Turntable
Turntable
- Description (Brief)
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This custom built-in turntable is comprised of a Bogen-Presto platter, Gray Research & Development Co., Inc. tonearm, and Daven Company equalizer. This equipment was used by Annapolis, Maryland radio station WANN (1190 AM).
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WANN (1190 AM) was a radio station based out of Annapolis, Maryland that primarily served the area's growing African American community. Morris Blum founded it in 1946, and it broadcast to the entire mid-Atlantic region. The station was home to disc jockey Charles "Hoppy" Adams starting in the early 1950s. Adams hosted weekly events at a local African American only beach, Carr's Beach, which were popular with the area's youth population.
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WANN continued to program gospel, rhythm and blues, and public affairs features until 1992 when the station changed to a mainstream country format with the catchphrase “Bay Country 1190.” Around 1998, the station changed ownership and became WBIS, broadcasting a News Talk Information format.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- turntable
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 23 in x 14 in; 20.32 cm x 58.42 cm x 35.56 cm
- turntable: 7 7/8 in x 13 1/2 in x 12 in; 20.0025 cm x 34.29 cm x 30.48 cm
- tone arm: 4 1/2 in x 17 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 11.43 cm x 43.4975 cm x 7.9375 cm
- equalizer: 7 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 11/16 in; 18.0975 cm x 8.89 cm x 9.36625 cm
- ID Number
- 2002.0319.22
- accession number
- 2002.0319
- catalog number
- 2002.0319.22
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morris H. Blum
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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