WCYB Radio Tapes
Scope and Contents
The WCYB Radio Tapes include country music performed on the WCYB programs "Farm and Fun Time" and the "Thrift Supply Company Show," 1947-49. The featured group on six of the tapes, the Tennessee Hilltoppers, played country music which featured electric guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass, and vocals. One of the tapes contains WOPI Radio (Bristol, Tennessee) transcriptions. Included on this tape is a segment of the "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show."
Dates
- 1947-1949
Creator
- WCYB (Radio station : Bristol, Tenn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for onsite research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to duplicate/publish/display publicly must be secured from the copyright holder(s). The Archives does not have any information about who holds the copyright for these tapes.
Extent
7.00 sound recordings (Seven 7-inch Reel-to-Reel Audio Tapes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
In 1979 Blaustein and Middle Tennessee State University professor Charles Wolfe obtained the permission of Don Campbell, Johnson City, Tennessee, owner of several WCYB transcription discs, to make audio tape copies of the discs.
Method of Acquisition
The WCYB Radio Tapes were donated to the archives in 1990 by Richard Blaustein, director of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, East Tennessee State University.
Processing Information
Processing of the collection was completed in 1992 by Marie Tedesco.
- Campbell, Don
- Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-
- Kelsey, V. V.
- King, Curly
- Morris, Shorty
- Russell, Roy
- Country music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fiddle tunes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Leonard, Zeke (Therl Edward), 1924-2008
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (Radio program) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee Hilltoppers (Musical group) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Thrift Supply Company show (Radio program) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- WOPI (Radio station: Bristol, Tenn.)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu