sentences:  In September 1946, the Publix Broadcasting Service of Charlotte, Inc., owned by Francis Marion Fitzgerald, a progressive White man, made a request to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open a general radio station.The application was withdrawn on grounds that a number of stations covering general topics were already in place in Charlotte.Fitzgerald exploited this fact to propose the concept of a radio devoted to the African-American culture, an unprecedented and bold idea.