Ernie Waits, Sr. is sometimes referred to as the "first African American DJ" in Kentucky and Ohio. In Kentucky, he was a DJ at WNOP located in Newport, KY and in Ohio he was the DJ at WZIP located in Cincinnati, OH. Waits was also among the first African American broadcasters in both radio and television in Cincinnati, Ohio, his home town.
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