Special Thanks to:
David Isay
Ethan Derner
Andrew Roth
Wieslaw Pogorzelski
Kathryn Washington
Sandra Wong
Nick Spitzer, American Routes
Emmet Powell
Carolyn Travis

Sound Collectors/Archives/Airchecks
Tom Kennish, Royal Garden Records
Jacquie Gales Webb, Smithsonian Productions
David Yewdall
Jennifer Ware
George Nettleton
Ed Brouder, Man from Mars
Judy Freed
Portia Maultsby, Indiana University
Chris Strachwizt, Arhoolie Records
Opal Nations, Down Home Music
Dave Billeci
Art Vuolo

Radio Stations/Media
David Barnett, Dave Knezig, Dan Bindert "Jazz Overnight", Anabelle
Singh, Richard Wangle, Jim Gould, WCPN Cleveland
Mike Olszewski, WZJM Cleveland
Carl Reese, WRMR Cleveland
Genial Johny Simmons, KUSP Santa Cruz
Charlie Lange, KUSP
Andrea Murray, WETA Washington DC
Jim Lawless, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ron Ockert, WAER Syracuse

Scholars
Dr. William Barlow, Howard University
Dr. Rick Wright, Syracuse University

Listeners
John Buttitta
Stephen Kostrubanic
Eli Rosenblum

Resources
Barlow, William, "Voice Over: The Making of Black Radio, " Temple University: Philadelphia 1999 Isay, Daivd, "Pullman Porter", Holding On Jackson, John, "Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock & Roll," Schirmer Books: New York, 1991 Smith, Wes, "The Pied Pipers of Rock'n'Roll," Longstreet Press:Georgia, 1989 Smithsonian Productions, "Black Radio: Tellin' It Like It Is", 1998 Travis, Carolyn, "Rock & Radio Revolution,"