MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis City Council is honoring iconic longtime WDIA DJ Booby O’Jay, who passed away earlier this month.
Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to dedicate Union Avenue, from Riverside Drive to South Main Street, to the radio host.
Just last year, O’Jay was inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame. The WDIA DJ and program director worked in radio for more than 40 years, 38 of them in Memphis.
WDIA was the first radio station in the United States programmed entirely for African Americans. The station itself was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.