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Dewey Phillips, Reconstructed on the Air

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An interactive Memphis radio-history project about WHBQ DJ Dewey Phillips, built from period airchecks, Fernwood Records material, and AI-reconstructed broadcasts.

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The project organizes its account around WHBQ 560 AM, Dewey Phillips's 1954 airing of Elvis Presley's "That's All Right," and the Memphis record ecosystem around Fernwood Records. Its planned or linked episodes include a Fernwood garage-session installment and a two-part treatment of the color line in radio. The site also invites listeners to leave calls, stories, and song requests at (901) 589-4275, making the archive an ongoing participatory project rather than a static biography.

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