100 years old he got a chance to meet the queen aswell.
His name is John Mason, He is a radio personality for WGPR 107.5 FM in Detroit. Nobody does it like him. I love when he says Chaunceyyy B-B-B- Billups. and Detttrrroitt Bassskettball!!!!
WGPR was created on 1961-12-06.
The address of the Wgpr Historical Society is: 1300 E Lafayette S, Detroit, MI 48207-2922
In June 2009 he married his long time girlfriend and now he is a general sales manager for WGPR-FM107.5 in Detroit. He is also planning to release a new album. And now he hosts the nighttime "slow jams" show "Kisses After Dark" on Detroit radio station WDMK-FM105.9 (Kiss-FM).
The first Black owned and operated television station in the United States was WGPR-TV in Detroit, MIchigan. Both African AMerican pioneers Dr. William V. Banks and George White wanted to communicate with the African American community through the screen. Jim Panagos helped these wonderful gentleman with the programming and sales departments. For the first time African Americans were behind the cameras, microphones, and they made the stations programming schedules. This is where most Midwest African Americans got their first job in the television field. WGPR-TV created a new dance show called "The scene", this happened to be first African American dance show aired. This station was the father to Soul Train in Chicago. They televised such events as James Brown's Detroit Concert the night the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN. This may have saved the city of Detroit from mass destruction. All information found on this site: http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/WGPR-TV%20African%20American%20History.htm