WDIA's an AM radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States of America. Its radio frequency's 1070 kHz. In 1962 it became the first U.S. radio station programmed by African-Americans, though its ownership was white. History WDIA went on the air in June 1947 from studios on Union Avenue. The owners were John Pepper and Dick Ferguson, and the format was a mix of country and western and light pop. The station didn't do well. Nat D. Williams, a syndicated columnist and high school teache… (More on Wdia)