Gospel Radio Broadcaster. He was born in Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, in a building that was later occupied by WHUR. His father was a government labor relations specialist, his mother a teacher, and he grew up in the Episcopal Church, where gospel was “unheard of.” For five hours each Sunday morning, he led a personal communion over the Washington airwaves, playing a mix of classic and contemporary gospel music while helping his listeners get ready for church and prepare for the coming week. In one of the country’s leading gospel markets, he hosted 96.3 WHUR-FM’s Sunday morning gospel program for more than four decades, building a devoted audience that made his “Gospel Spirit” show the most popular program in its time slot. attended Washington public schools before being sent to the private Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn. Returning to the District after graduation, he studied communications at Howard, a historically black university, where WHUR soon began broadcasting with the slogan “360 Degrees: The Black Experience in Sound.”
Gospel Radio Broadcaster. He was born in Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, in a building that was later occupied by WHUR. His father was a government labor relations specialist, his mother a teacher, and he grew up in the Episcopal Church, where gospel was “unheard of.” For five hours each Sunday morning, he led a personal communion over the Washington airwaves, playing a mix of classic and contemporary gospel music while helping his listeners get ready for church and prepare for the coming week. In one of the country’s leading gospel markets, he hosted 96.3 WHUR-FM’s Sunday morning gospel program for more than four decades, building a devoted audience that made his “Gospel Spirit” show the most popular program in its time slot. attended Washington public schools before being sent to the private Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn. Returning to the District after graduation, he studied communications at Howard, a historically black university, where WHUR soon began broadcasting with the slogan “360 Degrees: The Black Experience in Sound.”
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