On This Day: 29 October
4 entries from the rockabilly and rock'n'roll archive.
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1955Media
WHER, the first all-woman radio station, goes on air in Memphis
Sam Phillips obtained a frequency at 1430 on the Memphis AM dial and staffed the station entirely with women — announcers, sales, management, record librarians and copywriters. Billed as "1000 beautiful watts", it stayed on the air for 17 years.
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1957
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2005Died
Barbara Pittman
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2009Event
Ubangi Stomp 2009
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