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Clip: Season 43 Episode 16 | 11m 27s
A look back at the first African-American owned television station. Ep 4316/Seg 3.
On September 29, 1075, WGPR-TV began broadcasting from a building on East Jefferson, becoming the first black-owned television station in the country. President Joe Spencer, Executive Director Karen Hudson Samuels, and Founding Board Member Amyre Makupson of the WGPR-TV Historical Society join us to discuss the station’s impact. Episode 4316/Segment 3.
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American Black Journal is a local public television program presented by Detroit PBS
WGPR-TV62
Clip: Season 43 Episode 16 | 11m 27s
On September 29, 1075, WGPR-TV began broadcasting from a building on East Jefferson, becoming the first black-owned television station in the country. President Joe Spencer, Executive Director Karen Hudson Samuels, and Founding Board Member Amyre Makupson of the WGPR-TV Historical Society join us to discuss the station’s impact. Episode 4316/Segment 3.
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