2 10 504 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/f5b3be2bd753c36e29fbe3968c7e1a8f.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2d2e4a95a9326ab4d81245cc1dcbce08.mp3 b67de233df18d86ef2dbe1a3cd86d404 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8701de5866d73ed23b14a0a7665da704.pdf 728f12228ae1e436d9790109166a732d 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Ben: There was some kind of legal angle that Johnston left that building down yonder on that Super Highway vacant and didn’t even try to rent it for 4 or 5 years. Bob- mmhm. Ben- They said that he made money on it. Bob- mmhm. Ben- Some way or another. It.. Bob- he declared a loss or whatever.. Ben- Yeah. The loss was, anyhow, Uh but Gaston is the same way. Mmhm. And um. They bought an old transmitter from Memphis and um, WQBC the one on 560, It was an old transmitter, shouldn’t have bought it…Claude Gray talked him into it because he liked it and he thought was the thing to do, he was honest, but um when um Kirkwood Balton found out it was so big and wouldn’t go in the building they had it out there and he didn’t want to put up a bigger building. So he bought a new transmitter. And made the building just a little bit larger. And um The old transmitter is sitting back there and I knew it was sitting back there and I knew, I knew some people that had a transmitter lie that… Bob- mmhm. Ben- And I thought Well I’m gonna talk Balton to see how much he wants for it. And uh, cause I knew some people that buy parts. Bob- sure. Be- You couldn’t get parts. So I called Balton up and I told him, I said, you got that old RCA transmitter out there and uh He said yeah it’s out there - had coffins piled up on top of it - right there in warehouse where the coffins are. And I said, I tell you what Ill give you 100 dollars for it. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 32 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 03) Description An account of the resource Engineer Ben Franklin (Ben) continues in this November 4th, 1993 interview recounting his stories of early Birmingham radio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 November 04, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/162996883b869ea4acd279d6cca3aaeb.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/ccd39c1e362fd1e93964ba641cfd2e8b.mp3 37e8641d71dda0ad18776c97892abdf6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/925436dfd72b5a610652c594d9b23e62.pdf 58a4f4f8bcf16f926dfdae0fa98264d1 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob- To me he was like a working class hero. Ben- He was. Yeah he was, I was going to tell… and mischievous, bad mischievious. Bob- And obviously not afraid of hardly anything. Since he was a Pullman and he worked, he went up against Pullman, he was a union organizer, boxer.. Ben- Oh he fussed them all, yeah yeah, oh listen and he was in with the city commission in Bessemer, Jesse Lanier was the Mayor then. And he handled things for the mayor and vice versa, it was one of those things. Bob- He was on BCO wasn’t he. He was on BCO before JLD. Ben- Yeah and then he was on EDR after that. Um, what I was going to tell you , he use to do in the morning, what we use to do on Saturday Morning he… He said you know that there’s a widow woman who had a Cadillac she did need and she would give it to Willie (McKinstry) and uh Willie wants to give his car away, if you jut call Willie he’d give you his car. Give his home telephone number Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 31 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 04) Description An account of the resource Engineer Ben Franklin continues in this November 4th, 1993 interview recounting his stories of early Birmingham radio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 November 04, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d70a45fc4caeeb24bf961ab1fe0cf4a8.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/a868dc13bcb482a6df353ae313027470.mp3 bc67f0d26836d6b4de991f5413a64812 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c0c8a69cf664b14137c2848e049b1387.pdf a5be04b62a11e251708d8949f368157f 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob- I walked up to the top of the mountain.. Ben- Oh did you . Bob- about a week and a half ago. To where the station used to be cause the tower is still there. Ben- Yeah. Yeah. Bob- um but of course, you know and I I Just you know it was like was there alone, it was a beautiful day and you know you kinda wish that your doing to trip over a “d”, that fell off the building that was covered by Kudzu, but no such luck. Ben- Well is there uh, There’s still some equipment in there oh isn’t there part of