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Charles Pitts (broadcaster)
Charles Pitts (1941–2015) was an American gay activist and radio personality. He co-hosted ''The New Symposium'' on New York City's WBAI from 1968 to 1969, the first weekly public radio program to offer an affirming discussion of homosexuality by openly gay hosts. After the Stonewall riots, Stonewall Riots, he co-founded the Gay Liberation Front in New York City and continued his audio activism through the program ''Homosexual News''. From 1971 to 1973, his weekly WBAI show ''Out of the Slough'' broke barriers as the first Freeform radio, freeform radio show centered on gay politics and culture. Early life and family Charles Pitts was born on July 24, 1941, in Jamestown, New York. His childhood home was at 509 Lakeview Avenue in Jamestown. His father, George B. Pitts, Jr. (1905–1997), ran Pitts Home and Garden, a home and hardware store inherited from his father. As a young man, he had been enrolled as a student of philosophy and religion at the University of Chicago, intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBAI
WBAI (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to New York, New York. Its programming is a mixture of political news, talk and opinion from a left-leaning, liberal or progressive viewpoint, and eclectic music. The station is owned by the Pacifica Foundation with studios located in Brooklyn and transmitter located at 4 Times Square. History Origins The station began as WABF, which first went on the air in 1941 as W75NY, of Metropolitan Television, Inc. (W75NY indicating an eastern station at 47.5 MHz in New York), and moved to the 99.5 frequency in 1947. In 1955, after two years off the air, it was reborn as WBAI (after then-owners Broadcast Associates, Inc.). 1960s WBAI was purchased by philanthropist Louis Schweitzer, who donated it to the Pacifica Foundation in 1960. The station, which had been a commercial enterprise, became non-commercial and listener-supported under Pacifica ownership. The history of WBAI during this period is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
