10 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ff019584dce23a7fd444e306cbe5e7db.jpg b33b3863b2899bbd7888df03bcefbe81 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WENN Staff Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 40: "Folder 40 is a picture of part of the WENN radio staff. We have Dale Forster, Theo Bailey, and Michael Starr in the background. We have Ro Bonner, Tony Brown, Tyrone Robinson, and a lady. This was the first year that WENN 107.7 won the number one station in Birmingham. They are as of this pix, located, of course, not at 15th St. and 5th Ave North, but at the A.G. Gaston building on 16th St and 5th Ave N. The building is pictured in the background. They’re in the intersection of 16th Street and 5th Avenue North taking this picture. Donated by Lucious Washington." A. G. Gaston Building Dale Forster Michael Starr Ro Bonner Theo Bailey Tony Brown Tyrone Robinson WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f74658a69bcff393f74cd1c5946b6d69.jpg 86c029d0c9906f9e234504be9a2a8618 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tony Brown Description An account of the resource 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. Probably pictures again from McNair but no interview with Tony Brown. Don’t know much more about him except a Tony Brown is on the front line in Folder 40. Same fella? Maybe. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." 1970s Tony Brown WBUL WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b479fcb44f1c99926fd16053d9d7818d.jpg 243714451038f8e03e79208ffe5f2d31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kirkwood Balton Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 38: "Coming along to folder 38 is a picture of Kirkwood Balton with several others, including, Jerry "Ice Man" Butler, to his left, at a party somewhere in town and he’s in here because he was one of the owners of WENN radio. Could have been the AG Gaston Building on 16th Street and 5th Ave N. Worked for A.G. Gaston, later on became property owner of same. Ok. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." Jerry Butler Kirkwood Balton WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/4479f52dd6088ab09928e2f95b4d0a43.jpg 6f1231ff931b59ade1676c77c7af86c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowling with WENN Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 37: "We now move to folder 37. Folder 37's photo is a group of people at a bowling alley. And Kirkwood Balton is at the far right and they’re wearing WENN T-shirts. However, the positive is horizontally reversed. A magnifying glass helped show that WENN was spelled backwards. It was corrected in digitization and subsequent printing. We don't know which bowling alley either. We approximate that from the late ‘70s. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." 1970s Bowling Kirkwood Balton WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f2ed4a530f7835e0fd325683eba3e933.jpg 2e3307dac00ed0abc4f4c1a0ef0d43e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pat Williams Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 36: "Moving right along to folder 36 is a headshot from ‘79 of Pat Williams on WENN radio, working midnight to 6 AM and worked part time at WATV. He'd follow John Streeter's over night gospel with gospel early Monday, because Faush did not work Mondays. Williams became Program Director at WATV. Donated by McNair Studios." 1970s Chris McNair Studios Pat Williams WATV WENN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c58954dd1789470711f907f2f70489ea.jpg a1e7b30265a613b235f7017cd6a7870b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paul White with Harley-Davidson Winner Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 35: "Ok, we’re moving right along to folder 35. Outside of the WJLD studios, currently located on Spaulding Ishkooda Road, with a Harley Davidson. Apparently somebody has won a Harley Davidson, a young lady has won a Harley Davidson, and Paul is giving her the keys. The woman behind the winner was identified as Jane Phillips who worked at WZZK. (She became Sales Manager for Citadel Broadcasting in 2005.) What a nice prize from WJLD, 1979. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." 1970s Contest Jane Phillips Paul "Tall Paul" White WJLD WZZK https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0d0bf2d1b93ccb65eef29106b80ac39b.jpg 9e9a3f52005178823a930183a7f7b424 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paul White Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 34: "Alright, we are now at folder 34 which is a nice picture of Paul Dudley White in a white suit from 1979. A happy man at the time. Donated by McNair Studios." 1970s Chris McNair Studios Paul "Tall Paul" White https://thebbrm.org/files/original/3c2464a94af229b3706f8704e70e101a.jpg e72a0fcc3bc2246f8cc410f2be6c5a59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Al Hurt, WCOX Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 33: "Ok, we’re at folder 33, is a picture of…. Better say it again now. Ok, this is folder 33, as we said before perhaps, and it’s a picture of Al Hurt, who later on was at WJLD in the ‘90s, but this, back around ‘79 with Denise La Salle in front of WCOX radio. I don’t know where WCOX is, haven’t tracked that down yet, but that’s easy enough to do. Just holding a promotional picture of her. And since he was at WJLD later in the ‘90s we decided to retain an earlier picture of him at another station, probably not even in Alabama. However, upon checking with the Broadcast Yearbook for 1979 online, we find that Al Hurt was News Director for WCOX, Camden, Alabama. See what a little research can do? Donated by Al Hurt." 1970s Al Hurt Camden Denise La Salle WCOX https://thebbrm.org/files/original/1156f80460afcd9f82ca7217c56fed54.jpg 04d2ceea8d000334e2c54084af705129 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paul White with WJLD Contest Winner Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 32: "Moving on to folder 32 is a picture of Paul with apparently somebody who won a WJLD... a television on a contest at WJLD. This again from 1979. By this time as you recall the walk out has taken place, WJLD. The reason that Paul is at JLD is because the Johnston family offered him a very good contract and a car, even though he moved initially to WATV with Erskine Faush and Shelley Stewart and Thin Man and the rest of them. Would have loved to have interviewed Paul at any time in his career, or life, for that matter. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." 1970s Contest Paul "Tall Paul" White WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/6eab4072618e2a69ab10ec8a7c512cef.jpg b9a2172804faa590a9771ec9d2e1d5ae https://thebbrm.org/files/original/09c7eb6b911377218e64321f72bfe000.jpg 71a99f03c229c46d280b302f56440cb1 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7eb489f9801a0c6206d3da6bf1773801.jpg 31b5a4c05dcf48c774579f58d56c4155 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lester "Showboat" Young Description An account of the resource Box 7 Folder 31: "We’re up to folder 31 which contains Lester Young’s FCC restricted radio telephone operator’s permit and also a picture of Lester Young who was known as “Showboat.” This from about 1979, he was with JLD till about 1990. Did just a terrific kid’s show in the late ‘80s and into the ‘90s, had tremendous ratings. Had kids singing over the air. Picture donated by McNair Studios." 1970s Chris McNair Studios FCC Lester "Showboat" Young WJLD