Important People
In the 2010s, WUFO was purchased by this person of Vision Multi Media Group and True Bethel Community Development Corp., making it WNY’s first black, female-owned station.
1. Anita Davis
2. Sheila Brown
3. Jackie Brown
Who is Sheila L. Brown?
In this decade, WUFO was purchased by Sheila L. Brown of Vision Multi Media Group.
What is the 2010's (2013)?
This person is the owner of RMA Entertainment, and since early 2020, he has worked as WUFO’s Production Coordinator and Friday DJ.
1. DJ Ras Jomo
2. DJ Centrell Smith "Ras Muata"
3. DJ Eddie O'Jay
Who is DJ Centrell O. Smith (DJ Ras Muata)?
This DJ first gained fame in the late 1950s and 60s with his show, "The Lyons Den," on WXRA and WWOL.
1. DJ James "Jimmy" Lyons
2. DJ Centrell Smith "Ras Muata"
3. DJ King Shad
Who is DJ Jimmy Lyons?
WUFO was the first station to play this musician’s music at the beginning of the 70’s
1. MC Hammer
2. Micheal Jackson
3. Rick James
Who is Rick James?
This newspaper publisher historically covered Black recognition and pride, WUFO's programming after MLK Jr's assassination, and Sheridan Broadcasting's attempt to sell WUFO.
1. The Challenger Newspaper
2. The Buffalo News
3. MAD Magazine
What is The Challenger Newspaper?
In this decade, Sheridan Broadcasting sought to sell the WUFO Radio Station for $400,000, which sparked immediate community backlash.
What is the 1970's (1973)?
This sports radio host began hosting "The Message," a program aimed at “the enlightenment of minorities,” on Mondays starting in 1994
1. Patrick Freeman
2. Frankie Crocker
3. DJ Ed Nice
Who is Patrick "The Mighty Oba" Freeman?
While in Cleveland, Eddie O’Jay managed a five-member band from Ohio called “The Three Musketeers,” though stories vary about how they got this famous new name.
1. The Mascots
2. The Three Musketeers
3. The O'Jays
What are “the O'Jays”?
When WUFO decided to move its address, they found a palette of this in the warehouse, on which visitors can donate to sign their names.
1. Bricks
2. Concrete Blocks
3. Wooden Planks
What are bricks?
WUFO contacted the NFL to secure this sports director's attendance at the Super Bowl.
3. Eddie O'Jay
2. Leon "Lee Pettigree" Pettigrew
3. Patrick Freeman
Who is Patrick Freeman?
This decade, WUFO relocated from 89 LaSalle to 143 Broadway.
What is the 2000s?
Joining WUFO in 2007, this DJ produces and co-hosts the Access to A-Free-Ka project alongside DJ Ras Muata.
1. DJ Imhotep Gary Byrd
2. DJ Ras Jomo
3. DJ Terri Davis
Who is DJ Ras Jomo?
Nicknamed "Hollywood," this historical DJ is responsible for putting multiple songs and artists on American radio’s radar, including Madonna, The System, Bob Marley, and more.
1. DJ Frankie Crocker
2. DJ Patrick Freeman
3. DJ Imhotep Gary Byrd
Who is DJ Frankie Crocker?
In early 2025, WUFO was featured by the Erie County, and County Executive Mark Poloncarz on their social accounts for this time of the year.
1. Women's History Month
2. Black History Month
3. Halloween
What is Black History Month?
This Historic WUFO DJ was widely accepted as Buffalo's first African-American DJ.
1. James "Jimmy" Lyons
2. Frankie Crocker
3. Centrell Smith "Ras Muata"
Who is DJ Jimmy Lyons?
WUFO Radio was established in this specific year, cementing itself as the only African American-owned radio station in Western New York.
What is 1961?
Beginning her career in radio in 1981, this DJ has been a DJ at 4 different radio stations, Metro Traffic Control, and a firefighter before coming back to WUFO in 2020.
1. Anita Williams
2. Sheila Brown
3. Terri Davis
Who is DJ Terri Davis?
This person collaborated with Stevie Wonder as a lyricist on Wonder’s album "Songs in the Key of Life." He's also co-wrote for the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s movie Bamboozled, in which he appears, playing himself as a radio talk show host.
Martin Luther King Junior
Leon "Lee Pettigree" Pettigrew
DJ Imhotep Gary Byrd
Who is DJ Imhotep Gary Byrd?
WUFO was the only radio station to take two buses to Washington DC for this president's inauguration events.
1. Barack Obama
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Benjamin Franklin
Who is President Barack Obama?
This former on-air announcer was a part of the radio station address change, WUFO’s switch from AM to Power 96.5 FM, and helped to produce the on-air Ricky Smiley Morning Show.
1. Imhotep Gary Byrd
2. Leon "Lee Pettigree" Pettigrew
3. Patrick Freeman
Who is Leon "Lee Pettigree" Pettigrew?
Sheila Brown started working at WUFO as an entry-level salesperson in this specific year.
What is 1986?
Not only is this person one of WUFO's Sunday DJs, but also the founder of the original Taking it to the Streets, a highly anticipated annual event now in its 35th year.
1. Sheila Brown
2. Anita Williams
3. Tracey Brown
Who is DJ Anita "Razor Sharp" Williams?
It was this person who recalled when Eddie O'Jay brought in some of his vocalist friends to the Colored Musicians Club to garner their attention.
1. Terri Davis
2. Anita Williams
3. Sheila Brown
Who is Sheila L. Brown?
A day before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, he gave this final speech on April 3rd, 1968.
1. "I Have A Dream."
2. The Gettysburg Address
3. "I Have Been to the Mountaintop."
What is "I Have Been to the Mountaintop"?