RCA Audio Consolette
date: label: date made
content: late 1950s
name: label: manufacturer
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This audio consolette was made by Radio Corporation of America in Camden, New Jersey, late 1950s. It is a Type BC-5 Audio Consolette, self-contained metal unit with a hinged front panel for access to components and wiring. The front panel is comprised of the following:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>8 input selector switches<br>4 mixer attenuator switches: MIX 1, MIX 2, MIX 3, MIX 4<br>4 mixer switches<br>2 remote line selector switches: REM 1 and REM 2<br>master gain control knob: MASTER<br>monitor input selector switch: MON INPUT<br>monitor gain control: MON GAIN<br>phone selector switch: PHONE<br>VU (Volume Unit) meter<br>phone jack</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>There are two additional components attached to the right side of the consolette: tape starters and tape audio. This consolette was used by WANN (1190 AM) 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 Jersey, Camden
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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: 2002.0319.19
label: accession number
content: 2002.0319
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0319.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: console
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in x 24 in; 29.21 cm x 54.61 cm x 60.96 cm