1 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/24ce5c32eb8daabfaebef339feb27796.jpg 289665a38e2b1303039b03559b22ad1b https://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://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://thebbrm.org/files/original/886d5295c3d2b5279b2dac87d419f260.jpg a7b982148637d4757545fb5e9447cf77 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7d3046ddb3db02ae10530d602ceeb3f4.wav 3308a3ca80bb52b7924f14040bb56592 https://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://thebbrm.org/files/original/d1c316128931102f54faa9d17da1462d.jpg f08f15893245186e544559e27f3332d2 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e3f0e5133011c5e82ed64f9cfa596f80.wav baee3e1a4c5d101f1161b5f735c76742 https://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://thebbrm.org/files/original/2e6131142111263669b0e5640d94edd4.jpg 1388a9d74282d9aa70cde421b664babe https://thebbrm.org/files/original/27e9d17ea9db229326db39fc087f716a.mp3 160f4c81acf8ceafaacc05ff2d3b6651 https://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://thebbrm.org/files/original/8c1ebd1237ad34084200dd5958d8fbb0.jpg cbe9405fa53e65d85bb1364003a71d7a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/dd2326805655310100b1239c2c171828.wav bee0c9d479012ebd8b9c6063a671078a https://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 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f193fcfa0faf788c6ca12d9a89e8441a.jpg 8d9f57c2e68d9b387ea63984935d02c3 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9c3147c82b2ec637720be591284e0608.wav 529fc82fa94a0a18675432f23c9405c6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c2813c541bc71cc674f237081dbdf0c4.pdf 8c4be15e1626a00cf0bf6cd959efbf42 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 from audio snippet: Bob Friedman- We had a woman who came in with a copy of the Birmingham Weekly Review, which was a large size, it was like a Birmingham News, Atlanta Constitution Sized Newspaper. Ben Alexander- Oh yes. BF- Black Republican looking Newspaper and had, it had whole spread on WBCO she didn’t even know that her mother, she she was at BCO in 1952 her name was Lora Gary. BA- Oh. BF- Became Lora.. actually she was Lora walker and then joined our staff in ‘54 or ’55 and changed her name, got married. But any way, her mother had saved this thing and had laminated it. It was all yellow but she.. BA- Oh. BF- But she had laminated it so it lived through the years. BA- Yeah. BF- And it’s just extraordinary to read, you know, the Dominoes came down to visit and all. It’s like.. BA- Yeah. Yeah. BF- Great , great stuff. Great stuff. BA- Yeah, we, we we interviewed uh you know Jackie Robinson, uh uh what’s… I was just thinking about him the other day because there’s uh this other guy that who’s name I’m trying to think about now, but because there’s a play starting here in Virginia about him. Um Louis Jordan. BF- Unhuh. BA- And uh, we interviewed him, there were uh you know, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder was a band leader that came there, uh Duke Ellington. They all came and paid a visit to WEDR, whenever they were in town. All, all of the performers came in. BF- Do you remember anything distinctive about that year besides the bombing of the, well they blew up tower or the transmitter? BA- It was the transmitter. BF- Unhuh. BA- Not the transmitter.. no sorry the tower. Tower. BF- tower came down. Yeah. Yeah. BA- But after that I think things sort of cooled down and.. BF- well supposedly in 1958 or so uh somebody had scrawled KKK on the walls of WEDR. And there was a picture of another jock named Shelley Stewart, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of him. BA- Yeah that was after my time. Yeah. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ben Alexander Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 30 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 Alexander, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast History Description An account of the resource Ben Alexander (b. Sept, 1927), an early arrival at WEDR 1220 AM, Birmingham, Ben spent from the end of 1949 to October of 1950 at the station and recalls personnel and personalities of the time. He became a Lt. Colonel in the army and retired to Richmond, Virginia where he did both print and audio commercial work. