4 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0c5a1f9747aaa068ebe66b840cef5b9c.jpg 9944d368b1780eee743242de405272e6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b94059574c6d9f4726caafdb4006e6f8.mp3 4504f2ba3ac29d706846c04b237de068 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/6d7309356e685ba12774b35948fb0f94.pdf 19d5e306480f06192484e76f300b930b 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 Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Andrew "Sugar Daddy" Dawkins Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: How long did it take him to actually go on the air? AD: He had everything set up in a trailer before we went to Huntsville and we worked maybe six weeks in Huntsville putting that trailer up, digging it in and putting up net wiring and all that, one of Mr. Ben’s nephews or somebody, Cyril Brenner, was good in engineering. Cyril came down and helped Leroy do the final work on the transmitter…most of it Leroy did himself. BF: Wow. And that engineer’s name was Cyril Brenner? AD: Brennen, Brennen, Cyril Brennen. BF: Cyril Brennen, and he was related to the owner of VOK or what was his connection? AD: He was related to the owner of VOK, WV…WVOK and also the guy who owned a country and western (could be Country Wrestling also) in Montgomery, Alabama. BF: Ok. AD: Very good engineer. BF: Yeah. AD: And Cyril got word that he was supposed to go on the air… and they had to do a test run so one night in the early… in late February we got the order we could run test run until 12 midnight. And we did that and we heard as far as Chicago, Illinois. Shelley and I were the only two on the air. That’s where we got our, people first started listening to us. BF: What were you playing? AD: Playing rhythm blues playing gospel just whatever we wanted to play at the time and… no commercials at all. BF: Wow. AD: Test just a test running. BF: What frequency was it? AD: 1600 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 54 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes 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 Andrew Dawkins, 2012 Oral History Description An account of the resource Rev. Andrew Dawkins (b. Feb 24, 1930, d. Dec 9, 2014), RnB announcer beginning his career early in 1950 at WBCO 1450 AM in Bessemer. BCO stood for Bessemer Cut-off. The station went all black staff in late 1951 and it was remarked locally that BCO actually meant “became colored overnight.” Andrew speaks about his early history, including moving to Huntsville in 1958 to help Leroy Garrett start WEUP AM. Leroy Garrett was the first African American to own a radio station in Alabama. Andrew left radio in 1970 and started a newspaper, “The Huntsvillian,” and later became a minister in Montgomery. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andrew Dawkins Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 10, 2012 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joe Wright Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English 1950s Andrew "Sugardaddy" Dawkins Cyril Brennen Gospel Huntsville Leroy Garrett Music Rhythm and Blues WAAA WBCO WEUP https://thebbrm.org/files/original/818f347e1779c3cbcc66cd6997fd2d91.jpg 92d9ff49679bf5ab6270a1356fe6911b 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 Andrew Fields, "Call for Action" Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 19: "Folder 19 from 1968, a picture of Andrew Fields reading a "Call for Action" editorial. So, doing his public service announcement, and we believe Andrew was at WJLD First Avenue North studio. at the time. We saw the "Call for Action" placard on a desk in an earlier folder with Sam 00 Moore. From the main Birmingham Library radio clip archives." 1960s Andrew Fields Public Service Announcement WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b0d9ad4f7390b17ee57e10cb43c039c6.jpg 632d886b5088ab2913d02ca456a4601e https://thebbrm.org/files/original/cebcd627fc009b0a205628f085225705.mp3 be0b229f367c6831f09407bd229b0bdc https://thebbrm.org/files/original/47fe12710dbe23a614dd3af2e76fe2ec.pdf e2fdccf568de7d122e978fc65f5d1a2f 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 Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Andrew Fields Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Bob Friedman- Did you have a…um…a special name on the air? Andrew Fields- Well, at first, I just told them I want to be known as Andrew Fields, cuz I was Andrew Fields the third, but I didn’t use the third. And so, later on, Jimmy made my name be as a thang that we had to do for…he had me out there…called the Money Man BF- The Money Man? AF- Money Man. We had to go all over town, every day, five days a week from 6 o’clock til 9 o’clock. BF- In the evening? AF- Morning. BF- In the morning? AF- Morning. Yeah. Jimmy was on the Drive Show. BF- Okay. AF- And. Uh. He started out at 5. But I didn’t start til 6. BF- Um hum. AF- And we’d go from town part…from