Popular Culture Collection

WSB Radio Records, 1920-1985 (bulk 1960-1980):

Photographs, sound recordings, artifacts, program logs, and other materials related to Atlanta's first radio station. (M004)

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WSB Radio Program and Date Log Books (1922-1949):

Log books include handwritten program notes, technical data, and information regarding dates and places of performances. 

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Ellen Sappington papers (1983-1993):

The Ellen Sappington papers primarily contain materials related to Sappington’s career as a news writer and producer at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. channels and networks. The papers include project files, rundowns for CNN news broadcasts, and audiovisual materials of promos and TV specials recordings, masters, and reels created by Sappington. The collection dates from 1983 to 1995 with the majority of materials from 1985 to 1993.

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Don Kennedy papers (1956-2013):

This collection contains materials related to the career of Atlanta-based radio and television station founder, manager, broadcaster, and actor Don Kennedy.

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Tim Johnson papers (1984-1997):

This collection contains materials documenting Johnson's career in Atlanta radio marketing and promotion.

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Frances L. Wallace Papers, 1903-1995 (bulk 1940-1991):

Materials that document the life and career of the pianist and organist for WSB, WAGA, and WCON. 

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Jack Tarver Research Collection, 1955-1969:

Recordings of WSB, WABE, and WAOK radio programs assembled by the prominent newspaper columnist and publisher. 

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Don Naylor Papers, 1934-1970:

Scrapbooks, sound recordings, correspondence, and scripts from Don Naylor's service at WGST and WAGA radio and WAGA-TV in Atlanta.

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Atlanta Country Music Collections:

Many of these musicians and performers appeared on WSB Radio during their careers.

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Periodicals Collection:

Variety of publications related to radio and popular music.

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WRAS Radio Records:

This collection contains materials documenting the Georgia State University student-run radio station. 

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Chick Kimball papers:

This collection contains materials related to WSB radio country music programming.

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Wayne Daniel Collection:

This collection contains materials related to radio broadcasting, programming, and stations, such as WSB.

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Ivey Peterson papers (circa 1935-1963):

This collection contains materials of the WSB Radio personality Ivey Peterson.

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Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Collection:

This collection contains printed materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and audio recordings related to the radio broadcasting careers of Hall of Fame inductees throughout the state of Georgia.

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Digital Collections at Georgia State University:

Images and documents from the WSB Radio Records are in the Broadcasting Collections

Images and documents from the Wayne Daniel Collection

 

Exhibit:

History of Radio Broadcasting in Georgia

 

Manuscript Collections in other repositories:

WSB-TV and WSB Records, ca. 1968-1980 are held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia.

WSB Records and Elmo Ellis Papers are available at the Manuscript, Archives, Rare Book Library, Emory University.

WSB-TV Records are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives, University of Georgia.

Materials on the 1962 Orly Airport plane crash, which carried mainly WSB workers, are available at The Atlanta History Center.

 

Internet Resources:

• WSB Radio
• WSB Radio 100th Anniversary
• Georgia Public Broadcasting "Voice of the South"
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• American Radio History