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Ben Alexander 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 April 01, 1997 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 AlexanderOH 1950s Bombing Celebrities Lora (Walker) Gary Music WEDR 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 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/65eb6a6ef58e14727ed39e77e0e20c51.jpg 5b7a8b0eeeb8082000417f8427603b8c https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f0ef8eee22e1942c7f553661cf9a4313.wav 58b346c447abfc110de17e5e687fd40f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/de51271f63bbc9b421ae96f318d18e5e.pdf 895f6428c25b9eb7688ed12fc6ee24de 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: Joe Lackey: Course during that month I was riding the streets looking for a place… found that one in 5 Points West Bob Friedman: Umm great location… JL: moved in there and did just little bit of remodeling and uh moved in there and uh we moved overnight. We signed off at the hotel …signed on the next morning out there…been there ever since ’76. Bob: umm JL: But you know it’s been a lot of fun… a lot of umm… during the 60’s it was kind of rough we were right there in the middle of it and it was a lot of activity and the night that they bombed the hotel umm… the blast shattered our front window because you know we had that fish bowl thing Bob: umm hmm JL: all of our Bob: Was that on facing 5th Avenue? JL: Yeah Bob: the fish bowl JL: the glass went… umm nobody touched the building the only thing we had a flood light on the parking lot in the back and they broke that out so they put it in the dark and they broke in the whiskey store and cleaned the whiskey store out…didn’t touch our building. And I was at home on the telephone, Paul White was in the studio giving me a blow by blow description of what was happening… next thing I knew the phone went dead. Cops had come and jerked him out… thought he had broke in. It took me ‘til 4o’clock the next afternoon to find out where he was and get him out of jail cause they had just hauled him off Bob: Umm hmm JL: and when I finally found out where he was and get someone to talk to him and get him out, it was about 4 oclock Sunday afternoon we got him out. It happened on a Friday night I think, best I remember, and uh but you know Monday morning when I came back … Bob: That’s when they blew up the Gaston Motel? JL: When I came back downtown monday morning …I did not try to come in on the weekend…I came back in the morning… downtown looked like a war zone Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Joe Lackey Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 106 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 Joe Lackey, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Broadcast History Description An account of the resource Joe Lackey (b. Aug 3, 1922, d.May 29, 2009), General Manager at WENN 1958-76. Part owner, WATV Birmingham. Joe reflects on his early career and on the 1963 Civil Rights Movement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Joe Lackey 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 13, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Bibb Alissa Matheny 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 LackeyOH 1950s 1960s 1970s Afton Lee building Bessemer Bill Anderson Birmingham Bob Umbach Civil Rights drive-in Erskine Faush Gaston Motel Bombing Joe Lackey Kelly Ingram Park KKK McLendon Broadcasting Company Oldie Goldie Show Paul "Tall Paul" White theater WATV WBCO WEDR WENN WEZB WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/dc49b5a8bfcf8956680b55dd38cac312.jpg 4bba9e61407c8a6f27e89a959b55bf3e https://thebbrm.org/files/original/35046258750f46bed6b8255000cd1ec6.mp3 b05c4710eadad41b5f43e3cfb79de641 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b4f19251c824e5a71f1d9a4c9762efaf.pdf 6cbfbd833986aac130681187d13d5fba 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 Zack Allen Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Zack Allen (ZA): ....you see I got around that you had to think sometimes, so I got in with a record distributor and he would let me use his records, I’d get I’d have the latest one I could carry them and play them then I’d carry them back to him, see that’s how I got around that Bob: So what kind of stuff did you, what artist did you play ? ZA: I was playing, I was playing rhythm and blues at the time Bob: What artist,, could you? ZA: Oh back um BB King, Ray Charles, all old blues, and uh even as go back some of the oldies, I liked Ivory Joe Hunter Bob: Did you ever play vocal groups like The Dominoes and The Moonglows ? ZA: We use to play some but you know, most at that time most of the younger people like those uh those uh like the Moonglows and the Charms, they were they were like, the the younger set, but I was holdin mine to the older group Bob: Isn’t that interesting so now what year are we did you start at WJLD? ZA: I started WJLD Bob: Ok what year was that? Do you remember? ZA: Uh it was in the uh it was in the fifties I cant think it was at the same time King Porter was there, if you can find what year he was there Bob: Yeah we’re trying to find a picture of King Porter ZA: That’s actually how I got started King Porter I was working behind him we use to broadcast at the Madison night spot Bob: The Madison night spot ZA: The Madison night spot on