https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/f193fcfa0faf788c6ca12d9a89e8441a.jpg 8d9f57c2e68d9b387ea63984935d02c3 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/9c3147c82b2ec637720be591284e0608.wav 529fc82fa94a0a18675432f23c9405c6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c2813c541bc71cc674f237081dbdf0c4.pdf 8c4be15e1626a00cf0bf6cd959efbf42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob Friedman- We had a woman who came in with a copy of the Birmingham Weekly Review, which was a large size, it was like a Birmingham News, Atlanta Constitution Sized Newspaper. Ben Alexander- Oh yes. BF- Black Republican looking Newspaper and had, it had whole spread on WBCO she didn’t even know that her mother, she she was at BCO in 1952 her name was Lora Gary. BA- Oh. BF- Became Lora.. actually she was Lora walker and then joined our staff in ‘54 or ’55 and changed her name, got married. But any way, her mother had saved this thing and had laminated it. It was all yellow but she.. BA- Oh. BF- But she had laminated it so it lived through the years. BA- Yeah. BF- And it’s just extraordinary to read, you know, the Dominoes came down to visit and all. It’s like.. BA- Yeah. Yeah. BF- Great , great stuff. Great stuff. BA- Yeah, we, we we interviewed uh you know Jackie Robinson, uh uh what’s… I was just thinking about him the other day because there’s uh this other guy that who’s name I’m trying to think about now, but because there’s a play starting here in Virginia about him. Um Louis Jordan. BF- Unhuh. BA- And uh, we interviewed him, there were uh you know, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder was a band leader that came there, uh Duke Ellington. They all came and paid a visit to WEDR, whenever they were in town. All, all of the performers came in. BF- Do you remember anything distinctive about that year besides the bombing of the, well they blew up tower or the transmitter? BA- It was the transmitter. BF- Unhuh. BA- Not the transmitter.. no sorry the tower. Tower. BF- tower came down. Yeah. Yeah. BA- But after that I think things sort of cooled down and.. BF- well supposedly in 1958 or so uh somebody had scrawled KKK on the walls of WEDR. And there was a picture of another jock named Shelley Stewart, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of him. BA- Yeah that was after my time. Yeah. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ben Alexander Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 30 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ben Alexander, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast History Description An account of the resource Ben Alexander (b. Sept, 1927), an early arrival at WEDR 1220 AM, Birmingham, Ben spent from the end of 1949 to October of 1950 at the station and recalls personnel and personalities of the time. He became a Lt. Colonel in the army and retired to Richmond, Virginia where he did both print and audio commercial work. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Ben Alexander Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 01, 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource WAV PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AlexanderOH 1950s Bombing Celebrities Lora (Walker) Gary Music WEDR