https://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