Bessemer superhighway Bob: Bessemer superhighway which isn’t there anymore ZA: It’s not there anymore but then at that time uh King Porter use to broadcast there he also use to broadcast from Bob’s Savoy downtown Birmingham 4th avenue ,and he use to play the piano Bob: King Porter played the piano what, what kind of music did king Porter play? ZA: He played blues, rhythm and blues Bob: Same thing ZA: Same thing, same thing and uh, what made it, how I got started I just got interested in going around in radio and listening and King Porter I think he followed, King Porter was there I believe before… I couldn’t think was he there before Roy Wood or after Roy Wood Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .mp3 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 73 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 Zack Allen, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Zack Allen WJLD King Porter R&B Description An account of the resource Zack Allen (b.Jan 16, 1936, d.Nov 2, 2010), radio broadcaster with WJLD, interviewed about music played during his time as a DJ in the 1950s Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Zack Allen 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 07, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Yadira Murguia Emily Bibb Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 JPG PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AllenOH 1940s 1950s 1960s Bessemer King Porter Lora (Walker) Gary Madison Night Spot Music Paul "Tall Paul" White Roy Wood Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart WJLD Zack Allen https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c25a4b27974783593dbbd68c8698b458.jpg 4a0fe80f3a8aaf7799cfdbcc53e1f130 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/eeb68c75f95fe4fb0659a8e68fed5088.mp3 cf2ff1cabb5baf09a5ed919a9f185546 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/cdfd8053f122a39032196b75c7c58437.pdf 74e5da651bf4e7e67f2930e62788667a 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 James Bevel Location The location of the interview WJLD studios, Birmingham AL Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: James Bevel: The first thing that we probably need to do…Bobby D you keep talking about history. See history is a science and if you don’t have history and sociological science you can’t make things happen. So what we first need to do is really go back and extract the science out of the 60s. And what I mean by that. Let’s take the Wright Brothers. You see this Kitty Hawk flying, right? Well something scientific is going on. So you need to find out exactly what these Wright Brothers are doing, so you can replicate it. What they’re doing has nothing to do with their personality; it has to do with science. So what was going on in the 60s had nothing to do with our personalities…now we’re not some magnetic, charismatic, angelic guys. No, we’re some American citizens who discovered that the American constitutional democratic process actually works. That’s what we discovered. But it takes the courage and the honesty to make it work. So we said “Ok, it looks like you’re going to lose your life every time, but you’ve gotta be honest and sincere about what you’re doing, then do it.” So you have to learn that science. Now, then once you learn the science, then we can apply it to the whole question of education. Now let me go back to the sociological science. These guys said – see America is built on a science – now the guys who put the science together signed off on it, saying “We give our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honor.” That’s a total commitment to the idea. Most people don’t want to give that much, but you’d have to say “Wait a minute; we must educate our children. And to this end I give my life, my fortune, and sacred honor.” Now you gotta understand, in America, when you have self-governance you don’t have a king and you don’t have a dictator, the citizens are the authority. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP3 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 92 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 James Bevel, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource James Bevel History Description An account of the resource Interview with Rev. James Bevel (b.Oct 19, 1936, d. Dec 19, 2008), major leader of the 1960 Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Bevel Bob Friedman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 17. 2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Bibb Jeff Hayes Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum 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 BevelOH 1960s Civil Rights Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom Riders James Bevel Martin Luther King Jr. SNCC Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) WJLD