6 10 504 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/f5b3be2bd753c36e29fbe3968c7e1a8f.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/2d2e4a95a9326ab4d81245cc1dcbce08.mp3 b67de233df18d86ef2dbe1a3cd86d404 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/8701de5866d73ed23b14a0a7665da704.pdf 728f12228ae1e436d9790109166a732d 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Ben: There was some kind of legal angle that Johnston left that building down yonder on that Super Highway vacant and didn’t even try to rent it for 4 or 5 years. Bob- mmhm. Ben- They said that he made money on it. Bob- mmhm. Ben- Some way or another. It.. Bob- he declared a loss or whatever.. Ben- Yeah. The loss was, anyhow, Uh but Gaston is the same way. Mmhm. And um. They bought an old transmitter from Memphis and um, WQBC the one on 560, It was an old transmitter, shouldn’t have bought it…Claude Gray talked him into it because he liked it and he thought was the thing to do, he was honest, but um when um Kirkwood Balton found out it was so big and wouldn’t go in the building they had it out there and he didn’t want to put up a bigger building. So he bought a new transmitter. And made the building just a little bit larger. And um The old transmitter is sitting back there and I knew it was sitting back there and I knew, I knew some people that had a transmitter lie that… Bob- mmhm. Ben- And I thought Well I’m gonna talk Balton to see how much he wants for it. And uh, cause I knew some people that buy parts. Bob- sure. Be- You couldn’t get parts. So I called Balton up and I told him, I said, you got that old RCA transmitter out there and uh He said yeah it’s out there - had coffins piled up on top of it - right there in warehouse where the coffins are. And I said, I tell you what Ill give you 100 dollars for it. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 32 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 03) Description An account of the resource Engineer Ben Franklin (Ben) continues in this November 4th, 1993 interview recounting his stories of early Birmingham radio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 04, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://thebbrm.org/files/original/162996883b869ea4acd279d6cca3aaeb.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/ccd39c1e362fd1e93964ba641cfd2e8b.mp3 37e8641d71dda0ad18776c97892abdf6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/925436dfd72b5a610652c594d9b23e62.pdf 58a4f4f8bcf16f926dfdae0fa98264d1 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob- To me he was like a working class hero. Ben- He was. Yeah he was, I was going to tell… and mischievous, bad mischievious. Bob- And obviously not afraid of hardly anything. Since he was a Pullman and he worked, he went up against Pullman, he was a union organizer, boxer.. Ben- Oh he fussed them all, yeah yeah, oh listen and he was in with the city commission in Bessemer, Jesse Lanier was the Mayor then. And he handled things for the mayor and vice versa, it was one of those things. Bob- He was on BCO wasn’t he. He was on BCO before JLD. Ben- Yeah and then he was on EDR after that. Um, what I was going to tell you , he use to do in the morning, what we use to do on Saturday Morning he… He said you know that there’s a widow woman who had a Cadillac she did need and she would give it to Willie (McKinstry) and uh Willie wants to give his car away, if you jut call Willie he’d give you his car. Give his home telephone number Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 31 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 04) Description An account of the resource Engineer Ben Franklin continues in this November 4th, 1993 interview recounting his stories of early Birmingham radio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 04, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://thebbrm.org/files/original/d70a45fc4caeeb24bf961ab1fe0cf4a8.jpg 91a6fbe7089ad2118e2da52b6c478eb6 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a868dc13bcb482a6df353ae313027470.mp3 bc67f0d26836d6b4de991f5413a64812 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/c0c8a69cf664b14137c2848e049b1387.pdf a5be04b62a11e251708d8949f368157f 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Ben Franklin Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob- I walked up to the top of the mountain.. Ben- Oh did you . Bob- about a week and a half ago. To where the station used to be cause the tower is still there. Ben- Yeah. Yeah. Bob- um but of course, you know and I I Just you know it was like was there alone, it was a beautiful day and you know you kinda wish that your doing to trip over a “d”, that fell off the building that was covered by Kudzu, but no such luck. Ben- Well is there uh, There’s still some equipment in there oh isn’t there part of it. Bob- but the building doesn’t exist.. Ben- well the rest of the building it was pretty good sized building, that was built for TV, uh, I was there when they blasted all that rock off. Bob- Uhhuh, Ben- and made a smooth enough place to put building, Bob- well there’s