WANN Microphone Flag
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This microphone flag is made of cast aluminum. It was used for a drop mounted microphone. “WANN” is cast on the bottom part. This microphone flag was used by WANN (1190 AM) radio station.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WANN (1190 AM) was a radio station based out of Annapolis, Maryland that primarily served the area's growing African American community. Morris Blum founded it in 1946, and it broadcast to the entire mid-Atlantic region. The station was home to disc jockey Charles "Hoppy" Adams starting in the early 1950s. Adams hosted weekly events at a local African American only beach, Carr's Beach, which were popular with the area's youth population. </p>
label: Description
content: <p>WANN continued to program gospel, rhythm and blues, and public affairs features until 1992 when the station changed to a mainstream country format with the catchphrase “Bay Country 1190.” Around 1998, the station changed ownership and became WBIS, broadcasting a News Talk Information format.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0339.06
label: accession number
content: 2016.0339
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0339.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microphone flag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 11.43 cm x .9525 cm