KCOR Microphone
name: label: maker
content: Shure
notes: label: Description
content: This model 55 Shure microphone was used at the KCOR-AM radio building in San Antonio, Texas during the 1950s. First introduced in 1939, the microphone became iconic due to its adoption by radio personalities and musical acts. The microphone uses Shure’s “Unidyne” element, a pick-up element that only accepts sounds from one direction and forms a cardioid sensitivity pattern. KCOR was licensed and operated by Raoul A. Cortez (1905-1971), a pioneer of Spanish-language media in the United States. Cortez later established the KCOR-TV station in 1955, and programmed his stations to serve the Spanish-speaking community in Texas.
topic: label: associated community
content: Latino
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Communications
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Univision Communications, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0002.03
label: model number
content: 555
label: model number
content: S56
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0002.03
label: accession number
content: 2015.0002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microphone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grey, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 in; 29.21 cm x 13.0175 cm x 17.78 cm