William ‘Cody’ Anderson, legendary Philadelphia Black radio host and former executive, has died Valerie Russ, The Philadelphia Inquirer William “Cody” Anderson, 78, an iconic leader in Black radio in Philadelphia for decades, died Saturday, Feb. 20, of complications from COVID-19, his family said. Friends said they learned only a week ago that Mr. Anderson was in the hospital. He would have celebrated a birthday this Thursday. Mr. Anderson was the cohost of Electric Magazine on Saturday mornings on WURD 96.1 FM/900 AM. He had also been the first general manager at WURD, the only African American-owned-and-operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania. Before that, he was a longtime general manager for WDAS-FM 105.3 FM and a former owner of WHAT-1340 AM, where he instituted a Black talk-radio format.