Victor "Spider Man" Boykin
Title
Victor "Spider Man" Boykin
Description
Box 7 Folder 23: "Folder 23 is a picture of Victor Boykin, otherwise known as “Spider Man,” who was on WBUL from ‘77 to ’79. One of WBUL's slogans was "the sound of young America." Ron January says he had a good following and said he tried to recruit him to WJLD but couldn't . He remembered Boykin leaving for the Carolinas to sell cars. This picture we approximate to be from 1978. Donated from photographer Lucious Washington."
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“Victor "Spider Man" Boykin,” The Birmingham Black Radio Museum, accessed September 7, 2026, https://www.thebbrm.org/item/443.
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Anita LeComer
I have fond memories of Victor growing up and enjoyed the stories he told from his time as a radio personality in Birmingham.