Hadley Park in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

WLAC Radio

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

1. WLAC Radio Marker

Inscription. Nashville's WLAC made it's first broadcast in 1926 but it was 1946, when disc jockey Gene Nobles first played a stack of R&B and jazz records on the air when the station became legendary. From that night forward, WLAC's 50,000-watt clear signal bounced across the stratosphere as the most powerful force in R&B broadcasting in America. The stations quartet of nighttime R&B shows were hosted by Nobles, John Richbourg, Bill Hoss Allen and Herman Grizzard.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment.

Location. 36° 10.141′ N, 86° 48.813′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Hadley Park. It is on Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2412 Jefferson St, Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fisk University Jubliee Singers (here, next to this marker); Reverend Kelly Miller Smith (here, next to this marker); Richard Henry Boyd (here, next to this marker); The Fairfield Four (here, next to this marker); Dr. George Brooks, Sr. (here, next to this marker); The McCrary Sisters (here, next to this marker); Bishop Dr. Michael Lee Graves (here, next to this marker); The Tennessee State University Marching Band "The Aristocrats" (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

2. WLAC Radio Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 576 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.