Skippy White and WILD AM 1090 changed the Boston music scene forever

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – During the late 1950s, African American records had no real home on Boston radio. WCOP tried to answer the Skippy White, Boston’s famed R&B impresario, owned a chain of music stores for nearly 60 years, a record label, and began working as a DJ at radio station WILD AM 1090 in 1961.