neighborhood to neighborhood, and we didn’t have the freeway at that time. BF- Didn’t have what? AF- The freeway. BF- Okay. AF- We had to go the old way. And man, I was…fifteen minutes, I was in one part of town; ten minutes, I was somewhere else. I was right there… BF- What were you doing? AF- We was giving out money. Five dollars a whop, as they called it. If I was sitting in front of your house, and tell Jimmy where I am, and call your address, you came out, I would give you a certificate for five dollars. BF- A certificate for five dollars. AF- Um hum. BF- Now how old were you when you started working for WJLD? AF- Forty, I mean twenty-one… thirty-one years old. BF- Thirty-one years old? AF- Um hum. BF- And. Um. What do you remember about Jimmy? AF- Jimmy was a hard-hitting man, when it come to radio. BF- Um hum. AF- He… Uh… knew his radio. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 29 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes 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 Andrew Fields, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Birmingham Radio Description An account of the resource Andrew Fields (b.Jan 2, 1936, d. Nov 10, 2004), overnight broadcaster and part timer at WJLD and WBUL, discusses his career spanning 1969-1982; reflecting on his development and experience in Birmingham radio and his contemporaries. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Andrew Fields Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 28, 2001 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 JPG PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimberly McDade Emily Bibb Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FieldsOH 1960s 1970s 1980s Andrew Fields Erskine Faush Jimmy Lawson WBUL Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c6fb989ddc5904a7dc8b61102840e05a.jpg a730b69a9e3b6c4608d9a764bff258a0 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 Andrew Fields, WJLD Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 5: "Folder 5 contains two pictures of Andrew Fields from WJLD. Two headshots of Andrew Fields from 1967, again from the Chris McNair Studios." 1960s Andrew Fields Chris McNair Studios WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9769ab22c8234d0355949b84e990fa09.jpg d5fd0fde6fe3557f1d45c0c05f8f7a14 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/915944809d96fde8e0c8613b6c0ad747.mp3 be91b166d22e779d24fba40e2991043a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/bd6cc3e8b21f2f565287a7f390a86952.pdf b1b7a4e1391099ed5b855eb1ba09bc1c 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 Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of Audio Snippet: Bob Friedman: We got a picture from Ben Franklin, who was the engineer at JLD for a long time. Gatemouth Moore: Oh yeah! BF: Ben. You know Ben. GM: Yeah. BF: Very nice guy. Very nice guy. And Ben told us that Bob Umbach used to play— GM: All my blues! BF: Christmas Blues records by you. GM: My blues.That’s right! BF: Ben Franklin had a great memory. GM: When I was a blues singer! BF: Great memory. GM: Yeah, yeah. BF: And Roberta Rolland. GM: Yeah, she was on the weekends. BF: Mhmm. We— GM: For Mister Epps. BF: Mister Epps for the funeral GM: Yeah. Epps Jewelry. Him and Deacon Davis. Her and Deacon Davis. BF: Deacon Richmond Davis for Epps Jewelry... GM: Yeah. And their favorite preacher was that preacher from Bessemer. Reverend Clark. BF: W.A. Clark? GM: Yeah, he was famous. BF: From Saint Peter’s Primitive? GM: Yeah, baptist church. BF: Yeah, yeah. GM: Yeah and I’m tryin’, I’m almost— Walter! Walter Anglin! BF: Walter Anglin was back in the 50s?! GM: Yes sir! BF: No kidding… GM: Walter Anglin! He was with me when I was at WEDR. With me. Walter Anglin. BF: Now you see, he’s such an old. He’s eighty-two years old. GM: Who? BF: Walter is. GM: Well, I’m eighty. BF: Well, I know that but we only had information about Walter from the 1960s. We got pictures of him from the 60s— GM: No sir, Walter Anglin was with me at WEDR. BF: No kidding… GM: When I started. BF: Well, see now— GM: In 1950! BF: Now, we gotta get a picture of Walter from that period. GM: Walter Anglin. He went up to JLD. BF: Right, he came— GM: Yeah. That’s who I was tryin’ to tell you about. Walter Anglin! BF: We got, we got pictures of Walter, you know. The 60s… GM: Listen, I started…Listen, I put Shelly (Stewart) on the air for the first time. BF: Where? On EDR? GM: Yes! BF: Uh-huh. GM: Doing my show for me. BF: Ok. GM: I’m the fella who put Shelley in radio. He told you that? BF: He didn’t mention that. GM: Well, you better tell him, tell him Gatemouth said that. BF: Ok. GM: Yeah. BF: And Walter was a newsman? GM: Yeah, news and, one of the best there... BF: Oh that’s great. GM: In the 50's. Walter Anglin. BF: I gotta call him. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 197 minutes Audio Snippet: 2 minutes 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 Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, Oral History Description An account of the resource 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 gospel singer, minister and radio announcer in the 40's and 50’s... moving from AM 730 WDIA* Memphis in 1949 to AM 1220 WEDR and AM 1400 WJLD in Birmingham, from 1950 through 1957. His accomplishments can best be appreciated by listening to both interviews in the BBRM archive. This interview was done by phone while Gatemouth was at home in Yazoo, Mississippi. This early interview was the second done with Gatemouth Moore. One of Bob Friedman's earliest interviews, he was mainly working to have Moore share as much as he could of the lay of the land, regarding WEDR and WJLD announcers in the early 50's. Friedman's zeal is best expressed by his sharing with Gatemouth how the collection was growing and by his hope Moore would follow through sending Friedman his music. The BBRM was a year old and much information was still needed. Gatemouth refers to individuals that Friedman has not yet learned about. When Gatemouth does not eventually recall those names, we have placed a note to name the individual. * WDIA's power was rated at 250 watts from 1947 until 1954 when they changed frequencies to 1070 AM and were allowed to increase power to 50,000 watts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 3, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tabor Chapman Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF MP3 JPG Language A language of the resource English 1950s A. G. Gaston Bob Umbach Eddie Castleberry Gatemouth Moore Gospel Jim Connolly Leland Chiles Music N. H. Smith Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart Trumon Puckett W. A. Clark Walter Anglin WEDR William Faush Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/1908de3ce9165c60960f7e9b8229834b.jpg c3b8eb8b993a8f2b9205d4196c3ac275 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/01f0f16e1f5d39767b27e3d94b1a5226.mp3 fa3c72843e593e1a0d7afb04e453384b https://thebbrm.org/files/original/67ad74f10d080ab02a697f8543bda316.pdf 46963665a467ff83e1d804afd09462e3 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 Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Gary Richardson Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore Roy Wood Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Gatemouth Moore: ...and there’s a part of Stardust where you’re singing that was long ago and now my inspiration, there’s a break where you search out and holler, or say something, and then the girls scream but I didn’t get to scream that day I got ready to got to that break to get ready to sing “stars” and stretched out and laid back to kill ‘em and the girl beat me saying “Oh sing it you Gatemouth sob” (laughing) Gary Richardson: What? Gatemouth: The drum fell off, the drum it broke up the show and I didn’t whether to cry quit or what ,and I was going to quit the show I was embarrassed, It was the most em... so the gentleman that owned the theater I’ll never forget his name, he said to me, Mr Moore Mr. Moore think about that now in the ‘30s, what do you make a week I said I make $9 dollars a week. I quit... and I got room and board what do you make nine... he said I’ll tell you what I’ll do How’d you like to have to $25. $25 dollars for what He said let me use that name that lady, not the back part of what she said, the first part and I’ll give you $25 just to let me advertise Gatemouth is in town. The next day I’m in my hotel down on Auburn street and here comes a cowbell and a mule with a hat on and a great big sign with a mouth so you know, an old wagon, Gatemouth at the 81. Gatemouth...And folks was laughing but the story about it, that night at midnight you couldn’t through the streets to see Gatemouth and I’d been there all week as Arnold Dwight Moore so from now on, Mr moore if you want to make some money be Gatemouth Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 51 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes 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 Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore, Oral History Description An account of the resource Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore - (b. Nov 8, 1913, d. May 19, 2004) one of the most daring of the radio announcers of the 1950’s, Moore was a blues singer in the 1930’s and 40’s and a gospel singer, minister and radio announcer in the 50’s, in Birmingham. His accomplishments can best be appreciated by listening to both interviews in the BBRM archive. In this interview, he is joined later on by another giant of Birmingham broadcasting, Roy Wood. