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1967 Buyers Guide, WJLD
Box 5 Folder 14: "Folder 14 contains two 21 page WJLD Big D Radio 1967 buyers’ guides. They are individually numbered because they were contests as well. Inside are pictures of numerous WJLD disc jockeys along with WJLD's (at that time) 25 year…
Lewis White
Box 5 Folder 4: "This is folder 4 from 1967 which contains two photo headshots of Lewis White. from the Chris McNair Studios. Lewis Smiling is infinitely better. White broadcast part time on WJLD from 1958 through 1972, mostly, but not entirely,…
Tags: 1960s, Chris McNair Studios, Lewis White, WJLD
Fred Shuttlesworth, Oral History
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth (b. March 18, 1922; d. October 5, 2011) - founder, Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) in 1956. Major organizer and activist of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King. Pastor, Bethel…
Lewis White, Oral History
Lewis White (b. Nov 5, 1932, d. Mar 16, 2017), a broadcaster with WJLD from 1958 to 1972, His show was a weekender characterized as a jazz show later on in his career; however, the BBRM has one of his shows from the early 1960’s that is a total mix.…
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Andrew "Sugardaddy" Dawkins, Atomic Boogie Hour, Ben Alexander, Bob Umbach, Bombing, Civil Rights, Ed "Johnny Jive" McClure, Eddie Castleberry, Erskine Faush, Fletcher "Jive Master" Kolb, Fred Shuttlesworth, James Garland, Jesse Champion, Jim Connolly, Jimmy Lawson, KKK, Leland Chiles, Lewis White, Madame Lamar, McLendon Broadcasting Company, Mickey Wills, Paul "Tall Paul" White, Rick Upshaw, Robert Delander, Roy Wood, Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart, Sonrose Rutledge, Tiger Thompson, Trumon Puckett, WATV, WBCO, WEDR, Wiley Daniels, Willie McKinstry, WJLD, WJLN, WVOK
Rick Upshaw, Oral History
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…