a building there, I mean you know there’s a building but I just assumed that um, I just assumed that what ever was WJLD, cause the studio was up there wasn’t it. Ben- Everything was there. Bob- Yeah. Ben- Studio, office, all was up there… Bob- But I just assumed that when I had spoke to Frank Giardino, He said no they bulldozed everything to the ground. It had been vandalized, it sat there for so long.. Ben- Umm Bob- um I just assumed that that building that now exists there was just you know new. Ben- Some body probably told him that, I don’t think he ever goes up there. It’s hard to get to, isn’t it? Bob- Uh Not terribly, I mean you can walk up, .. Ben- Yeah Well I’m talking about.. Bob- You can’t drive. Ben- Yeah. Bob- But you can walk up. Ben- Yeah well I walked up there, before they put the place there. Bob- Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Ben- It was just trees and rocks the first time I went up there. Bob- yeah. It’s mostly that now. I mean, Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 7 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 Ben Franklin, Oral History (part 05) Description An account of the resource Another interview with Ben Franklin (b. Mar 12, 1919, d. May 10, 1998) on his radio career Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ben Franklin 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 05, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Moore Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English https://thebbrm.org/files/original/d5512c20de438657bc7a1bd4754d7545.jpg f2d4b26415b30cc1987475b1aeff3c51 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e0802317e192a0270c215fb509376e57.mp3 c56bc08e5c5c0df698e8d20b4b6b6d21 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/17abe06c1555b177732d346b7b29a4d8.pdf d711f3414ddfc2acceca3e09eca028f2 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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: Andrew Dawkins: In ’50 and I was there…I went there in ’50, I believe. The station started a little bit before that because I came there in ’50 from a station in Tuscaloosa. Bob Friedman: Which one? A: WTBC. B: TBC. A: Mmhmm. B: Was it black formatted? A: No, what happened, I was in college there and I went there one year and I asked them to run a show there. They turned me down and they chose one of my classmates and he went home for the summer and I ran the show for the summer and as I was running the show for the summer, Mr. Woods from WBCO came, who had heard me, and invited me to Birmingham, which is my home. B: Uh huh. A: And so naturally I transferred schools and went to Miles and started working for BCO. B: Well, now, who is Mr. Woods? A: Mr. Woods was the manager. He was the manager. B: Do you remember his first name? A: Try to remember his first name now…Woods, Woods, Woods. I can’t remember his first name right now. B: Ok. A: Slim, tall fellow. Well, not tall but he was a slim fellow about 5’9” but he was a very fine fellow. And Lanier owned it then. B: Right. Was it true…do you remember if J.L. Doss had a piece of it? A: J.L. Goss? B: Doss. You know, the fellas…the family that owned WJLD. A: No, I don’t think they…Big Jess owned that station alone. B: Uh huh. Ok. A: As far as I know only Big Jess owned that station. Big Jess Lenier. B: Right. Became the mayor. A: Yes, became the mayor. He was the mayor before he became the mayor. B: Is that right? A: Yep. Big Jess was the word in Bessemer, Alabama. B: Uh huh. A: Mmhmm. B: And you were on the site on 17th Street and 3rd Avenue? A: Yeah, I was there. B: What was it like? What was the studio like? A: It was a small studio. We only had the ground floor there. We had a reception area. We had a large studio and then the control room on one side, I guess it would have had to be on the north side of the station. And on the south side was the suite of offices. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 57 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, 1994 Oral History Description An account of the resource Rev. Andrew “Sugar Daddy” Dawkins (b. Feb 24, 1930, d. Dec 9, 2014), radio announcer with two seminal radio stations, the first at WBCO AM 1450 in Bessemer in 1950 and the second at WEUP AM 1600, Huntsville, the latter Alabama’s first Black owner radio station. Andrew retired from radio to the Ministry in Montgomery, Alabama. (Please see second Dawkins interview from 2012 and interview of Don Solomon on Leroy Garrett) 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 February 15, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tom Kulowitz Mark Usry Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG PDF MP3 Language A language of the resource English 1950s Andrew "Sugardaddy" Dawkins Bessemer Jess Lanier Leroy Garrett Music Sponsors WBCO WEDR WEUP WEZB WJLD WTBC 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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/95bb1dac889f2dec768d0cef67bc37b4.jpg 797d587df414ee4877f872e7ffff7c00 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/b2b3273b16895970cbd1ee9ccb712e6c.mp3 