Dr. Lee E. Meadows
GaBrock@aol.com

WPON 1460 AM has been noticed by both local and national media such as as:  The Detroit Free Press, The Oakland Press, the Metro Times, television stations CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, UPN, CNN, ESPN, and many more.

In 1994 their format became talk radio.  Of special note is the "Book Beat" radio show hosted by Lee. E Meadows.  Every Monday at

4PM EST, listeners in the Detroit area can learn all about literature in the African American community.  Listeners will enjoy Lee Meadow's interviews of prominent and up-and-coming authors, as well as his discussions with book store owners, book clubs, internet content providers, and a variety of others related to African American literature.

The Book Beat Radio program is no longer airing

To hear an interview, simply click the author's name.   You'll find their respective interviews on their AALBC.com Author's Profile Page.

RealPlayer is required to hear audio on AALBC.com web site.

Evelyn Coleman - Interviewed, April 20, 1998 
Author:  What a Woman's Gotta Do & More

J. California Cooper - Interviewed, January 18, 1999 
Author: The Wake of the Wind & More

Ms. Cooper was voted our 4th favorite African American author of the 20 century based upon 1,826 votes cast! Ms. Cooper was voted our 4th favorite African American author of the 20 century based upon 1,826 votes cast!

Eric Jerome Dickey - Interviewed, January 25, 1999 
Author: Milk in My Coffee,  Sister, Sister & More

Tananarive Due - Interviewed, November 4, 1998 
Author: My Soul to Keep & More

Lolita Files - Interviewed, February 4, 1999 
Author: Getting to the Good Part & Scenes from a Sistah

Camika C. Spencer - Interviewed, April 12, 1999 
Author: When All Hell Breaks Loose

Delores Thornton - Interviewed, January 4, 1999
Author: Ida Mae

Omar Tyree - Interviewed, October 12, 1998 
Author: Flyy Girl & More

Roger M Davis (aka Baba Ur Deon-Solek) - Interviewed mid-1999
Author:  Ultimate Mental Power

Linda Dominique Grosvenor - (Recorded late 1998)
Author: Sometimes I Cry

Hunter Hayes - Interviewed, January 11, 1999
Author: Shoe's on the 'Otha Foot

Troy Johnson - Interviewed, February 4, 1999 
Founder and Webmaster of the African American Literature Book Club

William July II - Interviewed, January 11, 1999 
Author: Brothers, Lust, and Love

Renee Killingsworth, Interviewed mid-1999
Author:  Morning Drive to Midnight

Lisa Saxton - Interviewed, March 20, 1998
Author: Caught in a Rundown