Missionary Hour New Years Day Program, January 1, 1953 (part 1); Campaign disc
date: label: recording date
content: 1952
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Radio transcription disc. side 1: <i>Missionary Hour New Year’s Day, January 1, 1953 (part 1)</i> (recorded 12/05/52); side 2: <i>Campaign Disc</i> (recorded 05/02/52). Used by WANN (1190) 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: Maryland, Annapolis
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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: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Morris H. Blum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0165.7774
label: accession number
content: 2000.0165
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0165.7774
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in; x 40.64 cm