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Cathy Hughes — WOL — The Decision | OurVaya

Format Conviction60

Community Alignment35

Financial Pressure65

threshold 85

1980

Run State

Format Conviction60

Community Alignment35

Financial Pressure65

threshold 85

Game

Cathy Hughes — WOL

Context

Washington D.C., 1980. You just bought WOL-AM 1450 for $995,000 — denied by 32 lenders before Chemical Bank said yes at 28 percent interest. WOL is an R&B station competing against two FM powerhouses: WKYS, NBC-owned urb…