Clipping, "KKK Signs Painted on Building - Negro Radio Station Warned 'Get Off the Air and Stay Off'"

Box 3 Folder 46: "Now we move to folder 46 which are a series of clippings. These are clippings. This is one clipping that is where WEDR, where Shelley Stewart was at, “KKK” was written on WEDR. $5000 worth of vandalism. Ed Estes operated the station at this time, in Pensacola as well, another...

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Published:	Birmingham Black Radio Museum
Subjects:	Ephemera
Online Access:	http://thebbrm.org/items/show/277

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description	Box 3 Folder 46: "Now we move to folder 46 which are a series of clippings. These are clippings. This is one clipping that is where WEDR, where Shelley Stewart was at, “KKK” was written on WEDR. $5000 worth of vandalism. Ed Estes operated the station at this time, in Pensacola as well, another in Mobile, says “the first trouble he has experienced came, May 17th, when someone cut the support cables on the WEDR tower, causing the $5000 tower to fall to the ground.” Now as we all remember this is the second all black staffed radio station in the United States. “Estes offered a $1000 reward for the conviction. Engineers who checked the tower periodically told Estes on several occasions they’d found dead dogs with their throats cut at the base of the tower.” These are just horrible Klan activity. This was May 3rd, 1958. LWR: That looks like May 30th. BF: 30th. May 30th. God knows why any of this ever survived. “We stay completely out of controversial issues,” he said, “and we do not accept political announcements under any circumstances. All this trouble is from agitators and troublemakers” is what Ed Estes thought. Agitators and troublemakers. Ok. “One caller threatened to level the building with the ground. Perry Tiger Thompson, a Negro former announcer for EDR, entered the first primary race for lieutenant governor, but withdrew after a brief campaign. Estes said he is no longer an announcer for the station.” Ok. Pretty terrible. From the BN or BPH archives."
spelling	Clipping, "KKK Signs Painted on Building - Negro Radio Station Warned 'Get Off the Air and Stay Off'"Box 3 Folder 46: "Now we move to folder 46 which are a series of clippings. These are clippings. This is one clipping that is where WEDR, where Shelley Stewart was at, “KKK” was written on WEDR. $5000 worth of vandalism. Ed Estes operated the station at this time, in Pensacola as well, another in Mobile, says “the first trouble he has experienced came, May 17th, when someone cut the support cables on the WEDR tower, causing the $5000 tower to fall to the ground.” Now as we all remember this is the second all black staffed radio station in the United States. “Estes offered a $1000 reward for the conviction. Engineers who checked the tower periodically told Estes on several occasions they’d found dead dogs with their throats cut at the base of the tower.” These are just horrible Klan activity. This was May 3rd, 1958. LWR: That looks like May 30th. BF: 30th. May 30th. God knows why any of this ever survived. “We stay completely out of controversial issues,” he said, “and we do not accept political announcements under any circumstances. All this trouble is from agitators and troublemakers” is what Ed Estes thought. Agitators and troublemakers. Ok. “One caller threatened to level the building with the ground. Perry Tiger Thompson, a Negro former announcer for EDR, entered the first primary race for lieutenant governor, but withdrew after a brief campaign. Estes said he is no longer an announcer for the station.” Ok. Pretty terrible. From the BN or BPH archives."http://thebbrm.org/item/277http://thebbrm.org/files/original/4464b80b3ba879efff5cd71efa5a6f5d.jpghttp://thebbrm.org/files/original/7238c96703b0eb2d014bbb8c0b400ff3.jpghttp://thebbrm.org/files/original/d06346fb303e4f78ee7bb10b6db659be.jpg
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Clipping, "KKK Signs Painted on Building - Negro Radio Station Warned 'Get Off the Air and Stay Off'"

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