Curated teaching resource
WLIB station history (1190 kHz, Hotel Theresa, Hal Jackson, The House That Jack Built)
By Wikipedia (citing FCC and Inner City Broadcasting records)
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- History
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- Grades 7-12
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- wikipedia.org
Why this resource is included
In 1958 WLIB broadcast from the Harlem Radio Center in the Hotel Theresa with pioneering Black DJ Hal Jackson on staff. Jackson anchored The House That Jack Built. Daytime-only. In the campaign: WLIB is the radio station playing in Mrs. Jones’s room. Free.