16 10 504 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/6861ff02d7e892a7827f960a72c4b55f.jpg fe6271b22a60715a386dc6087573d3ec https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/091491f82c22f9e7457672457ba2c2c1.jpg d79dc785383b882f9a3685bdfd543b3d https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/21268eab7b113f61f40eed06e00695d0.jpg 17ab5e79554fe567cd25a4eae05ce67f 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. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. 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 Promotional Fans Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 19: "Moving along to folder 19, these are copies of two fans… didn’t we have this already? Ok, these are copies of both sides of fans that were put out by the Epp’s Jewelry folks and Taft Epstein was a big promoter of black radio, church programming in particular. And the fronts of the fan pictures the Ensley Jubilee singers on one and Rev. W.A. Clark on the other, and the back would be the promotion of Epp’s Jewelers with the schedule of when his programs were on, and he had programs on WJLD, WENN, and WBUL, which was a late ‘60s, early ‘70s kind of station. Flash in the pan, 1220, WBUL. What tells me that this was in the ‘70s is that on the back of the fan is listed the Birmingham Traveleers, and the Birmingham Traveleers was a group that started around 1972. I recall finding the Ensley Jubilee fan but not the Rev. Clark fan. The significance of the objects lies with the flip side, mentioning WBUL, a short lived Black formatted station in the market." 1970s Birmingham Traveleers Ensley Jubilee Singers Epps Jewelry Company Promotion Ruby Willis Taft Epstein W. A. Clark WBUL WENN WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/ddbf8777e2d8337798614987a18214d6.jpg 94692bc1ea479597e4da85639d7c5ac9 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a9b1464a0d9a94399de3eefca4f8af39.jpg 0a04811fbd15bf69e13e6fedb1ec5646 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 Audience Estimates in the Birmingham ARB Radio Market, American Research Bureau Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 18: "Ok, this is folder 18, and what it is is rating sheets, one for May of 1972. Well, they’re both for May of 1972. One for Monday through Sunday and one for Saturday, for 3 to 7 on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday. One’s weekends and one’s Monday through Sunday. Well, I take that back. There are some weekends on some. But what this really is is a view of the station’s broadcasting from the vantage point of the American Research Bureau, which we said earlier was a precursor to Arbitron, as to how these stations were doing in their average ratings with various definitions of rating. WAPI, with the exception of WENN radio, WENN was number 1 simulcasting with FM. WENN-AM was number 1 in 1972 with average persons listening, way more than most. Average persons…. Alright, it was quite a contest. WJLD was right up there too. WSGN was very popular. Yeah, I’m not…. Correction. WENN-AM was not number 1. Looks like number 1 was WYDE, but it depends on what you’re looking at. What rating slot and what time slot as well. Anyway. Rating sheets from 1972 for Birmingham radio for the researcher. From the WJLD files." 1970s American Research Bureau (ARB) Birmingham Ratings WAPI WENN WJLD WSGN WYDE https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/ae1499e76297cda70e2563eff729d087.jpg 763d135da5678df484dceebc85228a8e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/25bdd98c3927feb1c91fd2e319dc6c1a.jpg b81f27e3e70866879ac11d36ad0d66ae https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/3fbf181901816bc10b9fc40b428a9ea8.jpg 31993b4b97f4981e18c3a5ef09e0b40e 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 Lists of Gift Recipients, WJLD Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 17: "Moving along to folder 17, this is a series, a list of people who are going to receive fruit baskets and that’s pretty funny. I guess these are some clients that the Johnston family wanted to make sure received goodies and they’re signed by Maurice Walden, he’s the sales manager at the time. This is the early ‘70s. It’s also from ZZK and JLD when they were the same company, and they were sent to various ad agencies and people who worked with the station. Some names here appear on this list that I don’t recognize. Martha Nobles from ZZK, Leslie Wasson from ZZK, I don’t know who those people are. But we see also Erin Connolly’s name show up and, of course, she was the wife of Jim Connolly, who was associated with the station way back in the ‘40s. She’s still with the station. And it’s just reaching out to the advertising community, giving them some nice stuff. And that’s it. Ok. You don’t have to really, it’s pretty self evident what this stuff is. It’s just ratings sheets. From the WJLD files" 1970s Erin Connolly WJLD WZZK https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/5035501ba3a60147b83c85fa80d884e5.jpg 53ebc0b6b1c3ea5408a2792099b77924 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, WBMG-TV to George Johnson III Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 16: "We’re moving now to folder 16. Folder 16 contains a letter from Channel 42 to George Johnston III paying him some money in accordance with… the letter is from Hugh Smith, executive vice president of Channel 42, WBMG. Construction of the early Channel 42 tower may have been on Johnston land. WJLD's tower is now up on Garrison Avenue. The letter concludes the transactions between WBMG and Johnston Broadcasting. Apparently there was a dispute over tower construction on Red Mountain and whether or not there was some kind of… perhaps there was some kind of… some kind of interference with regard to signals, to their signals. From the WJLD files." 1970s Correspondence George Johnson III Johnson Broadcasting Company WBMG-TV WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/3e2b2c6a1c9d5ae54912e6593e31af01.jpg 39bc37ca3fad527dec611446fd2f987c 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 Tommy Jackson and Willie McKinstry Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 15: "Ok this is an insert, folder 15, which is a picture of Willie McKinstrey with a friend, Tommie Jackson, at the 1st Avenue studios of WJLD in 1972, in Willie McKinstrey’s studio. We had this at the First Ave location.Tommy reflections of McKinstry are in our oral history collection. I believe this may have come directly from Tommie Jackson and that would confirm the location." 