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The spectacular legacy of Black broadcasting legend Percy E. Sutton began November 24th, 1920 in San Antonio, TX. It was the birth of this last and fifteenth Sutton that would register the Suttons as eminent members of the broadcast radio community and purveyors of what would eventually become the “Urban Contemporary” sound in the African-American “listener” experience.

Sutton demonstrated the marks of an over-achiever and distinguished citizen as a teen. Among the most notable of his blossoming prowess was Sutton’s attainment of the Boy Scouts of America’s highest “Eagle Scout” rank, at age sixteen. Sutton believes his early scouting experience “was a key factor” in shaping his life. And perhaps it is this initial achievement that was the porten of the grit, fortitude and indomitable spirit that would pave the way for Sutton’s extraordinary future achievements.

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