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The station that put Black Atlanta on the air
Before “Black radio” became a national industry, WERD proved that ownership could turn a local signal into cultural power.
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The station upstairs, the movement downstairs
On Auburn Avenue, a single building connected culture, enterprise and the civil-rights movement.
What might you have heard on WERD?
Music, worship, public affairs and neighborhood news shared the airwaves.
Sweet Auburn: A City's Voice
Black business, faith and culture meet on Auburn Avenue.
Churches, Businesses and Block Memory
The places that made a neighborhood feel like home.