It's been reported by chicagobreakingnews.com that talk-radio personality Wesley W. South died at his home in Chicago's Hyde Park. South, a former American columnist, began his radio career in 1963 at WVON. He is most well known for hosting the popular talk-radio program Hotline, a gig that solidified South as a "pioneering voice in African-American talk-radio."
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