1940s
Newport High School senior Steve Stephens showed an early talent for the entertainment industry when he worked as a disc jockey at Newport’s radio station, KNBY. Stephens later went on to statewide fame as the host of the weekday afternoon television dance party...
1940s, Photo Search
The first black group to have a program on radio station KNBY was the United Harmonizers, organized in 1948. Pictured are, from left to right, Ted Hatchett, Norris Stephenson, Theophilus Henderson, Gus Hatchett, and T.A. Watson. Minnie Bell Stephenson sits at the...
