Chuck Richards

Chuck Richards (born Charles Richardson in Baltimore, Maryland, 1912 or 1913) was a popular African American radio DJ, on WBAL in Baltimore. He was earlier on WITH, the first white-owned radio station with black personalities.

Richards attended Frederick Douglass High School, graduating in 1931, and began singing over Baltimore's CBS affiliated WCAO. He appeared and recorded with many swing era orchestras including Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and Mills Blue Rhythm Band, before returning to Baltimore in the 1942 and beginning a career as an announcer and DJ.

In the 1970s, Richards announced for Baltimore's WMAR-TV. He died in 1984, aged 71.

References

• Taliaferro, Tonya; Rosa Pryor-Trusty. African-American Entertainment in Baltimore. pp. 95. ISBN 0738515132. 
• Sandler, Gilbert. Small Town Baltimore: An Album of Memories. ISBN 0801870690. 
• http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-02-08/news/0902060091_1_chuck-richards-douglass-high-school-fletcher-henderson

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