5f254d3c46530eef12bfd014e9e727aa https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e3df5476a17190790025c3ae9b655b58.pdf b4d8b6843e466a15e412eaf7be6b3156 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Lee Bell Johnson Location The location of the interview WJLD radio studios, Birmingham AL Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription from audio snippet: Lee Bell Johnson: I Found The Answer. Bob Friedman: How's it go? LBJ: (sings) I found the answer I like to pray With faith to guide me Lord knows I found a way You know the sun is shining comin' down on me each day Lord I found the answer and I like to pray Said I found the answer Oh I like to pray And with faith to guide me Lord knows I found a way You know the sun is shining comin' down on me each day Lord then I found the answer And I like to pray 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 Lee Bell Johnson, Oral History Description An account of the resource Lee Bell Johnson (LBJ) – gospel singer, story teller, performer, born December 7, 1934 in Demopolis, Alabama, Marengo County – recounts her early childhood and introduction to singing at the age of four while living on a plantation. Lee Bell is regularly seen on the gospel circuit in Jefferson County when the singers get together every year for their anniversaries. Lee Bell graces this interview with song. The audio will be a song clip and hopefully encourage you to read her story. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lee Bell Johnson 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 February 19, 2011 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mark Usry Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF JPG MP3 Language A language of the resource English Bessemer Christmas Family Gospel Holidays Lee Bell Johnson Marengo County Music https://thebbrm.org/files/original/1206b7e519394fe6a8edb146cf91a9a9.jpg 648a5ca8249d86a04bfbd9d099ad8838 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/84116160f9c0d47fd7ca14e96a2fc998.mp3 356076347793c5af970e7b3f62cd10a7 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/5e63ded9bf1ee3ee55d1d732ff9df8df.pdf 58d6494d78b0ea57893c7fce79da2799 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Manuel Fitch Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob Friedman: Um, so ..so..what did this machine do? Manuel Fitch: That machine would ...just play music. Somethin’ like...what we got now… the...satellite. BF: Mhm MF: It played music and...you would come in and...maybe talk like you...maybe a minute or so to present the music. BF: Mhm MF: And rest of it, you didn't have to worry about bringin’ no music. It was… everything was programmed. Pre-programmed. BF: But you had to put music on that tape didn't you? MF: Oh yeah those tapes...they already had them made up BF: Who made ‘em? MF: A guy named Tony. Big, large guy. He was ‘bout four, five hundered pounds... BF: He worked at JLD? MF: Worked at JLD. Matter of fact, he worked at the company in Florida where the machine was originated from. BF: and he brought the tapes already made? MF: He made ‘em up BF: Here at JLD? MF: Yeah he made some of ‘em up before he got here. Cause he was, ya know, makin’ old music up... BF: Mhm MF: And sent ‘em out to other...Black radio stations. And he came in and he then he just program everything. BF: You gonna say somethin’ Mr. Hubbard? H: There were a lot of tapes… MF: Mhm BF: Mhm MF: Well what he's talkin’ about, there was a program came on on Friday… A fact, another reason I left because they faded my program out with somethin’ that they had a program like...BB King and different artists was singin’...it was just a tape that was used, made with our program. It might have been somethin’ like...Rhythm and Blues program on Saturday mornin’. BF: Uh huh MF: And those tapes was pre...made and...they came in through the maill. I don’t think..and all ya had to do is listen at ‘em when they end and put in your commercial. Matter of fact, like I said I did it for a while and I got tired of doin’ that and I so I told Tony that I was tired of that. BF: Mhm MF: So he told me. He said, “well if the program don’t do no good, we gonna give it to someone else." And he did I left Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 31 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 Manuel Fitch, Oral History Description An account of the resource Manuel Fitch, long time gospel announcer currently on WJLD Radio AM 1400 and 94.1 FM, on Saturday mornings from 6-8AM. Manuel began working in Birmingham radio in the 1970’s and shared his recollections and stories from his scrapbook pictures. His early nickname was “The Mellow Man.