2026
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WCIN

Launched in 1953, Cincinnati's first Black music radio station featured influential broadcasters such as Lincoln Ware, Buggs Scruggs, Jack ‘The Rapper’ Gibson and Everett Cork.

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2026

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24 CARAT BLACK
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BARBARA HOWARD
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JOHN LEGEND
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KATHLEEN BATTLE
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KATHY WADE
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MAMIE SMITH
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MEL CARTER
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PHELPS “CATFISH” COLLINS
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SHELDON REYNOLDS
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The original WCIN logo and dial frequency. (Courtesy of WCIN)
The original WCIN building located on Glenwood Avenue, Avondale. (Courtesy of WCIN)
Reverend Abraham Swanson, known for his gospel programming, deejays during a WCIN shift. (Courtesy of WCIN)
Jack Gibson, also known as ‘Jockey Jack,’ rides the turntable. (Courtesy of Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture)
Lincoln Ware broadcasts in the WCIN studio as a young deejay. (Courtesy of Lincoln Ware/WCIN)