Album, Record

WJR: Fifty Years of Unique Radio, May 4, 1922 - May 4, 1972

Vinyl record: "WJR Fifty Years of Unique Radio"; released in commemoration of the fiftieth year of operation of the radio station WJR (originally WCX), containing recordings of broadcasts, selected by Michael Whorf, spanning the station's life. Clips from international news stories such as the moon landing, World War II, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are coupled with those from local stories like Father Charles Coughlin, the role of WRJ's mobile unit in the 1953 Flint tornado, and the 1967 Detroit Riots. Past shows and personalities are also featured, including The Big Red Apple Club, Prosperity F.O.B., The Music Men, Guest House, Rosemary McGann, Ron Gamble, Don Large, Norman White, George A. Richards, Jim Quello, and Edgar A. Guest, who read one of his poems for the station's first broadcast. The front of the record's jacket is decorated with sixteen small square sepia-toned images of radios, ranging from early crystal sets to portable transistor radios. A collection of images representing the events, personalities, and shows on the record, as well as a brief description are on the back of the sleeve.