Jesse Coopwood

Once dubbed as having "the perfect voice for radio",^[3] Coopwood was a jazz and talk radio personality in Gary, Indiana, whose career spanned five decades. During that time, Coopwood appeared on several Gary radio stations, including WMPP, WGRY, WWCA and WLTH.^[4][5]

He produced several jazz recordings of various artists for the Chance Records label.^[6] Also a union organizer^[7] and civil rights activist, Coopwood is included in the archives of The Civil Rights History Project in the Library of Congress.^[8]