it. Bob- but the building doesn’t exist.. Ben- well the rest of the building it was pretty good sized building, that was built for TV, uh, I was there when they blasted all that rock off. Bob- Uhhuh, Ben- and made a smooth enough place to put building, Bob- well there’s a building there, I mean you know there’s a building but I just assumed that um, I just assumed that what ever was WJLD, cause the studio was up there wasn’t it. Ben- Everything was there. Bob- Yeah. Ben- Studio, office, all was up there… Bob- But I just assumed that when I had spoke to Frank Giardino, He said no they bulldozed everything to the ground. It had been vandalized, it sat there for so long.. Ben- Umm Bob- um I just assumed that that building that now exists there was just you know new. Ben- Some body probably told him that, I don’t think he ever goes up there. It’s hard to get to, isn’t it? Bob- Uh Not terribly, I mean you can walk up, .. Ben- Yeah Well I’m talking about.. Bob- You can’t drive. Ben- Yeah. Bob- But you can walk up. Ben- Yeah well I walked up there, before they put the place there. Bob- Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Ben- It was just trees and rocks the first time I went up there. Bob- yeah. It’s mostly that now. I mean, Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 7 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 05) Description An account of the resource Another interview with Ben Franklin (b. Mar 12, 1919, d. May 10, 1998) on his radio career Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 November 05, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/5852b9e054c390436a95e963b7a68fd0.jpg 29d03d0a75727c0289ca34bfb61413d2 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/60e0bde42fca60fd370c6756e2ca8f3a.mp3 78968563246244259a8b18b10f5be14e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/185d56cb731ab556dae39b78a0458ec1.pdf 2cab82bf72817720624975bf12c49003 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 Bill Pinkney Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Bill Pinkney: And we’re talking for so many years now and there’s something great about me as old as I am I can remember that’s because it’s entertainment. Bob Friedman: Uh huh BP: And anything out of this ballpark and anything out of this league, I can’t remember. BF: (laughs) BP: But you want to talk music, I can talk with you. BF: (laughs) Yeah. BP: (laughs)...Oh yeah, man. It’s just great. Another thing too I would like to talk a little more about Jimmy Ricks. BF: Yeah BP: And even though the late Jimmy Ricks now. BF: Yeah BP: I want to give thanks to him because if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn't have done “White Christmas” the way I did. BF: Mhm, mhm. BP: Yeah, I've heard so many things from Jimmy Ricks. “Green Eyes”, “Wagon Wheels”, “Old Man River”, you know… BF: Just never stopped. Endless supply of stuff. BP: Oh, yeah BF: “Don’t Mention.” Then those unbelievable tenors and that progressive harmony The Ravens had. Boy, “Don’t Mention My Name”, “Begin the Beguine”… BP: The Tenors sang it. Maithe Marshall. BF: Maithe Marshall BP: Well, yeah. BF:Joe Van Loan... BP: He was in before Van Loan. That came later BF: Yeah, yeah. BP: Joe and Jim was there, but The Ravens…. BF: They had the Marshall brothers actually put out a record. BP: Yeah BF: Yeah, that was really something. Really unbelievable. BP: Yeah BF: And Pioneers BP: Yeah BF: There were other...while I was collecting…. BP: Well, the guy that sang bass in The Drifters after I left, uh, in 57, was from The Ravens. He took Jimmy Ricks place. When Jimmy went solo, his name was Tommy Evans. He’s this guy here. (shows picture) BF: Is he on it? BP: Yeah, that’s him there. BF: No, that’s one of the Thrashers. BP: Oh, that’s one of the Thrashers. BF: Tommy… BP: That’s a Thrasher in the middle, that’s Tommy Evans right there. BF: Oh, I thought these guys were brothers. BP: No, no, no. BF: So there’s only one Thrasher in here. BP: There’s only one Thrasher in that picture. BF: Yeah BP: The other Thrashers on the original picture BF: Yeah BP: The second group of Drifters. BF: Mhm BP: See what happened is that this is Tommy Evans and that’s why I’m not on there cuz he’s on there. (laughs) BF: Unbelievable, so you came and picked up where you left off. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 45 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 Bill Pinkney, Oral History Description An account of the resource Bill Pinkney (b. Aug 15, 1925, d. Jul 4, 2007) born, Dalzell, NC- The original bass of the Drifters vocal group. Bill visited Bob at WJLD twice and sat down for this interview. He reflects on his early career and the creation of one of the best known vocal groups of all times. He also reflects on other groups and their members. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bill Pinkney 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 October 19, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mark Usry Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PinkneyOH 1950s Bill Pinkney Mount Lebanon Gospel Singers Music The Drifters The Ravens The Thrashers https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/024ff8e3d2eeaa9fbd3376e07e2da6bb.jpg c48d9a719aab4982cf3b4210a6f17bb7 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d0a416d361d69fc7d1e0faae335cd999.mp3 abbdb92986f62570b59848f8267ecb40 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/20c1e65b32225901c27c2f40c61ee217.pdf f0346b6a7e4de46e75e22c73c7594e22 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 Billy Evans Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Billy Evans: We had a man, a Black man, John Broadnax. Bob Friedman: John Broadnax. BE: Who was a piano player. He played. He had a 15-minute program once a week and it was on Friday nights for McClure Furniture Company in Bessemer. John came up and played the old piano in the studio. BF: [laughter] BE: Every week. Oh, there are 10 million stories you could think of about that crazy radio station. BF: Tell me that guy’s name again? BE: John Broadnax. BF: John Broadnax. B-R-O-A-D-N-A-X. BF: He played the, there was a piano at the station and he played the piano. BE: Yeah. BF: It was a 15-minute show. What kind of music did he play? BE: He played whatever. Everything from “Pistol Packing Mama” to gospel. BF: uh-uh. BE: He’d just get in there and play away. [laughter] BF: You say somebody sponsored him? BE: Yeah, McClure Trading company. It was a furniture store in Bessemer. BF: Mm-hm. BE: They sponsored him. We would put John Broadnax up to play “Beer Barrel Polka”, because Mr. Doss wouldn’t let us play it. BF: He didn’t want you to play polka? BE: He didn’t want the word “beer” mentioned on the station. BF: Oh, I see. BE: And we would put John Broadnax up to it. We could play “Here comes the Navy” which was a “Beer Barrel Polka” with different words. But we could not play the “Beer Barrel Polka”! [laughter] BF: [laughter] And Sadie Mae Patterson, I was told, gave Alex Bradford a shot on the air. BE: Yeah, that’s right! We also had a remote and a little funeral parlor. Oh my gosh! BF: Do you remember a little about Sadie? Or John, what they looked like? And God knows, if there are pictures of any of these people? BE: I doubt that there are. You know, we didn’t make picture then. BF: Of course, not. BE: That’s what’s so strange. And I late became a commercial photographer. BF: Oh really? BE: Yeah! Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 46 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 Billy Evans, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Bessemer Radio History Description An account of the resource Billy Cliff Evans (b. Dec 12, 1924, d. Apr 5, 2004), announcer at WJLD in the mid 1940’s. Billy shares recollections of early broadcasting from Bessemer radio stations. Became treasurer of the Bessemer History Center. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Billy Evans 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 November 10, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Bibb Thomas Kulovitz Ashley Wilson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 JPG PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EvansOH 1940s Alvin Davis Bessemer Bob Umbach Boogie Woogie Hour Gary Hotel John Broadnax Leland Chiles Music Noontime Club Sadie Mae Patterson Trumon Puckett Walter Anglin WAPI WBRC WEDR WENN WERC Willie McKinstry WJLD WYAM https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/24ce5c32eb8daabfaebef339feb27796.jpg 289665a38e2b1303039b03559b22ad1b https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/84f37d2adf41ef515df2316ad8a504d9.wav 0c8abf31984605757ed5c0d93df6ba08 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, E. X. Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 31, 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman, Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0e65b573179df295ac216762266e6214.pdf 261a643ad86983da3edcd46e0ffe9a2e 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Bob Friedman: I’m glad to hear that. Um, I had a piece of historical information I was trying to determine and I thought you might be of help here. Um, I know you started working at WEDR, right? Paul 'EX' Brown: My work experience? B: Your first radio work in Birmingham. P: Oh no, no. WEDR was way down the list. B: Really? P: Yeah. My first radio job was at WJOB at Hammond, Indiana in 1941 or 42. B: Wow. I remember WJOB when I lived in Gary. P: Yep. B: Mmhmm. And what was it a news job? P: Huh? B: What kind of work did you do for them? P: I did a umm…I did a news program on Sunday morning. That’s how I got started and then I starting doing a uhh record program rhythm and blues every-every day. B: On WJOB? P: Right. B: That far back, 1941 and 42, you were doing rhythm and blues? P: Yes sir. It wasn’t called-it was called race then. It wasn’t called rhythm and blues. B: Do you remember some of the artists that you would play on the air? What kind of…you know which… P: Oh uhh…a girl named that was…went to…she’s dead now. Went to…changed from gospel to…changed from, well she was gospel and then changed to race…Cook Name was Cook, and umm and of course there was Lionel Hampton and umm inaudble was all very popular then. B: Uh huh. P: Yeah. B: So it was jazz and swing too huh? P: Yeah. B: Mmhmm. P: Yeah. We had everything race. You know. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data telephone interview, taped Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 15 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed E. X. Brown 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 Paul "E. X." Brown, Oral History Description An account of the resource A pioneer of early Black radio, Paul remembers WEDR Birmingham, WERD Atlanta, and his sports broadcasting. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paul E. X. Brown 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 January 31, 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Thomas Kulovitz Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .WAV PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EXBrownOH 1940s 1950s Baseball Eddie Castleberry Frank Smart Paul E.X. Brown WEAS WEDR WERD WJOB https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/886d5295c3d2b5279b2dac87d419f260.jpg a7b982148637d4757545fb5e9447cf77 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/7d3046ddb3db02ae10530d602ceeb3f4.wav 3308a3ca80bb52b7924f14040bb56592 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c7e8ce6a37e5d7e8da0321506d30901c.pdf 2b6fb24e4ba74de873257a02fe9a6cb6 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Lora Gary: ....my mother passed, about um, 4 weeks ago. Bob Friedman- Unhuh. LG- And she had saved, a lot of materials, she had saved papers and things we had forgotten about. Um, BF- And you still have them? LG- Well my daughter took them with her to school, to work and she had those papers, um what is it, you know how you, so that they can be saved, I’m looking at … BF- Like laminated? LG- yeah laminated. BF- Oh great. LG- That’s what I’m trying to say. BF- Let me. Let me ask you this Laura? LG- Ok. BF- Do you have any pictures of you at the radio station? LG- Yes, I am about to, Yeah, I’m about to tell about to I’m about to, I’m about to tell you now. I’m looking through these. BF- Oh great, great, great, great! Unhid LG- Um, my mother had a, there was a writer in Time Magazine, that I, I, I didn’t, the Birmingham Times.. BF- Mhm LG- That I didn’t, I had no idea that she had that, I don’t even know who wrote it really, now um lets see, now I worked with WBCO first.. BF- Ok. Remember what year? LG- Uh, wait a minute, I, cause I’ve got this, um I’ve got a picture of all of the guys and Faush BF- Oh great! LG- I’ve got uh, I, I tell you, I’ve got something that you really, really, BF- Will you Marry ME! LG- Wait a minute, I’ve got Faush, I’ve got Honey Brown, a picture with, um, Cobbs, I can’t remember his first name now, but Bruce if you, BF- Let’s see.. LG- I don’t know if you’ve heard of Bruce or not he worked at WBCO.. BF- BCO LG- Unhuh. And um, wait a minute let me find that picture Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 38 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Lora Gary 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 Lora Gary, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast history Description An account of the resource Lora Gary (b. Jan 6, 1927, d. Mar 26, 2010) remembers the 1950’s and her time at WBCO and later WJLD, where she had a noon jazz show. