Black Women in Radio (BWIR) will reveal its much-anticipated National Historic Collection and Oral History Project and LEGENDS: The Evolution and Legacy of Black Radio Culture at Radio Preservation Task Force (RPTF) Conference April 27-29, 2023, at the Library of Congress. 

The distinguished “Inaugural 30,” now with a final total of thirty-eight stellar professionals are the foundation of this collection, which spotlights each woman’s unique contributions to radio on a local, regional, and national scale. Combined, these women have influenced the industry over five decades on and off the airwaves.  Each woman’s unique career is a multi-dimensional journey, rich in history and ripe with full-bodied experiences.

For the first time in American history, Black women are not only being recognized, but are included in archival history, and their voices will be preserved in the Black Women in Radio National Historic Collection and Oral History Project curated by BWIR Founder, Felèsha Love. Participants in this project, regard their inclusion in this permanent collection as a phenomenal formula for compensation to remedy the countless years of exclusion of minority women from historical industry conversations. (read more)