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Box 7 Folder 15: "Folder 15 holds several photos of WBUL staff.
a. We see Manuel Fitch at the WBUL board.
b. Also a group pix (l-r) Gerald Floyd, on the air as Roscoe Floyd; Internationally known recording artist Joe Simon (go check his…

Box 7 Folder 1: "This is box 7, folder 1 which is a picture of WJLD disc jockeys James Freeman and Larry Levan and probably at some kind of a remote. It took place around 1973, or 1975 I should say, and I got this picture from Willie McKinstry’s…

Box 4 Folder 45: "Folder 45 is a… what do you call these…. Folder 45 has two proof sheets, a lot depicting Sam Moore at the radio station in various poses; where the actual negatives are I can only presume. They’d probably be at the McNair Studios.…

Box 4 Folder 42: "Three photos in folder 42.
Photo 1. A photo of Sam "00" Moore and fans in the studio on First Avenue North and 19th Street in Birmingham. WJLD occupied this location from 1967 through 1972, their fifth location. I believe that…

Box 4 Folder 41: "We’re moving to folder 41, is a picture of Sam “00” Moore (far left) and Willie McKinstrey (far right) with other people who may be folks who worked at an appliance store. And they’re probably doing a remote. There’s the WJLD music…

Jesse Champion (b. Aug 27, 1927, d.Nov 2, 2007), announcer WJLD/WERC – 1954-63/1970-90 Jesse Champion relates his history at WJLD 1400, and an incident that involved him during the Civil Rights upheaval of 1963. Jesse was well known in Birmingham,…