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Manuel Fitch 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 February 05, 2011 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Leciel Hubbard Gary Richardson Mark Usry Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 PDF JPG Language A language of the resource English 1960s 1970s 1980s Ed "Johnny Jive" McClure El Dorado Club Gary Richardson Gospel Jimmy Lawson Leciel Hubbard Manuel Fitch Music Platter Parties Rhythm and Blues Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart Tape Automation Walter Anglin WBUL WENN Willie McKinstry WJLD https://thebbrm.org/files/original/90bdcf7174de327a7de7fb9bba6eed99.jpg 0b9c64b7e3685b8ed891b27d7bfc67af https://thebbrm.org/files/original/00f355bbf94ab785164e0a5683ab2eec.mp3 c104e01e489243064f96a4217c09790d https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a19875490865a39f32aced06b218b321.pdf ddfc4455df3c7d0bcce0dfebdda3b6b0 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Ophelia George Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Ophelia: Ok, I’m trying to think of this guy who was a radio announcer and he only recently retired……ummmm, one of his eyes were a little bad. Bob: Walter Anglin? Ophelia: What’s the name? Bob: Walter Anglin Ophelia: Yeah, Walter Anglin, Walter Anglin was… Bob: I was at Walter’s house just yesterday afternoon… Ophelia: No kiddin’! Up here in… Bob: Up in Golden Crest…that’s where he is now…he’s been by the station…we’ve done an interview with him and we also made some copies of pictures for him and Haddie….that they didn’t know even existed…of him, and he brought in some of his own stuff and we made copies of that, Ophelia: Well, he’s an old timer…Walter Anglin Bob: O yeah…Walter goes back…One thing, he doesn’t remember a whole lot. When you go into the forties you know that, he knows he did some kiddie shows at the Famous Theater…. Ophelia: uh huh Bob: Umm but it seems like his first radio experience was on WEDR. Ophelia: Yeah, well daddy was on WEDR…. Bob: hmm Ophelia: ……on WENN…. Bob: hmm Ophelia: W…lemme see, what was the other station…. Bob: Was he on BCO at all? Ophelia: What? Bob: Was he on BCO? Ophelia: BTO? Bob: BCO…like “c” like Charlie. Ophelia: No. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 11 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 Reflections on Deacon Richmond Davis, from his daughter Ophelia George Description An account of the resource Ms Ophelia Davis George (b. Nov 9, 1929, d. Mar 25, 2015), daughter of gospel broadcaster Deacon Richmond Davis (b. abt 1904, d. abt 1967). Davis began his gospel broadcasting in Birmingham in 1939 on WBRC, forerunner of WERC (960 AM), and was sponsored for many years by Taft Epstein’s Jewelry Store in downtown Birmingham. Davis’ broadcasts were later heard on WSGN 610 AM (1943), WEDR 1220 AM, WJLD 1400 AM in the 1950’s and 60’s and later on WENN 1320 AM. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ophelia George 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 June 3, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jeff Hirschy Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF JPG MP3 Language A language of the resource English 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s Deacon Richmond Davis Epps Jewelry Company Ophelia George Taft Epstein W. A. Clark Walter Anglin WBRC WEDR WENN William Blevins WJLD WSGN https://thebbrm.org/files/original/e636a8c76a141b7a846a7827d6de3ff8.jpg bd9f5d000cdc240a71617fdb377d8f11 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/12f22693c7c3608cb66436680b6053ba.mp3 3ff8a47d23e6b60b38920483d948ef0a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/3448aec913c5bcb56e91124765cf9fc1.pdf 610bc594b70ae41543df9637bfa941f6 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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 Don Solomon Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription of audio snippet: Don Solomon: out at Legion Field. There was a time when AG Gaston would have, once a year in the summer, a major program in which he featured local quartets from all around the state. And he would bring in one group, one famous group. .. he brought in the Blue Jays. . But the make-up primarily of the program was local groups from all around the state. Whatever they were calling the stadium then – Legion Field – it was all one big thing. It’s not all like it is now… We filled it up. Eating peanuts. Peanuts was a nickel a bag. Wasn’t no popcorn, was peanuts and cold drinks. It cost a quarter to get in the program, but if you had a book with Booker T. Washington Insurance Company, ya got in free. Insurance book, ya understand? Bob Friedman: Yeah DS: Anyway, quartets would line up a mile a minute waiting on their chance for the two songs they had. BF: Did they have a sound system? DS: Yeah, sound system, it was a big thing…Well, the Heavenly Four won third place in the contest, I think primarily because we were children. BF: But you haven’t told me how the Titusville Spiritual Five transitioned... DS: They were called the Titusville Spiritual Five at that program. Ok? BF: What year is that? DS: Man are you kidding? Give me a break. I have no idea. But anyway, BF: must have been ’45 or so… DS: Anyway, the Titusville Spiritual Five sung at the program. And we won third place. People talk about it now. We sung “The Gospel Train” the way the Golden Gates recorded it. And Monroe, ya see Monroe right over there..he’d come to the mike and say “All Aboard.” (pointing to the picture) that fella