https://thebbrm.org/files/original/1c512814247c55200e79c6938e70eecf.jpg 82dc3ae8c9df48a11de0f1bd5eaf02d6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9cb568902a39661d23ddf61c28cb2485.wav 4cc33c44e5bc730c2aed08bbef4beafc https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b58ad9479596cabee1762d2555eaf4b1.pdf 34a5142cfa91b1aff29351f51fe4bc26 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: Jesse Champion- I think what really helped the black stations was the fact that people like Bobby Blue Band, Junior Parker, BB King and all would come to the Madison Night Spot, the Grand Terrace and that's where the blacks would go for dances. Bob Friedman- Where was the Grand Terrace? JC- It was out on Highway 78. It's on down past Food World, Food Fair they call it now. BF- you mean going north towards Memphis. JC-No, going west. BF- going west out toward Memphis. JC- yeah yeah that’s right. It was on the right hand side of the highway. BF-Is the building still there? JC- No It’s been torn down. BF- Unhuh. JC- because he had cabins that he would rent out as well and he was.. he was tight with Bull Connor, he was one of the few places that could open on Sunday night and have big affairs and sell booze. BF- Unhuh. What was his name? JC- Foots Shelton. BF- Foots Shelton and he owned the Grand Terrace. JC- He owned the Grand Terrace and then there was a Madison Night Spot on the Bessemer Super Highway. BF- We got a picture of it. JC- Have you? BF- Yeah. JC- They still got the cabin standing out there. BF- Yeah. JC- A few of them anyway because when they had the big fire, it destroyed everything. But all the club dance, they had a whole lot of social and savings clubs have their dances at these places. And they would hear these artists. And on the Radio we would play there Records. BF- I had heard that um that we did remote broadcast from these places. JC- We did. That’s true. BF- How did we do it, we hook it up to the phone lines? JC- Yeah, Yeah that was it, hooked up to the phone lines. BF- God. Did you do it , you told me that you did, again.. JC- I did some of the remotes from some of the churches. BF- Yeah. JC- Bishop Roby’s was my Sunday morning church. BF- So you would basically hook it up? JC-No. BF- Well Actually. JC- The engineer would hook it up you know like the day before and everything was in readiness.. BF- And how, what would you do? JC- And would check in with the station, check in with the station well read the commercials. BF- oh ok. JC- You know for the people who sponsored it. BF- Oh I see. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Jesse Champion Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 42 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 Jesse Champion, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast History Description An account of the resource 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, both as a school teacher at Councill School and as a jazz singer who performed often in Birmingham. The BBRM has one of his performances. Friedman also shares the beginnings of the BBRM memorabilia collection for Champion’s reactions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Jesse Champion 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 December 21, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Bibb Carlena McClain 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 ChampionOH 1960s A. G. Gaston Lounge Bishop Roby Foots Shelton Grand Terrace Jesse Champion KKK Madison Night Spot Remote Broadcasting WEDR WENN WERC WJLD