15 10 413 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/4b8a84a52bd4fe94b4c44e3fe05f7b3c.jpg c661a8cfd64750d86f4fe768d2e156b2 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/6cdff77b7dd8177ba56c998aac99272c.jpg 1bd638161b1248b1b163d97bc5c3401f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a0362900f8a18dc6b124fa2e04676c7c.jpg 106f4ad0c7f9e08d20d61dbe966e21a1 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ab364908dd3d17e8606f93542ca5215b.jpg 4ae3fb411c0969c09fa371ff2b3a0d04 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/47b67bb8449bfafe427829a072178d7e.jpg af3e53c8f94800bffab443ece81eef02 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9fc1948c43e360f3df10e52eaddcac49.jpg 9f4d95543c6d1cf25fc5426035eca6ae https://thebbrm.org/files/original/65990515540c54a622c59f882f3d5c3b.jpg 9276b4ba0f385a02087bcc59e1cb69cb 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 Notes and Memos, WJLD Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 6: "Ok, we move along to Box 6… is that going to be terrible if I say that, no, ok… we’re going? Folder 6. A number of things in here. There is a series of commercials, copy sheets for commercials. It’s all from about 1971. 1970 and ‘71. Continuity sheets. There is a statement from Jimmy Jones the engineer, chief engineer, a statement that he swears that he holds a first class radio telephone operator license and that he has had that for twenty six years, signed by Jimmy or James Jones. There are little memos as to when various broadcasters will be in at WJLD, when their shifts were and some instructions from the music director, Bob Shivers, the program director, Willie McKinstry, and the general manager, George Johnston III, as to programming decisions on how records were to be played. It also looks to me that Johnston is cracking down on Jimmy Lawson. Forbidding platter party announcements. No records in the studio during his shift. All on carts. There are some notes which I would think would refer to this memo by Shivers, McKinstry, and Johnston as well. And that, this handwritten note is in George Johnston’s handwriting. From the WJLD files." 1970s Bob Shivers George Johnson III Jimmy Jones Jimmy Lawson Larry Hayes Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/30734cd94a4f48c432e9c423a9e15f0b.jpg e1f4076a8c33237492e6537928844130 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 Affidavit of Publication, Birmingham News Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 5: "And here’s another… this is folder 5, and it’s an affidavit of publication from the Birmingham News, indicating they did publish the fact that they had applied to the FCC for a construction permit, to permit its station location from Homewood, AL, which would have been on the mountain, upon Red Mountain, to Fairfield, AL, as the city of license. And the station never had, oh pardon me… pardon me, pardon me, pardon me…. The station at this point is not at Homewood or up on Red Mountain. The station is on 109 North 19th Street, downtown Birmingham. They’ve been there for about 5 or 6 years, from about 1966 ‘till about ’72, but they had to apply for a license to move the facility. And even though they moved to Spaulding Ishkooda Road, it was within a certain millivolt contour of Fairfield, and so that they could claim Fairfield as the city of license. From the WJLD files." 1970s Birmingham News Birmingham Post Herald Fairfield WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/2bc8f61e7bca2035d93fff23979b4e6c.jpg e2f5099121fd72ae45155776288d45ce https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f9d8c99d65ccc9b0bc6f495900cddcce.jpg f639acfb78d1cedf2021f4b426035b2a 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 Legal Notice, Johnson Broadcasting Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 4: "Moving ahead to folder 4 of box 6, this is a legal notice, published in 1970, where Johnston was… have to do that I guess for FCC regulations. To apply for authority to change the station location from Homewood to Fairfield, AL as the city of license. And that, a copy of the legal notice is photocopied at the bottom of the statement of publication. And that would have been done in order to… that was in 1970, that was shortly before the building at Spaulding Ishkooda Road was built, so they were still on downtown broadcasting from Red Mountain. From the WJLD files." 1970s Fairfield FCC Homewood WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/4ca216a1f74c28a867ce398f241da361.jpg ec0e9678820ba88c804f887b2146e873 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ebb8f9219368225622e3e58e4f068058.jpg a40d6eb416210de09af6c01e12de4492 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/012ebcc322fc72d4851fb446b608b1a5.jpg 5be768e328e51e66bc1032cd74295601 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/1dc8c2ca4621d05decc335a7036f9ce4.jpg 7028312899907d57a9c09d730122ac62 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/cde6bef697b7170381d32d8208b618b9.jpg a68b57d6425ecb0bf1e19e547cf845e2 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7641e65a5180419ab3cafe6f75385e6f.jpg a2b3cec92cc26afb324671853eaa8d6a 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, WJLD to FCC Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 3: "Alright, now moving along to folder 3. Folder 3 are letters to the FCC. These are FCC related letters which also contain job descriptions of the personnel at WJLD and WJLN-FM. All the different job descriptions it seems like: news director, media director, chief engineer, general manager, and so forth. And the, let’s see… there are a couple copies of the job descriptions and also a cover letter to the FCC so that the FCC will have a total description of the job descriptions of the employees, and, apparently, that was an effort by George Johnston III, to come into compliance with an FCC requirement after an FCC investigator visited the station. There are a couple of references to Jimmy Lawson and Willie McKinstry as they were somewhat involved with the record industry. We've attached the letter to the FCC. Very stringent changes followed this letter in a memo to the staff. All included in this file and available upon request. From the WJLD files." 1970s Correspondence FCC George Johnson III Jimmy Lawson Johnson Broadcasting Company Personnel Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0e49612ef23d81ee52192202eb111b80.jpg 9aca8880d954b62afca325b25ac77636 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/216f9544858f5b1976219b75b8909468.jpg cf47ef6781da9abc12dc8d55121e80b6 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 Business Card, Rev. Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 2: "Ok, we’re redoing box 6, folder…. So we’re on box 6, folder 2, which contains a business card from Reverend Dwight Gatemouth Moore, who, of course, was a great blues singer and gospel singer and who worked at WEDR and WJLD over the 1950s and traveled extensively. A lot of information about him can be found on the internet, and I’m not sure if he told me this but somewhere I was told that he was the preacher at the funeral of Johnny Ace and that there were pictures of him in Ebony and Jet in the funeral procession. So that would be interesting to see. And we dated it in the ‘70s cause we feel like Gatemouth was active as a reverend during that time and that’s what his card indicates. “Have Bible, can preach, will travel.” And we have numerous pictures of Dwight Gatemouth Moore and an oral history from him as well. Contributed by Dwight Moore." 1970s Gatemouth Moore Gospel Ministry WEDR WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b182bec34be0083de438f5690763c3c8.jpg 56ba041073771f2e1fe598c250ffd8a2 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 Envelopes, 104.7 Transition Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 1: "Ok, this is box 6. Folder 1 contains 3 business envelopes, number 10 envelopes. Return address is for WJ… two of them, return address is for WJLD and one for WZZK, which was acquired by the Johnston family in the early ‘70s. And the P.O. Boxes show that, for the WJLD envelope and for the WZZK envelope, that they are for the same P.O. Box, showing the same ownership in that capacity. The third envelope has a different P.O. Box for WJLD. It is not clear from looking at it whether or not it predated the… it predated anything really, because WJLD owned 104.7 since 1948 but it was only WZZK since the early ‘70s. So, that’s what’s in that folder. Probably acquired somehow at WJLD." 1970s Stationary WJLD WZZK https://thebbrm.org/files/original/586c5be3c0df39909e13140721c1d7ee.jpg 67f75c01da4dc3b08eb5cec5f2cc4852 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/77be448d6a9c320ee883836beb55edf8.jpg 53ac7cab8dfcc52f80f4a16fa9c6de6f 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 Application, WENN Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 41: "This is folder 41 which are descriptions of WENN-AM and FM. Well, what they are actually proposing is to expand the hours of WENN FM with a very lengthy application signed and supported by a lot of people in the community. They simulcasted FM but since WENN AM was a day timer, they wanted the FM to be able to continue to midnight. I believe this was in the WJLD files. Attached are two pages of John McLendon's argument for expansion." 1960s FCC John McLendon McLendon Broadcasting Company WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b30b95ed65099b304ad1c2888a174d1b.jpg 69faa7c5fbe2aa470f7322acaa6f28e4 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/400903a7646095f5806476a416146a68.jpg 42221b575e7834ab84da06df4d0db19e 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, David Anderson to George Johnson III Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 40: "Ok. we’re up to folder 40 which contains a letter from David Anderson rather, who was a… my guess is an attorney handling filings with the FCC. It doesn’t specifically say, but on December of 1969, instructing George Johnston III to file ownership report forms which have to be done annually. Included with the letter is a blank ownership report form. I believe this was in the WJLD files." 1960s David R. Anderson FCC George Johnson III Johnson Broadcasting Company WJLD WJLN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e75c93b38638233b92bf13621da8e866.jpg 29da3e1e1e013113bebd70581f554327 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/2dc369c729e4ab31a30bef60c0b3cc96.jpg faf2332cc1954c5999bdcc62f5999f70 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/49e7cbb580c5cd8176629455cdf44936.jpg a78fadb2f3e8faecc504374b20800a04 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/58c0c1cab26f3168a69e9d26a09200fe.jpg ed467cf280811447ec08318815be111f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/153e8baf8d1a2bab72a14dfdd1ee15bb.jpg aab201ade9e45bec6b9a32e6c205293a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/94fe570c98107a22e19c84e76364345c.jpg 84c0e87025899b66f16607a319386b5e 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 WJLN Application to FCC Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 39: "This is folder 39 from 1969 which has within it various applications to the FCC to make changes to the tower and to increase power from 23kw to 100kw for WJLN 104.7. It includes the direct application, also notices that needs to be read on the air. "The officers, directors, and ten percent or more of the stockholders of Johnston Broadcasting Company are the estate of George Johnston Jr., Rose Hood Johnston, George Johnston III, and Mattie Jones." Does appear there were over three generations of Johnstons. I’m not sure if George Johnston was the first. I believe he was the first one to own the station, but I’m not sure. Correspondence found in WJLD files." 1960s FCC George Johnson III Jimmy Lawson Johnson Broadcasting Company Palmer Greer WJLD WJLN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/2716428365d6c6637c58c8e176ca2b5d.jpg b73e13eb83bd03c079d18424af0db798 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a2c8d338f9c4ee5ed6ba1bba393fd739.jpg ee3543b9c0442ccc20a32184e62fe3c7 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 Ratings, 1969 Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 38: "This is folder 38. These are ratings from 1969. Ok, one of them is from April and May of 1969 and one of them is from October/November of 1969. These are the result of diaries mailed to possible listeners. There are 1,228 diaries. That was a total service area, which is the Birmingham metro I guess, and the metro survey area was 711 diaries, and from there radio stations lived and died in their advertising efforts. 1969. I believe this was in the WJLD files. There is a "Tommy Charles Confession" on page 2 of the Apr/May packet. Apparently, ARB is concerned that stations run huge contests just before diaries are mailed to jack up their ratings. Tommy's confession is humorous and amazed the rating service would actually print it." 1960s WAPI WCRT WENN WJLD WSGN WVOK