Raytheon Mixing Box
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: manufacturer
content: Raytheon Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This mixing box was made by Raytheon Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, 1950s. It is a portable mixing box, model RR-30, serial #201, made of metal, with plastic components. This mixing box was used with other equipment in the remote ready box (2002.0319.20) by the Annapolis, Maryland radio station, WANN (1190 AM), for remote broadcasts. The mixer was accessioned with a custom carrying box, made of wood, covered with beige and brown fabric, with a clear plastic handle, two metal latches, and metal covered corners. The front of the box is stenciled “WANN.”</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: Illinois, Chicago
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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: 2002.0319.21
label: accession number
content: 2002.0319
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0319.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: mixing box: 10 in x 16 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 41.275 cm x 20.955 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 11 5/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 17 1/4 in; 29.5275 cm x 26.3525 cm x 43.815 cm