right there. Anyway, Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 40 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 Don Solomon, 2007 Oral History Description An account of the resource Rev. Don Solomon (b.Feb 13, 1932, d. Dec 14, 2017) Pastor for many years of the Lily Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and worked closely for years with UAB’s School of Public Health founding Congregations for Public Health. Solomon served as right hand man to millionaire A.G. Gaston for whom he worked for some 40 years, retiring as a senior vice president of Booker T. Washington Insurance Company. From 2005 until his passing, he was a member and harmony instructor with the Birmingham based Pillars of Birmingham gospel quartet. In this interview, Don shares his early life and his first gospel singing experiences with groups in his child hood in the 1940’s Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Don Solomon 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 May 25, 2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lindsey Reynolds Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English 1940s 1950s A. G. Gaston Don Solomon Edgar Simmons Herbert Artis Legion Field PCW Aggregation quartets Robert Walter Roberta Roland Roy Lewis The Evangeleers The Golden Gates The Heavenly Four The Titusville Spiritual Five The William McKinstry Singers Trumon Puckett US Air Force Vester Jackson WENN WJLD WVOK https://thebbrm.org/files/original/0d74549a2596953f81927116973f13a8.jpg 65c4640bc0ef7427faf2fc3bfba65d66 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/5aee9db1c74bd0738f3ba5be31e72950.mp3 4a4afe1c35bc2073c16f925bf723ca1f https://thebbrm.org/files/original/599d5ec3b24ea5904b46af4fd7a7e04f.pdf c81f2e018bb2373c607f73da68aa5777 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 A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. 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. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription of audio snippet: James Freeman: I tell you what…uh… EDR was very intriguing for me. You know, at that time, you had the Shelley Stewarts. You know Shelley “the playboy” was very hot, very popular, and you had Walter Anglin, and you had Eddie Castleberry, you know, Wiley Daniels, and then later on you had Rev. S. T. Spencer and Rev. Gatemouth Moore. So, I came around, I thought, some of the greatest announcers I’ve ever been around. So, you see, I didn’t have to go to school. What I did was just sit there… Bob Friedman - …and learn. JF - …and learn. BF – Yeah. JF – I learned from the pros. So, I thank them for that though. BF- So now, Eddie Castleberry, we’re in touch with him. He’s up in New York. He left Birmingham in 1955, went down to Washington and then to Florida; WMBM. All these greats that you mentioned… When you were at WEDR, how long were you there for…a couple of years? JF – A couple of years. About a couple of years. BF – What I would like you to do if you can is reflect on what it was like at JLD on the mountain. I’m going to ask you later on about BCO and WEDR. What do you remember walking into the building? Was there anything unique about the building or where you went? Did you get a chance to meet Bob Umbach before he left town? JF – Sure did. I sure did. I sure did. What was so unique about that every Saturday morning I would walk up the hill and walk down the hill. BF – That long hill. JF – That long hill. But you know what, during that time that hill wasn’t so long. Walk up the hill and down the hill…I enjoyed that. On Sunday nights you could come out, you could stand, you could look out over the city. It was nice. You know, under the tower it was just beautiful. Sometimes you could go up there and just spread your blanket out and look over…just look over the city. That was what was so unique about JLD. And then plus the fact that JLD was a beautiful building. It was almost a new building when I got there. If two cars try to come down the hill one had to pull over and let the other one down. So, it was unique, you know. And here I am a youngster enjoying that, you know. BF – Sure. Now, Roy told me as well it was segregated studios when he got there. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed James Freeman Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 32 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 James Freeman, Oral History Description An account of the resource James Freeman, a Birmingham radio deejay who worked at WJLD 1400 and WEDR 1220 on and off for some 17 years. He spent some time in Columbus, Georgia and in Dayton, Ohio as a gospel announcer and then returned to Birmingham. He recalls his time on the air and his recollections of the civil rights struggles in Birmingham. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Freeman 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 June 3, 1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimberly McDade Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English 1950s 1960s 1970s Gatemouth Moore James Freeman Larry Levan Rhythm and Blues WEDR Willie McKinstry WJLD