https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0c3a67022ab34237a29055ed28416f05.jpg 284962007b0143fb66fb5c1ea029a109 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/ae73eeec03d2b20740d901b19d1d043d.mp3 93926c9696200ecc72e2cecc3d94c77f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/37dd52c55cc120a8e3d0169aa85f87a0.pdf c4b031672522fbf94cfaefad913f4119 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. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed David Shears Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Bob Friedman- Ok. And you, when you got WBCO, um in what you said around 1950 you say. David Shears- ’51. BF- ’51? DS- Yes. BF- what brought you there? How come you went there? DS- Well first of all I had a been involved with band called the Original Jazz Kings. BF- OK. DS- And, um, Bob Umbach was at WJLD. BF- Right. DS- Uh he was the only station in the vicinity that played black music other than Hoss Allen out of Nashville, Tennessee. And, you know anytime you got some music, you had to get it out of Nashville or WJLD. You know WJLD was on the Bessemer Super Highway at that time and Bob Umbach was the disc jockey that was playing, um, black music. BF- Right. DS- So I went to WBCO and taken a course in radio in radio under Bruce Payne BF- So Bruce was there already? DS- Yeah Bruce Payne was already there when I got there, but we had uh, see Larry McKinley and Bill Williams was the first two who came there, then we had Fletcher Cobb? And uh Erskine Faush And William Faush. Erskine did a religious program. And William Faush did a night religious program. BF- Do you remember Gar Grace? DS- Garfield Grace? BF- Yeah. Ds- Yeah I remember him. He was a young boy at that time, bout a maybe 15 or 16 year old . BF- He had his own show though? DS- Yeah he did, about fifteen minutes every afternoon. BF- Unhuh. DS- He played just, He played.. what kind of music did he play? DS- Well back at that time wasn’t anything he could play, but rock n roll and blues you know, wasn’t any rap like there is now. BF- Of course not. But um, would he play the Five Keys and the Dominos? DS- Well he played um, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters and Annie… BF- .. The Royals? DS- Yeah, um, um played um, a variety of music. BF- Diana Washington, but it was all black? DS- Well yes yes. BF- It was Jazz and RnB? DS- And Yeah well lets go back un….and The Tympany Five, I played that kind of music Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 9 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 David Shears, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource David Shears WBCO Music Description An account of the resource David Shears, WBCO Announcer known as Doc B. At WBCO from 1951 to 1954. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman David Shears Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb 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 September 23, 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ShearsOH 1950s Bob Umbach Bruce Payne David Shears Erskine Faush Larry McKinley Muddy Waters Music Original Jazz Kings WBCO William Faush WJLD