Switching To Big WAYS _
Is Leaving WGIV
Post Staff Writer
James “Jim” Edward
Black, well-known celebrity of
WGIV’s “The Black Rap”
show is switching over to Big
WAYS radio station.'
Jim is the Public Affairs
“Director at WGIV and is in”
charge of the station's promot
ions. He said that he loved
working at WGIV. “It’s been
very good to me, a very good
give-and-take working relat
ionship,” he explained.
Jim has a number of rea
sons for leaving WGIV to
accomodate Big WAYS- some
of them being “a larger audi
ence, more exposure, more
money (naturally) and more
.challenge.”
“Whereas WGIV has a black
market, Big WAYS has an
integrated market,” Black ex
plained. Jim plans to take
“The Black Rap,” a two-way
talk show, with him. At WGIV
the show airs on Sunday even
ings from 9:30 to 11. On
October 8, Big WAYS radio
station will air the first “Black
Rap” session with Jim as
moderator from 9 to 11 p.m.
Jim said that at Big Ways he
won t just be working with one
radio station. WROQ FM
radio station is also owned by
Big Ways.
“A lot of people thought I
might go over to a predomi
nately white station, be swal
lowed up and get lost," Black
stated, “but I believe I will
mesh with the people over
there, I won’t get lost.”
He believes he will emerge
as a “larger personality.” Not
only will he have new listeners
but he also thinks that his
black listening audience will
make the switch along with
him, because after all, the
“audience makes the show."
At Big Ways, Jim will have
a budget, something he said he
(hd not have at WGIV. “Be
cause of the budget. I can be
more creative, not having to
worry about financial prob
lems,” he said. “It’s also a
very good opportunity. I
intend to be in the schools
taking promotions for tow-in
come areas as always but in a
bigger way."
Jim Black
...Radio personality
Jim believes Big WAYS is
close to being the number one
station in the city and that he
just "might be the missing
link. I wouldn't want to be the
person to have to follow in my
footsteps,” he stated.
Jim feels his biggest accom
plishment at WGIV was “be
ing able to get the station as
active in the community as
any radio station in the coun
try.”
His notable achievements in
Tryouts Planned
For “Princess
And The Pea”
Students in grades four
through 12 are invited to audit
ion for parts in “The Princess
and the Pea” to be presented
at the Children’s Theatre of
Charlotte November 10-12 and
17-19. No previous experience
is necessary.
Trycuta will be held from 7-9
p.m. October 2-4 at the thea
tre, 1017 E. Morehead St.
Callbacks will be October 5.
Keep infromed on events tak
ing place in Charlotte. Read
the Charlotte Poet each week.
the community included a
Voter Registration Drive in
July of 1976 which turned out
to be the largest turnout in
Charlotte over a period of four
years, *a Mountain of Food
Drive in December of 1976 in
cooperation with the Social
Service Department, Area
Fund and the Dalton Village
- Community Organization in
which the mayor issued a
proclamation; a High Blood
Pressure Drive in February,
1977 along with the Heart
Association which was the
largest turnout in Charlotte’s
history; co-ordinated with
neighborhood centers two
children's health clinics, one
at Greenville Center, and the
other at Amay James Cen
ter; co-ordinated with neigh
borhood centers two women’s
health Fairs to promote the
opening of two contraceptive
clinics and organized an in
tern program in the News
Department of WGIV for stu
dents from Johnson C. Smith
University, University of
N.C., and Central Piedmont
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