WLAC - The Real Deal: A R&B/Soul Radio Pioneer, Nashville, TN

WLAC Radio, Nashville, major player in the development and promotion of R&B music in America. It began broadcasting soul music on its powerful nighttime signal during the late 1940s. It was among the first big-signal stations to carry Black musicians and many artists claim that WLAC helped inspire them artistically. Behind the music. broadcasters Gene Nobles, John "R" Richbourg, Bill “Hoss” Allen among others. From the 1998 documentary ROCK N ROLL INVADERS: THE AM RADIO DJs.