1970s Tommy Jackson Willie McKinstry WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d152db8298c7930c5fcd44c213e7d9ca.jpg c7360b8f43b094f8b95a87640dc449b6 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 Willie McKinstry at WJLD Studio, Ishkooda Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 14: "Ok, here we have… we’ll do this later. So here we have folder 14, which is a picture of Willie McKinstry at the board, doing his show. You can see that there’s a tape deck there, there’s a couple of cart machines, push button phone… not push button, dial phone. Picture could have been taken at the WJLD studio at First Avenue and 19th Street studio downtown or later at the building on Spaulding Ishkooda Road, when the full building was used for studios. We had a studio, I believe, on the side of the building that’s no longer being used for that. Small room. Willie McKinstry. That picture was probably received from Ed McClure." 1970s Willie McKinstry WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/3dfd4d319aa51aa32c9d8790951266d7.jpg 4e9a75f5ee2ad474962d3a1db321448f 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 Promotion, "First Black Baby of 1972" Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 13: "This is folder 13 on WJLD’s stationary, still at 109 North 19th Street. The first black baby of 1972. Currently there’s a promotion that they did every year. They had a baby promotion every year so now it’s the first black baby of the year promotion. Each merchant participating receives five announcements each day. This is not a continuity sheet; this is a promotional idea that the various sales people would take out. In the same folder is “Negro activities are centered around and motivated by their church affiliation.” This is another proposal to the church community on how to participate in a promotion that they would carry out on the air and I will let any researcher read it for themselves. 1972. Nine local hospitals involved. From the WJLD files" 1970s Promotion Stationary WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/9444c94617a0be6649671eef60c34038.jpg adff87e47756f34f24b114dc72846ace 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 Jimmy Lawson Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 12: "Anyway, this is folder 12. Folder 12 is picture of Jimmy Lawson around 1971. He was still at WJLD far as I remember. From McNair Studios" 1970s Chris McNair Studios Jimmy Lawson WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8059e61e0095ae8676ac063d1dc5397b.jpg 5e8f1ff4abdb50fdd719862a51924e51 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8c45756caf2b6f6b82bddb7593e1b9d5.jpg 784c0c77ff50612049e0209c62633c86 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 FCC Request for Location Change, WJLD Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 11: "Ok, folder 11 is part of an FCC request changing the location of the station from Homewood to Fairfield, at the Garrison, and the antennae is now moved from… the transmitter location is now at Garrison Avenue which is where it currently is. Ok, let’s pause for a sec…. We’re continuing with this. The station, WJLD was located at this time, the studios, at 109 North 19th Street. They are now moving the tower, which was originally on Red Mountain at this time as well, to Garrison Avenue. So the transmitter location is changing, and therefore… and the antennae is therefore being moved, but at this very moment it is not clear that the studio is being moved at all. The studio is still at 109 North 19th Street. That’s what this does, and accompanying this is a broadcast map showing the difference in 25 millivolt contours by virtue of the move, so the strength now moves to the west which would have been an appropriate thing to do since there were more African Americans in that area I think. Ok, it might be. City of license will change from Homewood to Fairfield. From the WJLD files." 1970s Fairfield FCC Homewood Red Mountain WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/114c9a8ff0f42d103fed901135891fc8.jpg a31fc27e2b2d947aaadbdafd0c9ff08b 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 Clipping, "WENN Sold to Atlanta Based Firm" Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 10: "Ok we’re in folder 10, looking at a copy of an article probably from the Birmingham News dated…. No, the Birmingham Post Herald, dated May 6, 1971, indicating that Hertz Broadcasting of Birmingham has purchased radio station ENN and FM from Joe Mack Birmingham Corporation for more than $800,000. More than $800,000. This is the license transfer that… well, it’s interesting to me. It says “The license transfer, which was approved Tuesday by the FCC, closed out all of Joe Mack’s broadcasting property in the nation as stipulated by the will of John M. McClendon, late president of the company, according to WENN’s general manager, Joe Lackey.” And we’ve talked about John McClendon in the past. It also points out that he owned five radio stations in the southeast, six radio stations in Costa Rica, a television station in Jackson, MS. His wish was that all of his stuff be sold right after his death. This is from 1971 and this company, Hertz, based in Atlanta, Georgia, purchased the station for $804,000. The company owns two radio stations in Georgia, an advertising firm in Atlanta. Lackey said they’ll be no format or personnel changes at the station because of the transfer. The thing that’s interesting is that they talk about it as the station rather than the stations, which would lead you to believe at this time they were simulcasting on AM and FM and fundamentally on AM. Although, yeah this is before… this is pre-A.G. Gaston because A.G. Gaston’s name is used as the initials AGG which is where WENN AM would have transferred its name to. So what we’re looking at here is the McClendon family giving up its ownership to an Atlanta based company of 1320 and it’s not clear to me that they have purchased 107.7 as a frequency although they indicate that there is an AM and an FM frequency associated with a McClendon ownership so I would presume that the only thing that could mean is that they own 107.7, but were not broadcasting as a stand alone FM station. There’s more research needed here. From the Bham Library archives." 1970s Birmingham Post Herald Hertz Broadcasting Joe Lackey McLendon Broadcasting Company WENN