Birmingham, Alabama, has enjoyed a long and distinguished broadcasting history. The city's first radio station aired in 1922, and television arrived in 1949. Both media produced personalities who became household names in the city. Audiences came to know Joe Rumore, Tommy Charles, Country Boy Eddy, Cousin Cliff Holman, Rosemary, Pat Gray, Tom York, and many others as if they were members of their own families. Even the commercials became as memorable as the news, entertainment, talk, and children's shows they interrupted.
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Author Tim Hollis is a Birmingham native and resident who writes about a wide variety of pop culture nostalgia topics. His previous book for Arcadia, Images of America: Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, detailed the city's downtown landmarks. In Images of America: Birmingham Broadcasting, he turns to the rich radio and television heritage of this area and enables his readers to spend some quality time with old friends.
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The book is well researched with many little known facts.
As I read, I remembered what was being described from when I was growing up and kept saying "That's right, I remember that!". Great book.
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The beginning of radio broadcasting in Birmingham reads a hit like alphabet soup, hut just hang on to your antenna, and maybe we can get it straightened out. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pat Gray, Benny Carle, Alvin Hudson, Joe Langston, Tom York, Cliff Holman, Bill Bolen, Rosemary Lucas, Cousin Cliff, Morning Show, Shat Gregory, Wendell Harris, Red Mountain, Fannie Flagg, Dick Breit, Harry Mabry, Jim Lucas, Neal Miller, Patsy Preston, Sergeant Jack, Country Boy Eddy, Hugh Smith, Romper Room, Bart Darby, Shaf Gregory New!
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The beginning of radio broadcasting in Birmingham reads a hit like alphabet soup, hut just hang on to your antenna, and maybe we can get it straightened out. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pat Gray, Benny Carle, Alvin Hudson, Joe Langston, Tom York, Cliff Holman, Bill Bolen, Rosemary Lucas, Cousin Cliff, Morning Show, Shat Gregory, Wendell Harris, Red Mountain, Fannie Flagg, Dick Breit, Harry Mabry, Jim Lucas, Neal Miller, Patsy Preston, Sergeant Jack, Country Boy Eddy, Hugh Smith, Romper Room, Bart Darby, Shaf Gregory New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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