WTOB (980 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which serves the Piedmont Triad area.
This was rare at this time in the Deep South that a white owner would own and an operate a mainly black radio station.
The game was announced from the stadium by Togo West Sr. (principal of Atkins High School) while Larry L. Williams conducted station operations.
On the morning of October 29, 1950, Williams signed on WAAA for the first full day of broadcasting[4] as the second radio station in the state (after WGIV in 1947) specifically targeting an African American audience.
[5][6] WAAA was believed to be the third black radio station in the United States,[7] preceded by WDIA in Memphis and WERD in Atlanta.
[9] Prior to becoming the General Manager of WAAA, Larry L. Williams gave play-by-play action of the Winston-Salem State University football and basketball games; becoming known as the "Voice of the Rams."
But WAAA was unique in its service to the community, playing gospel music, jazz and rhythm and blues and broadcasting news, daily obituary reports, and Sunday religious programming.
[16] On July 9, 2001, deputies locked the doors to the WAAA studios on Indiana Avenue because court documents showed rent had not been paid since 1997.
[19] For several years WAAA, later called WTIX, aired the programming of WIST-FM, which played adult standards and then classic country.
The Eagle signed former longtime WSJS newsman Smith Patterson to be the news director and morning show host.
WEGO became the flagship radio station of Wake Forest University Demon Deacons football and basketball.
[23] Syndicated hosts include Dennis Prager, Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham and Mike Gallagher.