Here are excerpts from the book  "The 40 Year Spann of WVON" . . .

PREFACE

Power.  I’ve never seen anybody with as much power as Rodney, when it came to the entertainment world.  His influence in the entertainment industry touched such super stars as Sammy Davis Jr., Nancy Wilson, Louis Jordan, Count Bassie, Dakota Staton, Dinah Washington, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Issac Hayes, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Jackson, Count Bassie, Joe Williams, Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, Tyrone Davis, The Chi-lites, The Temptations, Joanne Garrett, The Dells, BB King, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Joe Simoe, The Isley Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Jr. Walker and The All Stars, Betty Wright, The Four Tops, The Delfonics, Aretha Franklin and Shirley Brown. . . .  READ MORE

CHAPTER 1

April 1, 1963, to Pervis, was just another day.  The one thing different though, was that this was his first day at WVON, the Voice of the Negro, a new radio station with a Black format, the first of its kind in Chicago.  A day of firsts.  He was the first disc jockey to kick off the programming that day since he started at midnight. It was a new gig, but the same duties.  He was a disc jockey at station WOPA in Oak Park spinning the blues.  In fact, that’s how he came to know the new owners of WVON.  Pervis thought back on a revelation Leonard recounted to him some time ago. . . .  READ MORE

CHAPTER 2

Blues had always been Pervis’ first love.  He entered his office, checked his messages and sat back on the tan leather sofa.  Glancing at his watch, he noticed he still had a couple of hours before his still popular blues show would air.  Kicking back, he remembered how Leonard Chess singled him out to be WVON’s first blues man. . . .  READ MORE