Dorothy E. Brunson, first African-American woman to own a radio and TV station, has died

Dorothy Brunson, born in Georgia and raised in Harlem, got her start in broadcasting in 1962 as an assistant controller of New York's 1600 WWRL-AM. She eventually worked her way up to became General Manager at the station. She also GM'ed 1130 WLIB-AM and WLIB-FM which became 107.5 WBLS under Inner City Broadcasting ownership.

Read more on Dorothy Brunson's amazing career in the Baltimore Sun and an archived interview she did with the Philadelphia City Paper from 2003.
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