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Box 8 Folder 5: "Ok, we’re at folder 5 which contains a number of WENN photos from Manuel Fitch's scrapbook. In many cases, we've enlarged the copies. In order they are as follows:
a. WENN poster with the slogan "JAMMIN’”
b. a color photo of WENN…

Box 8 Folder 4: "This is folder 4 which is an 8x10 black and white out in front of Gaston’s Funeral… actually, it’s out in front of Gaston’s Lounge and Dining. This would have been a part of the Gaston Motel on 5th Avenue North. I don’t know where…

Box 7 Folder 40: "Folder 40 is a picture of part of the WENN radio staff. We have Dale Forster, Theo Bailey, and Michael Starr in the background. We have Ro Bonner, Tony Brown, Tyrone Robinson, and a lady. This was the first year that WENN 107.7 won…

Box 7 Folder 39: "Next is folder 39. Folder 39 is a picture of Tony Brown, who left WBUL radio around the late 1970's and went to WENN radio. Tony Brown. Headshot. Ron says, the Tony Brown he remembered left Birmingham for Mobile and then Atlanta.…

Box 7 Folder 38: "Coming along to folder 38 is a picture of Kirkwood Balton with several others, including, Jerry "Ice Man" Butler, to his left, at a party somewhere in town and he’s in here because he was one of the owners of WENN radio. Could have…

Box 7 Folder 37: "We now move to folder 37. Folder 37's photo is a group of people at a bowling alley. And Kirkwood Balton is at the far right and they’re wearing WENN T-shirts. However, the positive is horizontally reversed. A magnifying glass…

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 24: "Folder 24, also from ’78, a headshot of Jimmy Lawson who was, of course, at WJLD in the 60's and also at WENN radio after the walk-out, and at WJLD again, at the time this picture was taken.. First location WEUP, Huntsville. Too…

Box 7 Folder 20: "Heading up to folder 20 is a headshot of Lee “Brown Sugar” Sherman from WBUL. He was with WENN as well and was brought in by the Hayes-Shivers team after the '76 walk-out. He did a 9 to 2 shift from ‘78 to ‘79 at BUL. That’s when we…

Box 7 Folder 18: "Moving right along, this is folder 18 which has a picture of Weldon Clark who worked on weekends. His real name was Sylvester King. And he worked from ‘72 to ‘76 at WENN but when the first walk-out took place, Clark took a break…