15 10 504 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/bab9bc1aba34781f27b419557d168894.jpg 622286e0f727ee3d430e7eb09e1a470c 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Certificate, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 29: "Ok, moving along to folder 29 is a certificate from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1973 indicating that WJLD 1400 kilohertz is an honorary member in good standing of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and it’s presented by the SCLC West. There are no signatures on it. From the WJLD files." 1970s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/fe99a790f25e0501788d7308e378e2f6.jpg 826f93a99b39437b18e62261bb52713f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/220975ffbdf6a405dce02c3887e2e520.jpg 8c6234b5dd4d7a60158545015ffa98dc https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/6c38ba74c37dcc3fc0f1ea6771bd48f6.jpg f5e492007293e6c882e8bfbf4027c013 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c328986dbe76392a1d0a4543ff23baca.jpg c9b7306cb1891fb3644d126984a2c0a3 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Correspondence, George Johnson III and John Fiorini Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 28: "WJLD is in the midst of issues with the FCC. It seems like Jimmy Lawson is taking the hit. They are restraining him in many ways...no records in the studio, all the songs pre-picked, no announcing platter parties. This is folder 28 and these are… these are letters dated April 25th from Johnston's attorney requesting structural changes around what music is played and how internal complaints are handled. One of the interesting things it points out, the attorney says to Mr. Johnston that he’s added a new paragraph to the memorandum to personnel indicating that all programming and air personnel would be required to sign payola affidavits twice a year and this of course coming off the big payola scandals of the early ‘60s. Johnston responds. One of them is dated, let’s see, August 10th of 1973. And the letter is sent by Beverly Brazier, which is an interesting name to say the least. But I think that might have been the same person that was on those FCC… not FCC forms but ARB forms that were signed by the traffic manager. That would make sense, that looks like her handwriting. Beverly Brazier. And in there, in this letter of August of ‘73 is a station memorandum, job descriptions, and a current list of changes that have been in effect since August 1st of ’73, and these were done, these were sent to an attorney in Washington, which I assume is the attorneys that were handling applications to the FCC for the station. And in here are descriptions of, among other people, Willie McKinstry, Bob Shivers, Larry Hayes, and it should be noted that Larry Hayes, in not too long a time, would be brought in as the, excuse me, general manager of WENN when A.G. Gaston took over, replacing Joe Lackey, which caused the announcer walkout. But that's three years down the road. Jimmy Lawson is still with WJLD. All from the WJLD files." 1970s Beverly Brazier Correspondence FCC George Johnson III John Fiorini WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0d1dde802c1da418ff5e985d95a7a63b.jpg 3d0849b04871f1e00bcf871c1205d3ba https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a6043a3e3728ba30569463ca9a500bf7.jpg 585ace3ee94724f5efea1f7920823be0 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8c9154589072e120f2bfdf15f696a862.jpg 07d47f22699ed5db2cc92598ef64dd34 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/aa7c6b702496c4855ca289209990a243.jpg 68f738fee8fc84cfec5d7ee928a80856 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Clippings, Roy Wood Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 27: "Ok we’re on to folder 27, which is a statement from Brother Eugene Jackson, who is a president of the National Black Radio Network which is the beginning of stations from around the country that are black owned or who want to affiliate one way or another, creating the… what would become eventually the American Urban Radio Network. And these are a couple articles that were probably supplied by Roy Wood and Roy Wood was in one of the articles; he was inducted into the Phillips High School Hall of Fame along with Sam Cooke and Diana Washington. These are a lot of people who went to Phillips High School, some of whom we would know but I’m sure all of whom many of those people from that period knew. Certainly we would know Sam Cooke. I don’t know how Sam Cooke got involved in this. But there was a hall of fame so they just decided to induct whoever they felt like inducting. Nat King Cole I could understand cause he was from this area I believe, as was Diana Washington. It also describes the history of Roy Wood. Roy Wood. And we’ve mentioned Roy in the past. We have an two interviews with Roy in our oral history collection. Passed at the age of 80, a grand man, and describes his history including his time at WJLD. He was only there about a year and he was the first full time black personality DJ at WJLD. WJLD was on its way to changing format to full time R&B programming and the hiring of all black personalities. That’s what his history shows us. But his history goes all the way back to 1946, after he graduated from Columbia University and worked at WJBA, Mishawauka, Indiana. Mishawauka, Indiana. Ok, from Roy Wood. Fond Memories." Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity American Urban Radio Network Eugene Jackson National Black Network Phillips High School Roy Wood Sam Cooke https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a9f63c12e63e35341310be352fc85bce.jpg bd55f6c6e5f38ad9e13ad89bf0f0a2c5 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Receipt, Electronic Supply House, Birmingham Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 26: "This is folder 26, dated November 22, 1972 is… rather, there’s a receipt in there dated November 22, 1972, which is just purchasing something from the Electronic Supply House in Birmingham for WJLD. Looks like Ben Franklin purchased the components for the WJLD transmitter. One thing that’s clear is that sales tax is 3 percent. From the WJLD files." 1970s Ben Franklin Birmingham Electronic Supply House Receipt WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/9a6b65c4510bb0828a18ad20ae6784ef.jpg 23b674b2a4bfe860f79db116b109ef49 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/192328054d9eaf16a1e038b2e9fa9e0c.jpg eed1d23f1a75ccb25feb72de8138c90c https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d6e44a6f80b20002dcf90b8bdd082bfd.jpg ddd6c5627ce4dc54b60b268c4002070b 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Leer Tower Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 25: "This folder contains three photos. The first is a picture of the Leer Tower from 2008, which had not changed much since it was the Cabana Hotel, closed down since 1983. I climbed the 19 floors to the roof in the late 1990's in hopes of find some evidence of WATV 900AM, which had been located at the Cabana/Jefferson since 1961. Many broken windows and pigeons roosting later, I made it to the roof and took pictures of what I saw, (b6f25b and b6f25c) including the remnants of the dirigible mooring. I did not see any evidence of the top which appears in folder 11a of Box 4 (b4f11a)." 1960s 1970s 1980s 2000s Cabana Hotel Dirigible Mooring Leer Tower WATV https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a721ec7bf8761e14d425f7dc78f0b20d.jpg c073c3ee24da83c0b2453d05436963fe https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a5cf02fa3912e50575520e54eaf5f408.jpg bc4e4ddeba8e40f745007c068c9dff9e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d1e65309e7d9d9d6d8b198dddce6773f.jpg 19690463b355df3f45d142ba1da4be4e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/f9d9e600c7620f1643d32938064f16b5.jpg 1b042944765096e145a8aea0ad8a2476 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Engineer's Notes, 1972-3 Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 24: "And we move along to folder 24. This is just a guess but I could be wrong. But it’s dated from November 14, 1972 through January 17, 1973, and it looks like what an engineer would make a list of the things that they had done on a monthly basis and the hours expended for same so as to calculate their billing. And apparently, it’s not clear who owned this little blue book, but it’s all written in the standard blue book, which is how children did essay questions back in the day. And WJLD is written on the front cover. Also in this folder are various schematics. It looks very much like this would have been an engineer’s information sheet. And it is unclear at this point exactly whose information I’m looking at, but I can only be envious of the genius of people who could read these kinds of things. Anyway, that’s what we have, engineering information from the ‘70s, might have been Jimmy Jones, might have been Ben Franklin. It’s not clear. It’s unclear. Also included, "Methods used for Proof of Performance Tests," and on the flip of that, a strange ad from The Sound Doctor. He will listen to your voice and - not help you improve it - but he will use various filters to enhance it. Folder 24's contents are something, it seems to me these would have come from Ben Franklin. He was very precise. Not sure if I picked this up at his home when Gary and I were given some of his ephemera and artifacts after his passing in 1998, or if they were found in the WJLD files." 