Episode 065 - Bob Friedman BBRM 2023 Digital History Prize

Episode 65 – Bob Friedman on the Birmingham Black Radio Museum's
2023 Digital History Award (Large Project Category). Air Date:
August 3, 2023 Bob Friedman, founder and director of the Birmingham
Black Radio Museum (BBRM) talks about receiving the Alabama
Historical Association's 2023 Digital History Award, about the
founding of the BBRM, and about his background in (and the history
of) Black centered radio as a veteran talk show host and manager.
He talks about singing with and interviewing many Black R&B and
Gospel performers, and he tells us about Paul "Tall Paul" White, a
legendary radio announcer of 1950s and 1960s Birmingham. Links to
things mentioned in the episode: Birmingham Black Radio Museum
(BBRM) https://www.thebbrm.org/ Alabama Historical Association
Digital History Award
https://www.alabamahistory.net/digital-history-award Alabama
Historical Association https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama
Department of Archives and History https://archives.alabama.gov/
Department of Archival Studies, SLIS, University of Alabama
https://cis.ua.edu/academic-departments/school-of-library-information-studies/
The Carver Theater https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Carver_Theater
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame https://jazzhall.com/ Paul "Tall Paul"
White http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Tall_Paul Alabama Broadcasters
Association Hall of Fame
https://al-ba.com/wp2/aba-hall-of-fame-and-broadcasters-of-the-year/
"View a Radio Hero"
https://www.blog.thebbrm.org/2020/04/22/a-radio-hero/ Radio
Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress [April 2023
Program]
https://radiopreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/23-LOC-Conference-Program-FINAL.pdf
Dr. Robert Riter https://cis.ua.edu/cis-theme-staff/bob-riter/
Rather read? Here's a link to the transcript on Google Drive:
https://tinyurl.com/7377xjb *Just a heads up – the provided
transcript is likely to be less than 100% accurate. The Alabama
History Podcast's producer is Marty Olliff and its associate
producer is Laura Murray. Founded in 1947, the Alabama Historical
Association is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama.
The AHA provides opportunities for meaningful engagement with the
past through publications, meetings, historical markers, and other
programs. See the website https://www.alabamahistory.net/