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Rev. Andrew Dawkins (b. Feb 24, 1930, d. Dec 9, 2014), RnB announcer beginning his career early in 1950 at WBCO 1450 AM in Bessemer. BCO stood for…
Box 5 Folder 19: "Folder 19 from 1968, a picture of Andrew Fields reading a "Call for Action" editorial. So, doing his public service announcement,…
Andrew Fields (b.Jan 2, 1936, d. Nov 10, 2004), overnight broadcaster and part timer at WJLD and WBUL, discusses his career spanning 1969-1982;…
Box 5 Folder 5: "Folder 5 contains two pictures of Andrew Fields from WJLD. Two headshots of Andrew Fields from 1967, again from the Chris McNair…
Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore - (b. Nov 8, 1913, d. May 19, 2004). Starting his career on the air at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas, his home town, in the…
Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore - (b. Nov 8, 1913, d. May 19, 2004) one of the most daring of the radio announcers of the 1950’s, Moore was a blues…
Box 6 Folder 18: "Ok, this is folder 18, and what it is is rating sheets, one for May of 1972. Well, they’re both for May of 1972. One for Monday…
Box 5 Folder 33: "This is folder 33, from 1969. It is an audio frequency proof of performance measurements of WJLN-FM, which is 104.7 on the FM dial,…
Box 8 Folder 56: "OK, Folder 56 is a sample of the B.B. King Blues Hour. This was a program that B.B. King produced or that he was the jock on but I’m…
Box 5 Folder 15: "We’re now at folder 15 which contains a ballpoint pen with a big WJLD microphone and the insignia of WJLD on it. It’s a beautiful…