ-TV), the first African-American owned television station in the...
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  • radio program hosted on various Detroit radio stations, including WCHB, WGPR, and WJLB-FM from 1977 through the mid-1980s by DJ Charles "The Electrifying...
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  • about unauthorised distribution of films and the warez scene The Scene, WGPR-TV Detroit dance show, October 1975 to December 1987, replaced by The New...
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    Richard Building West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge West Side Dom Polski WGPR-TV Studio Whittier Hotel William and Margot Kessler House William B. and...
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  • January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. "CBS, WGPR poised for Dec. 11 switch". The Times Herald. Port Huron, Michigan. Associated...
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    Association, broadcast in Detroit by DJ Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson on WGPR. Juan Atkins was inspired to buy a synthesizer after hearing Parliament....
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    forcing the network to purchase WGPR-TV (channel 62) from the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons for $24 million. WGPR-TV was the first Black-owned...
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    psychology from the Detroit Institute of Technology. In the 1960s, he worked for WGPR-TV, and also helped set up small record labels in Detroit and opened a recording...
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  • television stations such as WPSG Philly 57 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and WGPR-TV in Detroit, Michigan, but failed to find an audience. In 1988 and 1989...
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    first African-American female weather anchor of primetime news in 1975 at WGPR-TV, the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station. Sharon...
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  • station licensed to Ravena, New York, United States, once known as The Bone WGPR-HD3, The Bone, a radio station stream Bone (film), a 1972 film directed by...
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    Richard Building West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge West Side Dom Polski WGPR-TV Studio Whittier Hotel William and Margot Kessler House William B. and...
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    Richard Building West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge West Side Dom Polski WGPR-TV Studio Whittier Hotel William and Margot Kessler House William B. and...
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  • discarded the Urban AC format on WGPR. Two days later, Radio One moved the Urban Contemporary and "Hot" branding from WHTD to WGPR. WHTD became Urban gospel...
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    Richard Building West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge West Side Dom Polski WGPR-TV Studio Whittier Hotel William and Margot Kessler House William B. and...
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  • Michigan Health Maintenance Organization. That same year, Makupson was hired by WGPR-TV, the nation's first African-American owned television station, to anchor...
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  • station WXON (channel 20) from 1977 to 1979, followed by a brief stint at WGPR-TV (channel 62) for several months in 1979. WKBF-TV's successor station WCLQ-TV...
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  • Richard Building West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge West Side Dom Polski WGPR-TV Studio Whittier Hotel William and Margot Kessler House William B. and...
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  • urban AC outlet WGPR. After Radio One successfully took Mason to court to uphold a non-compete clause, Mason began broadcasting on WGPR. After that station...
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  • landed a position in the promotions department at the urban radio station WGPR ("Hot 107.5"). where she worked her way into an on-air position. She has...
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  • 1994). "WGPR sale means CBS spending jag: Network may spend millions on expansion, hiring". Crain's Detroit Business. p. 3. "CBS turns to WGPR for Detroit...
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    Is Vital". The WWJ-TV call sign was later adopted for use by the former WGPR-TV (channel 62) after its 1995 purchase by CBS, which had acquired WWJ radio...
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