1970s Birmingham WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/aa9ba7cb01163d721bd49e59cef7846b.jpg a0290e2284e4c814256bc917e215bc51 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/f1438b550d192732cad80dc17043e2aa.jpg c0218153186fc8ef5c134b4715ebb302 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 WBUL | WAYE Sign-on and Sign-off Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 23: "This is folder 23 and it’s a WBUL sign on and of course they… its interesting because when WAYE was created they simply just changed the language from BUL to AYE and it just announces… it’s a good morning announcement. It’s a sign on. And it also indicates that WAYE is owned and operated by Good News Broadcast Company with broadcasting facilities and offices located at 4650 Avenue W, Suite K, 5 Points West shopping center with a transmitter site located 1450, 14th Street Southwest in Birmingham, AL, and as I recall, the transmitter site is still there and what is the transmitter site for WEDR as well. What’s crossed out is who owned BUL radio, which did read “WBUL is owned and operated by Radio Broadcasting Company of Birmingham Incorporated,” and somewhere along the way we have mentioned some of the people we know were associated with that operation, which I think was a family operation, local family operation. So, this again from November ‘72. These were found by Bob Friedman inside the station when 1220 was still in a building out at 5 Points West on 3rd Avenue West on Bessemer Super Highway." 1970s Birmingham Good News Broadcast Company WAYE WBUL https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/19d62a272d86a00e1cd473d233a38f9e.jpg 15dac5f3c302780f437afff70f12a8d3 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/011054a3ef45b6890363f3f5a4627315.jpg 333073b03e9aea3e76d17c7743dc84a3 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2b1abb5011a6fdccd7b864757f8fa542.jpg d23887cd0a22e04710d219657f5327e2 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/75c3e9237e36a072f3bfab834697209d.jpg 6c60b19551a24efa7f0fc6cf1626682c 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 American Research Bureau Ratings, October 1972 Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 22: "Ok we’re moving along now to folder 22 which again is a rating book put out by the American Research Bureau which gives all kinds of listings. Where did this come from, I don’t know. It’s kind of interesting, don't remember seeing that before. How about that? OK, again this listing from October of 1972. We copied the pages that showed the survey map, survey area demographics, the local stations, and their power. The entire package is over 60 pages. Probably found in WJLD files." 1970s American Research Bureau (ARB) Ratings https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d3ca0a8f7c3f8e5eb6b5538d8b6a0c1b.jpg 8805a7771491288aa0413e7dff40ff9b https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a84c20e7393dd83e0668ea5240c1ce9a.jpg ef7f0547cf3b264927edd76c155a20d6 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Blank Sales Contracts, WBUL Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 21: "Ok we’re at folder 21 which are about 300 copies of radio station WBUL’s contracts, for sale contracts. They had been closed for quite some time but the building still existed, and I was able to get up into the old facility with a flashlight and I found these. I was looking for remnants of WBUL because there was very little that we had at the time on the station. There were also remnants of WAQY, which was the Tommy Charles station that succeeded WEDR after they were dark for a while, and then after WAQY, Wacky, they called it, Wacky radio and for good reason… WBUL was formed. These were found inside the station by Bob Friedman when 1220 was still in a building out at 5 Points West on Bessemer Super Highway." Bessemer Superhighway WAQY WBUL https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c18858bac675c2aecfa74fc542cb6bea.jpg 73cb92bceca16962621a6ddc280c1d4f 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 WJLD Personnel, Remembered by Freddie Waters Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 20: "This is folder 20, which is a list from… it looks like the list from Freddie Waters who was a listener to WJLD. Some of the people that he remembered that were on ZZK-FM before it got sold, and he lists Bill Smith (also known as Willie Caruthers - "Father Tree,") Bob Shivers, Jim Young, Bobby Gilmore, Bill Levi (also Father Tree), Bill Thornton, Wayne Braden, Bill Coleman, Artie Draycos. Arty Draycos apparently played Greek music on WJLN (11A-Noon). Also lists Johnny Austin, James Freeman, and Willie Walter Coleman… I’m sorry, is that William Glover…? No, it’s Walter Coleman. Anyway, not exactly sure what more can be made of this. The most significant thing about it probably that Freddie was such a devoted fan. He called my radio show often from Talladega. He was blind and attended their school. He really knew his stuff. Thank you Freddie Waters." 1970s Bob Shivers Freddie Waters Personnel WJLD