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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…
Al Isaac, Oral History
A flashback to the 1950's New York City days of Jocko Henderson, Birmingham born and raised Al Isaac had a special connection with his RnB and Blues listening audience at WATV 900 AM in Birmingham. His laugh, his character voices they were clearly a…
Dave Donnell, Oral History
Dave Donnell (b. Nov.2, 1949.) Dave held many positions at many stations, starting in 1969 at WVOL AM Nashville, his birth city, then to KALO AM Little Rock and finally to Birmingham, where he spent many years at WENN 107.7 FM, at WBUL 1220, at…
Programming, WTWG
Box 8 Folder 30: "This is a sheet, this is a list of programs that could have been on WAYE. It doesn’t really specify the name WAYE on here. Hal Lindsey. Now, Hal Lindsey was definitely involved with WAYE. These little scripts are written on a sheet…
Contract, WBUL and Buffalo Rock
Box 8 Folder 20: "Moving along to folder 20, which is a contract from WBUL radio for Buffalo Rock and they were charging 13 dollars a spot to Buffalo Rock, to the agency. These spots to be run Saturday on the Tom Gloor Show. Now isn’t that…
Envelope, WBUL
Box 8 Folder 11: "This is folder 11. This is an… inside the envelope, a WBUL envelope, WBUL 1220, are some W2 forms for Manuel Fitch from 1980, ‘81, and ’83, all from the same radio station, we’re presuming (tax forms not pictured). Radio…
Crib Races
Box 7 Folder 43: "This is folder 43 from 1979. For some reason, "3/79" is marked on the back of the photos and some people are wearing warm jackets. WBUL is being sponsored by Roy Buckner Chevrolet. I think they were located in Bessemer. They were…
Tony Brown
Box 7 Folder 39: "Next is folder 39. Folder 39 is a picture of Tony Brown, who left WBUL radio around the late 1970's and went to WENN radio. Tony Brown. Headshot. Ron says, the Tony Brown he remembered left Birmingham for Mobile and then Atlanta.…
Shelley Pope Receiving Keys to a Thunderbird
Box 7 Folder 29: "Alright we’re up to folder 29. And folder 29 has a picture of Shelley Pope being given the keys to a Thunderbird. Dave Davis, the manager at JLD, is in one picture. And the other picture, it looks like we’re identifying the other…
Victor "Spider Man" Boykin
Box 7 Folder 23: "Folder 23 is a picture of Victor Boykin, otherwise known as “Spider Man,” who was on WBUL from ‘77 to ’79. One of WBUL's slogans was "the sound of young America." Ron January says he had a good following and said he tried to recruit…