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Hunter Hancock
Hunter Hancock is remembered as the first white disc jockey to play rhythm-and-blues records in southern California, where he went on the air on KFVD in 1943 playing his first love, jazz. On the advice of a friend, he began including a few “race” (rhythm-and-blues) records in his show, and his popularity soared. In the early 1950s he began moonlighting on another Los Angeles station, KGFJ, doing a show aimed at African-American listeners. A Texan and product of the Old South, Hancock now found himself ostracized by some white listeners. Nevertheless, his show, Huntin’ with Hunter, also known as Harlem ...(100 of 107 words)