Video bio of Amos Brown, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2007.
Producer: David Smith;
Post-Production: DreamVision Media Partners;
File Footage Courtesy of Amos Brown;
Amos Brown had the longest air tenure of an African American in Indianapolis broadcasting. A graduate of Northwestern University, he began selling air time for WTLC-AM/FM, where he eventually became stationed. Brown was the creator of the market’s first Black-oriented talk show, “Afternoons with Amos.” The program and his weekly column in the Indianapolis Recorder provided a powerful voice for concerns of African Americans. He later was an executive for Radio One stations in Indiana. Brown died of a heart attack Nov. 6, 2015, at the age of 64.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers