Chesapeake Broadcasters' Association Award
date: label: presentation date
content: 1989
name: label: manufacturer
content: HonorAwardPlaque
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This award was presented to radio station WANN (1190 AM) by the Chesapeake Broadcasters' Association, in 1989. It is a brown-stained rectangular wood plaque with a brass and black plastic engraved plate. The plate is marked:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>CHESAPEAKE<br> BROADCASTERS' ASSOCIATION<br> AWARD<br>FOR<br>OUTSTANDING COOPERATION<br>TO<br>WANN<br>1989</p>
label: Description (Brief)
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 (Brief)
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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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: 2002.0319.03
label: accession number
content: 2002.0319
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0319.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in x 1 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm x 2.54 cm