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Lora Gary 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 November 18, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource WAV PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GaryOH 1950s Ed "Johnny Jive" McClure Eddie Castleberry Jazz Jesse Champion WBCO William Faush Willie McKinstry WJLD WYAM WZZK Zack Allen https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d1c316128931102f54faa9d17da1462d.jpg f08f15893245186e544559e27f3332d2 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e3f0e5133011c5e82ed64f9cfa596f80.wav baee3e1a4c5d101f1161b5f735c76742 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/1293cace89c940384143cf3f1553afe3.pdf 75ed5804f83ccf6243f99e3aaf0bbcb7 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Bob Friedman: but it never dawned on us because I mean Lewis was doing the Mayor’s Report every week…. Rick Upshaw: uh huh Bob: I mean Lewis White’s voice is very well known in Birmingham…. Rick: Oh yeah, yeah Bob: And so umm, every little inflection every little bit of it uh was like Lewis so that’s why. Rick: Yeah, because see, I was there when Lew..see we used to simulcast…. Bob: Right… Rick: With W-E-N-N, with WENN in Birmingham. Bob: How did he simulcast with WENN? Rick: Oh very simple. You had a furniture store there that was, ah, I’m trying to think of the name of that thing. They had, we had the same….. Bob: Mr King? Rick: Huh? Bob: King Credit Rick: No, it wasn’t King Credit, wasn’t Easy Credit, I remember that one but no, this was a furniture store. Ummm…..over there…..(Inaudible) (Confusing) Rick: There was this furniture store. And what it was..they..there was a religious, it was on every Sunday morning. If you go back, if you can find those logs. It was this same program, every Sunday morning. I think it came on at 8 o’clock. What we would do is the program would run and then at the same preset time we would cut the program, I would read there commercial, at the same time over at WENN the exact same commercial was being read by another announcer. Bob: uh huh Rick: And I could hear him on my headset and he could hear me on his and we always finished up at the same time if not one would slow down and wait for the other then we would go back to the broadcast. Bob: So, you both, you both stations….. Rick: Sokol…something like that Bob: Both stations had eh people at the store? Rick: No, no Bob: No…. Rick: We were in the studio. Bob: Ok Rick: And the program came live from somewhere…. Bob: Eh hmmm Rick: I think it was remote but at 10 after the hour we would both stop. The program would stop. We had the cues there…. Bob: Right Rick: And I would read the commercial and he would read the same commercial. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 22 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Rick Upshaw 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 Rick Upshaw, Oral History Description An account of the resource Rick Upshaw was born and raised in Chattanooga and is a graduate of Howard School. Rick Upshaw was also a talented singer and was quite an expert at piano and organ. He began his musical studies at the Ken Keese Studios in Chattanooga and studied as well in Chicago and New York, and made several recordings for Gospel and Jet Stream Records. After initial radio experience at WNOO in Chattanooga, Rick traveled to Birmingham and WJLD. While at WJLD, he and Lewis White interviewed Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth on the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. That recording is also in the Oral History collection. While only at WJLD for the period 1966-1967, in the 1990's Rick supplied us with several 7 inch tape reels from his WJLD days, which included shows from Lewis White and Ed McClure as well as his own. That kind of donation is rare and we are thankful for his contribution. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rick Upshaw Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jeff Hirschy Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource WAV PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context UpshawOH A. G. Gaston Motel Erskine Faush Jimmy Lawson Lewis White Martin Luther King Jr. Otis Dodge Paul "Tall Paul" White Sam "00" Moore WENN WIBC WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2e6131142111263669b0e5640d94edd4.jpg 1388a9d74282d9aa70cde421b664babe https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/27e9d17ea9db229326db39fc087f716a.mp3 160f4c81acf8ceafaacc05ff2d3b6651 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e556e8d6c2f1e89f25c3d7bd430ac408.pdf eea7366438d69e59856ad939fa3e84b6 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription of audio snippet: Bob Friedman: Louisville. That’s what he said. Right. But maybe you could start by just letting us know how you got started in radio. How that actually happened. William Faush: Well I got really started at WEDR. It was of a short [inaudible]. I just happened to have been there one day talking to a friend of mine whose name eludes me at the moment. B: Who worked there? W: Yes. B: Well I can tell you because I’ve spoken to most of them. W: Yes. B: So would it be Ben Alexander? Or Frank Smart? Or Wiley Daniels? Those are some of the earliest. E.X. Brown? W: It might have been Wiley Daniels. B: Mmhm. Lived out in Titusville. W: Yes. It might have been he. Anyway, there was a parade going down 4th Ave. And he’s looking out of the window, describing the parade. And that was enough of that I was standing there with him, he gave me the mic and told me to describe what I saw and I did that and I stayed there for about 5 months. 