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Gary Richardson Roy Wood Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 1, 1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joe Wright Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GatemouthMooreOH 1930s 1950s Beale Street Bob Umbach Bruce Payne Gary Richardson Gatemouth Moore Gospel Huntsville Jim Connolly Memphis Mutual Broadcasting System Roy Wood Trumon Puckett Walter Anglin WBCO WDIA WEDR WENN Wiley Daniels William Faush Willie McKinstry WJLD Zack Allen https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ddbf8777e2d8337798614987a18214d6.jpg 94692bc1ea479597e4da85639d7c5ac9 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a9b1464a0d9a94399de3eefca4f8af39.jpg 0a04811fbd15bf69e13e6fedb1ec5646 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. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Audience Estimates in the Birmingham ARB Radio Market, American Research Bureau Description An account of the resource Box 6 Folder 18: "Ok, this is folder 18, and what it is is rating sheets, one for May of 1972. Well, they’re both for May of 1972. One for Monday through Sunday and one for Saturday, for 3 to 7 on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday. One’s weekends and one’s Monday through Sunday. Well, I take that back. There are some weekends on some. But what this really is is a view of the station’s broadcasting from the vantage point of the American Research Bureau, which we said earlier was a precursor to Arbitron, as to how these stations were doing in their average ratings with various definitions of rating. WAPI, with the exception of WENN radio, WENN was number 1 simulcasting with FM. WENN-AM was number 1 in 1972 with average persons listening, way more than most. Average persons…. Alright, it was quite a contest. WJLD was right up there too. WSGN was very popular. Yeah, I’m not…. Correction. WENN-AM was not number 1. Looks like number 1 was WYDE, but it depends on what you’re looking at. What rating slot and what time slot as well. Anyway. Rating sheets from 1972 for Birmingham radio for the researcher. From the WJLD files." 1970s American Research Bureau (ARB) Birmingham Ratings WAPI WENN WJLD WSGN WYDE https://thebbrm.org/files/original/3a6f0acf10ced58ff2f51c2935f0310f.jpg 2da8032237dcce25deba6cd3d3abff31 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/99a695f8448346d5d2a1daca0a254f53.jpg 1ec8b7eb9c45c9bb625ed973073aa1db 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. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Audio Frequency Proof of Performance Measurements, WJLN-FM Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 33: "This is folder 33, from 1969. It is an audio frequency proof of performance measurements of WJLN-FM, which is 104.7 on the FM dial, megacycles. A testing by the engineering department of the National Association of Broadcasters from December 12, 1969. Scanned cover and back page which shows equipment measured and used for measurements. I believe this was in the WJLD files." 1960s FM National Association of Broadcasters WJLN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/aee01736f85fc156d463d1edd1b95299.jpg d72126fd4c95f1a971e1b6c83f287c93 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. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 B. B. King Blues Hour Description An account of the resource Box 8 Folder 56: "OK, Folder 56 is a sample of the B.B. King Blues Hour. This was a program that B.B. King produced or that he was the jock on but I’m sure he had help producing it at the time. In 1989, a series of shows that were delivered by long playing records, 33 RPM records, where he had a theme each time and then would play records associated with that theme. These were products put out by Bullet Productions, and this is a sample sheet from one of those 33 RPM records. For instance, this Blues Hour was considered Blue Money. That was the theme, Blue Money. And during that he would play “My Money’s Green” by Little Charlie and the Nightcaps, he would play “Get Rich Quick” by Little Richard, “Your Cash Ain’t Nothing but Trash” the Clovers, he would play on and on and on. He would play lots of really really good and obscure blues pieces. He didn’t play himself. “Money Honey” by the Drifters and so forth. And we have a lot of these Blues Hour shows in the BBRM. We actually have the discs and programming. We played his program on WJLD from something like 8 to 9 in the morning or 9 to 10 in the morning on Saturdays. Only on Saturdays." 1980s B. B. King Music https://thebbrm.org/files/original/7e8a68daa18fa6d3efa3a973fb1a7fb9.jpg 82bf8b2534effdb33b59010fa03c7f61 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. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. 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 Ballpoint Pen, WJLD Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 15: "We’re now at folder 15 which contains a ballpoint pen with a big WJLD microphone and the insignia of WJLD on it. It’s a beautiful memento that was owned by engineer Jimmy Jones and donated by his wife to the museum. This again we approximate 1967." 1960s Jimmy Jones Memorabilia WJLD