On February 24, 1946, WCCO observed the Fifth Annual Negro Newspaper Week with a special CBS program, featuring:

• Helen Hayes, narrator
• Josh White singing “The House I Live In”
• Lionel Hampton and His Famous Orchestra
• Carlton Moss Dramatization with an all-star cast
• Dr. Charles Drew of Howard University
• Carol Brice, the brilliant young Negro contralto
• The Ink Spots
• A special message from the War Department and the President of the United States