Wall Clock
date: label: date made
content: late 1940s
name: label: manufacturer
content: Self Winding Clock Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This clock was made by Self Winding Clock Co., Inc. in New York, New York, late 1940s. It is a wall clock made of brown metal frame with white dial, black and red markings, black hour and minute hands, and red second hand. It has a clear plastic front. There is a dial at the bottom of the clock. Used by WANN (1190) radio station.</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: New York, New York
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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
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: 2000.0165.7777
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clock
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 20 in x 5 in; 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm x 12.7 cm