The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-06-21
lbs Denied Negroes
Radio-TV Offers
| title TO Race Here
(By BILL LAME


80, proportion o those given in Detroit
SINGLE radio station employs
W &c announcer. engineer other staff iechnician
Although there are quaneo o Color IN the city who
Gil virtually employment bill in these two fields of
nment heads refuse endlessy to consider the
&biltv of giving Il Negro trial,
Radio field which Negro could easily fit
an of visual Darkness could easily afford the Ne
chance for employment
wJLB the station which Leroy G White is credited
A zoomed popularity Negroes and other local
groups recently with its numerous "colored programs.
tans lily staff of clerks announcers and
The station permits Negroes buy time air their
mawkish church programs and the most "of-coor'
rs but when hiring intelligent Negro
ncer or engineer its tolerant attitude comes to end
The same stands stations CKLW WKMH WJBK Each
et accepts paid Negro programs, but not hires Negro
All which profess sngulary to appeal to the
listening of which the Negro big part with his
hmlon yearly buying power strangely amiss consid
I'm Negroes staff members
WWJ employs member Dochee Wisconsin
rey speech graduate disc jockey He the air mid
through general manager Worth Kramer
naed radios famed Wings Over Jordan choral ensemble
ug the hiring OF this writer in February disc
<<key TO big 5OOOOwat, CHS outlet
ar THE TIME of the hiring explained this
s Konegay of the Urban League that lifetime job 1t
also explained that the JOB was non-racial meaning that the
swinging Down The Lane show appeal the general
rblc without the show beig tabled Negro"
# But weeks after the first show o.
nationwide publicity and praises from all listeners the stations
show l3week trial Thirteen later.
Kramer vacation the show dropped with this writer
Not the type listeners would expect from
eooed disc jockey il explained I'VE believe
show better"
wxYz up this with announcement of new all
&go televison show which will feature the
PURE singers and the Harmoneers Quaette Riddel wXYZ
Pesnt frankly expressed it would be Negro music show
Already however despite the WxYZTv begins
sunday June o. the radio outlet
good disc Jockey show recently with pianist Jack surre
playing piano chatting and quppng
from zoos through loo Listeners agree good
show different and commendabie.
me Hockn With Leroy" show which cancelled from
recently after stormy three to have created
d.h pattern IN the minds of station heads
Negro empoye be highly popular is within
u officials seem to he be that unless he
gpe everything mnstrellike cownsh "colored has
Tony Vance and Ernie Durham had shows on CKLW
v n ago. The shows were iniellisenflY and both
% good voice qualities But the station sold them the
0agh vances advertising The hours loo
w, r", ne shows died through lack o. sponsors.
lie mas not been able o-kep constant for
M anght shows and finds il hard getting its white
sponsored regularly Yet turned down dozen big
wv, ~ mo asked Tor time on the Bill Lane show.
no dearborn station declared through of its adver-
piso MI Nila that it did not anywhere in the future
VISION non hlrine Negro safmen
al one tine was accepting daily scripts for its Eyes On
Hi'ow radio series from NEGRO writer. But
er went 10 the 10 seek lob as srptwrier he
r. mar ms material acceptable
This oh have ony plans for hiring colored scripiwriier
ided 100 came from Bill Silbert formerly at WXYZ who
a IL we wanted to hire Just their good voice
I, - We could easily hire white men"
dent now quickly station managers too think OF the
,SI ior the desired position
ine Royal Oak station through
egro 4"S"oneo mat II was not interested IN anything
wo5 IN Pontiac wide Detroit listening audience said
ould sunni e 10 Negro performer-ony the performer
ur 'uppy the sponsors
IONS h e disc jockeys local
are sought and supplied by the stations own
a. sfat sponsors ever come HE stations
VIZ, as regular staffmen.
ou announced several months through director
The OF Negro announcers WJBK would give the pub
SOM preston ~ that the station is a racial" station.