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Ernie Durham, sometimes referred as ‘Ernie D., but more commonly remembered as ‘Frantic Ernie’ on the radio, began his Detroit radio career as a newscaster and host of a jazz show on WDET, prior 1955.
Aug 24, 2024 · Comments from noted music and radio notables on the remarkable history of “Frantic” Ernie Durham on WJLB in Detroit. I had this video produced in honor of WJLB’s 50 year anniversary in the ...
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Feb 8, 2016 · 3.7K views 8 years ago. "The Ernie Durham Show" Reproduction - Detroit Black Radio 2 Producer: Wynnie Martin ...more. Tears on My Pillow / Two People in the World (Mono Version) "The Ernie...
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He started in newspapers, moved to radio news, but found his real niche as a deejay. His name was Ernie Durham, a.k.a. The Frantic One or Ernie D. Son of a banker and a nurse, the New York-born Durham came to radio quite by accident.
Ernie Durham started on Booth Broadcasting's WBBC. The bosses at WJLB -- for owner James L. Booth -- decided that anyone with a following the size of his, who could sell that much of his sponsors' products, belonged in Detroit.
DJ “Frantic” Ernie Durham’s chart - printed in the Michigan Chronicle at the end of October 1964 – has Emanuel’s disc at number 7. The flip was Welfare Cheese.
The ballroom became Ernie D's Campus Ballroom in the 1970's, run by "Frantic" Ernie Durham, a popular radio DJ on WJLB, America's first black-owned radio station.
