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Box 8 Folder 13: "Moving along to folder 13 are… There are some McNair proof sheets, two proof sheets, and an 8x10, and I still don’t know who she is. Greg Benefield is the Caucasian gentlemen in the center column who was a salesperson. Jesse…

Box 7 Folder 41: "Ok, let’s move to folder 41 which is another headshot of Shelley Stewart from around 1979. He would have been at WATV. Donated by McNair Studios."

Box 7 Folder 36: "Moving right along to folder 36 is a headshot from ‘79 of Pat Williams on WENN radio, working midnight to 6 AM and worked part time at WATV. He'd follow John Streeter's over night gospel with gospel early Monday, because Faush did…

Box 7 Folder 34: "Alright, we are now at folder 34 which is a nice picture of Paul Dudley White in a white suit from 1979. A happy man at the time. Donated by McNair Studios."

Box 7 Folder 31: "We’re up to folder 31 which contains Lester Young’s FCC restricted radio telephone operator’s permit and also a picture of Lester Young who was known as “Showboat.” This from about 1979, he was with JLD till about 1990. Did just a…

Box 7 Folder 28: "This is 28. Folder 28 is a picture of Al Isaac, "the Lone Ranger." We know him from WATV. He's in our Oral History collection, soon to be uploaded. Donated by McNair Studios. One of my favorite jocks when I arrived in Birmingham in…

Box 7 Folder 26: "And we move ahead to folder 26. Folder 26, also projecting from 1979, WERC pays tribute to Jesse Champion who, of course, started his career at WJLD in 1954. It’s not a headshot, just a nice shot of Jesse Champion Sr. Donated by…

Box 7 Folder 25: "This is folder 25 which contains a black and white 8x10 and a color 4x6 of Paul Dudley White, otherwise known as Tall Paul, in his baseball uniform. He was Captain and a player with the "WJLD Microphones." He was NOT born with…

Box 7 Folder 14: "We’re at folder 14 which is a headshot of Gary Richardson from 1977. Started his career at WJLD radio. Spent a little time at WBUL and then back to WJLD. He would become chief engineer. That extraordinary skill and love for…

Box 7 Folder 10: "This is folder 10 which is a picture of John Streeter who was a gospel jock first at WENN brought in by Larry Hayes and Bob Shivers...then at WATV and WBUL. Ron January shares that he left for BUL to go up against Faush at WATV and…