https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d5512c20de438657bc7a1bd4754d7545.jpg f2d4b26415b30cc1987475b1aeff3c51 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e0802317e192a0270c215fb509376e57.mp3 c56bc08e5c5c0df698e8d20b4b6b6d21 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/17abe06c1555b177732d346b7b29a4d8.pdf d711f3414ddfc2acceca3e09eca028f2 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 Andrew "Sugar Daddy" Dawkins Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Andrew Dawkins: In ’50 and I was there…I went there in ’50, I believe. The station started a little bit before that because I came there in ’50 from a station in Tuscaloosa. Bob Friedman: Which one? A: WTBC. B: TBC. A: Mmhmm. B: Was it black formatted? A: No, what happened, I was in college there and I went there one year and I asked them to run a show there. They turned me down and they chose one of my classmates and he went home for the summer and I ran the show for the summer and as I was running the show for the summer, Mr. Woods from WBCO came, who had heard me, and invited me to Birmingham, which is my home. B: Uh huh. A: And so naturally I transferred schools and went to Miles and started working for BCO. B: Well, now, who is Mr. Woods? A: Mr. Woods was the manager. He was the manager. B: Do you remember his first name? A: Try to remember his first name now…Woods, Woods, Woods. I can’t remember his first name right now. B: Ok. A: Slim, tall fellow. Well, not tall but he was a slim fellow about 5’9” but he was a very fine fellow. And Lanier owned it then. B: Right. Was it true…do you remember if J.L. Doss had a piece of it? A: J.L. Goss? B: Doss. You know, the fellas…the family that owned WJLD. A: No, I don’t think they…Big Jess owned that station alone. B: Uh huh. Ok. A: As far as I know only Big Jess owned that station. Big Jess Lenier. B: Right. Became the mayor. A: Yes, became the mayor. He was the mayor before he became the mayor. B: Is that right? A: Yep. Big Jess was the word in Bessemer, Alabama. B: Uh huh. A: Mmhmm. B: And you were on the site on 17th Street and 3rd Avenue? A: Yeah, I was there. B: What was it like? What was the studio like? A: It was a small studio. We only had the ground floor there. We had a reception area. We had a large studio and then the control room on one side, I guess it would have had to be on the north side of the station. And on the south side was the suite of offices. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 57 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 Andrew Dawkins, 1994 Oral History Description An account of the resource Rev. Andrew “Sugar Daddy” Dawkins (b. Feb 24, 1930, d. Dec 9, 2014), radio announcer with two seminal radio stations, the first at WBCO AM 1450 in Bessemer in 1950 and the second at WEUP AM 1600, Huntsville, the latter Alabama’s first Black owner radio station. Andrew retired from radio to the Ministry in Montgomery, Alabama. (Please see second Dawkins interview from 2012 and interview of Don Solomon on Leroy Garrett) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andrew Dawkins Bob Friedman 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 February 15, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tom Kulowitz Mark Usry Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG PDF MP3 Language A language of the resource English 1950s Andrew "Sugardaddy" Dawkins Bessemer Jess Lanier Leroy Garrett Music Sponsors WBCO WEDR WEUP WEZB WJLD WTBC