Atlanta Chapter

2019

Meet & Greet and 1st  National Induction Awards Program

Suite Food Lounge Atlanta

Honorees

Shelley “The Playboy” Stewart – One of America’s 1st Black DJs

African American Station Owners – Tori Bailey of Tuscumbia, Ala. & Mike Roberts – Atlanta, Ga.

Blues Over The Airwaves Award – Jim Starr of Winston-Salem, N.C.

Industry Pioneer Promoter Award – Charles Geer Atlanta, Ga.

Radio Network Founders Award - USA’s 1st Cable Only Radio Station 1980–Louis Dinwiddie – Atlanta, Ga.

Open The Gate Award - 1st Black Reporter in Atlanta 1967 WSB – Lo Jelks – Atlanta, Ga.

Posthumous Radio Pioneer Award – Zilla Mays – Atlanta, Ga.

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Honorary Atlanta Chapter Board Members:

Carol Blackmon, Bohannon, Hal Lamar, Al Ward, Willie A. Watkins And LaMar Williams