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Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, Oral History
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 1930's, Moore was a major blues singer in the 1930’s and 40's and a prolific recording artist and…
Program Schedule, WMBM Miami
Box 3 Folder 18: "Moving right along to folder 18. This is WMBM Miami program schedule for December of 1955, which lists Eddie Castleberry and some other people who are on MBM. "Set volumes go up when Ed comes on." We have it because Eddie…
Zack "Rack 'm Back Zack" Allen
Box 2 Folder 51: "We are now at folder 51. It is a picture donated by Zack Allan who had a brief history with WJLD back in the ‘50s, would have been around ‘53. He was at the station when Roy Wood Sr. was at the station for a brief period of time.…
Bob Umbach, WMBM
Box 2 Folder 48: "This is folder 48. This is a promo picture of Bob Umbach which was sent to me I believe by his daughter but I’m not sure. This is when he was at WMBM, this is not at WJLD. This would have been around ‘53 and here he is pouring some…
Reflections on Bob Umbach from Tommy Cox
Tommy Cox, a WJLD listener interviewed about Bob Umbach, WJLD Radio Announcer and originator of the Atomic Boogie Hour in 1946. Tommy began listening to Bob Umbach in 1949. Tommy called Bob Friedman in 2005 letting him know he had a Rhythm and Blues…
Clippings, Radio Logs
Box 2 Folder 25: "This folder from 1952, April 1, 1952, a Tuesday, and this one from April 10; there’s two actually. Wait a minute, they’re both from April 1, 1952; that’s just shmutz. And what these do... they list the radio stations, not clear…
Roy Wood Sr.
Box 2 Folder 13: "Moving to folder 13 is a picture from 1950 of Roy Wood Sr. who, this was from July 1950 we approximate, which may have been from his confirmation. Donated by Roy to me. That would have placed him down here. No that would have placed…
WJLD Spelling Bee
Box 2 Folder 11: "Now here’s another couple of pictures from the same set. All the kids are drinking out of the bottles. You can tell its warm from one of those kids sweating like crazy under his arms. Bob Umbach is here again, but this is a…
WJLD Spelling Bee, Frolic Theater
Box 2 Folder 10: "Moving right along to folder 10. Again pictures from the spelling bees. Here we have some identification, including confirmation that it is at the Frolic Theater, which was on 4th Avenue between 17th and 18th Street. Nathaniel…
WJLD Spelling Bee
Box 2 Folder 8: "We’re now on folder 8. Folder 8 is a picture again from 1950 with Bob Umbach working with 3 little kids, a whole stage full of kids. This, we believe is at, is either at L.R. Hall or the Frolic Theater we’re not sure which one. It is…