Georgie Woods
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Georgie Woods (1927 – June 18, 2005) was an American radio personality who was best known for his broadcasting career in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
Woods came to Philadelphia from
In the 1960s, Woods used the airwaves to talk about the American
In 1963, Woods and WDAS radio station General manager Bob Klein[3] chartered buses to take people down to the August 28, 1963 March on Washington, D.C. (subsequently famous for its "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) and had asked a young Ed Bradley, who later went on to be a well-known CBS correspondent, to be a bus captain.[4]
According to news reports,[5] he was due to return to Philadelphia in the fall of 2005 to be inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
References
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- ^ "Blue-eyed Soul: Colour Me Soul". Soul Source. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "WDAS History". WDAS History. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "SacObserver.com [SOUL] 'Mighty Dream' Dramatizes 1963 March". 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Philadelphia Broadcasting Legend Georgie Woods Dies At 78 - Local News Story - WCAU - Philadelphia". 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.