A history of the second Black owned and operated FM radio station in the state of Michigan, 107.1 WWWS-FM, Saginaw.

Dreams became reality when a group of young men and women mixed hard work with faith and patience. They were the founders of W3Soul FM.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sometime around 9am...

It was Saturday morning in Saginaw, MI., I’m not sure which day of the month, but it was a beautiful October morning, the sun was shining and it was warm for that time of year. Business as usual for the rest of Saginaw.



We spent that Friday at the station as we had done so many times before, however on that Friday all of the jocks were at the station; there all day and part of the night practicing on the turntable, doing routine voice delivery on the mike, etc.



Earl received information from his lawyer earlier in the week that he had been approved for broadcasting. License would be sent by telegram.



Saturday morning no license, and so sometime between 1:00-2:00pm that afternoon we decided to head home. We walked down the stairs, opened the door, and that telegram fell from the door.



That was the first day of broadcasting. W3-Soul was on the air.

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