Chicago Radio Legend Richard Stamz with Carl Wright and Pervis Spann on Blues & More
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Channel: Media Burn Archive · 2016 · News & Politics
In this episode of Blues & More, host Pervis Spann talks with Carl Wright and longtime Chicago radio personality Richard Stamz about Stamz's illustrious career across a changing entertainment industry. Stamz, who was 88 at the time of the interview, began his career after running away from home to work with Ma Rainey in the Rabbit's Foot Minstrel show during the late 1920's. He went on to become one of the first African American radio personalities, hosting his own radio program, "Open the Door, Richard" on WGES. Stamz went on to host his own TV program in the 1950's.
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