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Gary Richardson, Oral History
Gary Richardson (b. Feb 18, 1957) Born to a coal mining family in Praco, Alabama, Gary spent some early years with childhood friends rummaging through junk yards, experimenting with discarded electrical components and such, and evolved into owning…
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, AM, Bankruptcy, Bessemer, Bessemer High School, Birmingham, Clear Channel, Earl Hilliard, Eric Grayson, FCC, FM, Fred Rossnagel, Gary Richardson, Ham Radio, Johnson Broadcasting Company, Lawsuits, Midfield, Paul "Tall Paul" White, Politics, Prattville, Ron January, Roy Wood, Satellite Broadcasting, Shelley "Black Pope" Pope, Teaching, TV, WAYE, WBUL, WDJC, WIXI, WJLD, WZZK
WJLD FM 102.1
Box 8 Folder 44: "We are now at folder 44 which is a little, contains a little blurb talking about WJLD FM 102.1, the cable delivered radio station which was Gary Richardson's effort to FM-ize WJLD, with proper contact numbers so that you can get an…
Tags: Birmingham Cable, FM, Gary Richardson, WJLD
Gary Richardson, WJLD Yugo Giveaway
Box 8 Folder 38: "And we now move to folder 38 which is a picture of Gary Richardson giving the keys to a Yugo to a contest winner. This was a Yugo give away, and, of course, Yugo refers to a car produced in Yugoslavia, probably for one year, and we…
Tags: 1980s, Contest, Gary Richardson, Yugo
WJLD Ratings
Box 8 Folder 36: "Ok. We’re moving on to folder 36. 36 is a handwritten ratings list from the spring Arbitron of 1986, 12+, and this is a WJLD breakdown. And at this point in time Eric White is now doing the morning drive, Oliver Brewer is on the…
Correspondence, Society of Broadcast Engineers to Oliver Brewer
Box 8 Folder 31: "Ok, we are now at 31. Folder 31. It’s a letter from the Society of Broadcast Engineers to Oliver Brewer, the operations manager at WJLD when it was on Spaulding Ishkooda Road back in 1985, informing him that Gary Richardson has…
Studio Logs, WJLD
Box 8 Folder 10: "Ok, this is folder 10 which are a series of sign-on logs, air time logs. And it lists the various shift times and it also has the signatures of many of the people who were on WJLD in 1981. These logs span June 4th, which was a…
WJLD Continuity
Box 7 Folder 45: "Ok, folder 45 is a whole batch of WJLD continuity from the 1975 through 1979. What's neat about continuity is that it establishes personnel and date of employ relationships as well as those who bring in the concerts.
So for the…
So for the…
Gary Richardson
Box 7 Folder 14: "We’re at folder 14 which is a headshot of Gary Richardson from 1977. Started his career at WJLD radio. Spent a little time at WBUL and then back to WJLD. He would become chief engineer. That extraordinary skill and love for…
Curtis Bell, Oral History
Curtis Bell (b. Jun 1, 1962; d. Aug 25, 2020), speaks about getting his start in broadcasting in Birmingham.
Dr. Lenora Fulani, Oral History
Dr. Lenora Fulani (April 25, 1950- ), a developmental psychologist from New York City, a major leader of the Independence Party of New York, who in 1988, became the first woman and the first African American to gain access to the presidential ballot…