The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bobby Bennett.
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Imprint: | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
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Description: | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 10 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Video Streaming Video |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11312482 |
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Bobby Bennett Bobby Bennett |
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Other authors / contributors: | Bennett, Bobby, interviewee. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. Champagne, Curt, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
Sound characteristics: | digital |
Digital file characteristics: | video file |
Notes: | Videographer, Curt Champagne. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Punta Gorda, Florida 2014 September 10. Vendor-supplied metadata. |
Summary: | Radio DJ Bobby Bennett was born on July 20, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bennett grew up in Pittsburgh; and, in 1967, was hired as a news reporter for city's WAMO-AM radio station. One year later, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he became known as the "The Mighty Burner" and hosted a show on WOL-AM until 1980. Bennett then worked as host of a sports talk show on WTOP in the early 1980s; and later as a program director for WHUR from 1987 to 1992. After his time at WHUR, Bennett was hired as a morning host at WXTR; and, in 1997, he became the host of an R&B radio show on WPFW-FM. In 2001, Bennett created the Soul Street channel for XM Satellite Radio, and served as its program director until 2008. He co-authored The Ultimate Soul Music Trivia Book: 501 Questions and Answers About Motown, Rhythym & Blues, and More. |
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