5 or 6 months. And Jess Lenier (2:12) who was then the mayor I believe of Bessemer converted a hillbilly station there in Bessemer overnight into black radio. B: Do you know how long it had been hillbilly? W: No I do not. I would think not too long. But Larry McKenzie out of Chicago and Eddie Castleberry out of New York and myself. We were the 3 who started up WED – I mean WBCO B: So Eddie Castleberry worked at BCO? W: That is correct. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed William Faush Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 38 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 William Faush, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast History Description An account of the resource Reverend William Faush (b. June 28, 1925, d. Jan 30, 2003), pioneer gospel broadcaster at WBCO Bessemer, discusses his early radio career. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman William Faush 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 10 November 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Adam Beebe Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WFaushOH 1940s 1950s Bessemer Eddie Castleberry Gospel WBCO WEDR William Faush Willie McKinstry WJLD WLOU https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8c1ebd1237ad34084200dd5958d8fbb0.jpg cbe9405fa53e65d85bb1364003a71d7a https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/dd2326805655310100b1239c2c171828.wav bee0c9d479012ebd8b9c6063a671078a https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e486119368efb6dcd2803182b700594a.pdf 7a4554aa71a8c8c9bdde45293528a7fc 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Don Solomon: ....So we, we went down the street to WVOK...., was on the same…the Super Highway…and Leroy got us on the WVOK at 7 o’clock on Sunday morning and so we were doing our own thing . Eventually Leroy somehow in his continued efforts with WJLD was there when they began to hook up other radio… so WVOK also they had a radio program coming out of Smith and Gaston at one o’clock at 6th Ave Baptist Church. Leroy then became the engineer, first black engineer. He hooked up a studio downstairs over where he lived in the branch office of the Manhattan Dry Cleaners. On Sunday morning, our program came on, eventually the second group would come on, Bob Friedman: Over the phone… DS: No we went live to the studio. We went to WVOK and were followed by the Four Eagles, the next group to come on. They came on but they let them on. So they followed us. We were at WVOK. Eventually Leroy estasblished a studio downstairs where he could, he would be on with little groups with the WVOK. He became the engineer for WVOK Sunday morning sessions with all these quartets. They done latched on to VOK. All of them downstairs…he was called the Blue Goose. BF: Who gave him that name? DS: He gave himself that name. The Blue Goose. That’s what he called himself …the Blue Goose. BF: And did he have the tape recording equipment down there? DS: Tape recorder down there. Let me tell you about recorder. Leroy thought we oughtta been on recording, the Heavenly Four. so, he couldn’t’ get hooked up with the recording people who make recordings, he bought his own recorder. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Don Solomon Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 18 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 Don Solomon, Oral History Description An account of the resource Rev. Don Solomon (b.Feb 13, 1932, d. Dec 14, 2017); on Leroy Garrett (b. Nov 26, 1913, d. Jul 21, 1980). Don Solomon, gospel promoter, Sales Director for A.G. Gaston businesses, discusses his early gospel group and their manager, Leroy Garrett, who went on to found WEUP Huntsville, the first Black owned radio station in Alabama. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Don Solomon 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 January 22, 2010 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lindsey Reynolds Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource WAV JPG PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SolomonOH 1940s Don Solomon Gospel Huntsville Leroy Garrett Music The Heavenly Four Trumon Puckett WBCO Willie McKinstry WJLD WVOK