1922:
Alabama’s first licensed radio station, WSY-AM, went on the air.
1973:
The downtown section of Morris Avenue between 21st and 24th Streets became the first site in Birmingham added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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A look back: April 24
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Facebook watch: Let’s get This American Lifed
We’ve been noticing the increasing number of groups being created in Facebook (and frankly a lot more traffic there too). We thought it would be a good idea to start taking a look at some of the local groups that are popping up on Facebook.
This first one is tied to a national phenomenon, or at least to one that will be. Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life is preparing to produce a stage show and broadcast it live, via satellite, to theaters across the country. There’s more information about the event available from the show’s website. So why not create a group on Facebook that encourages folks to take the survey and make sure that people know we want to have a local theater involved?
Well, the votes have been counted and it looks like we were able to get some since the Regal Cinemas 16 in Trussville will one of the more than 300 theaters nationwide participating on May 1 at 7 p.m. CDT. Tickets go on sale TODAY online.
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Chicago Public Radio, live performance, location, performance, radio, screening, This American Life, ticket information, viewing
A look back: March 31
1921:
Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company was sold to the Birmingham Electric Company.
2005:
WRAX-FM moved from FM 107.7 to FM 100.5.
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Frank’s back on the mic Monday
The Mayor of the Airwave’s returning to the AM dial beginning Monday. Frank Matthews “retired” from talk radio shortly after the election of Larry Langford as mayor of Birmingham to become the co-director of the Mayor’s Office of Citizen’s Assistance. Now he’ll be pulling double duty as he takes to the airwaves weekdays from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on WATV (900 AM).
Matthews did recently appear on the radio, though only for a few seconds, during a heated exchange with Matt Murphy on Murphy’s program.
As the Birmingham News article relays, he’s not the only local civil servant with a spot on the dial. The question remains how he’ll balance those two hats that he’s going to have to wear…
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Now hear this: Matthews vs. Murphy online
It’s currently one of the featured posts over on Birmingham Weekly’s Mixed Media blog – Kyle’s piece about Frank Matthews’ “exchange”with Matt Murphy on Murphy‘s February 8th broadcast resulting from John Archibald’s* blog post on February 7 about Larry Langford’s mayoral campaign’s media dealings. Now you can hear how it went down.
WAPI-AM has posted the audio from this exchange on-air; listen up and let us know what you think:
*Incidentally, I’ll finally get a chance to meet the Birmingham News columnist when he and I join Wade Kwon as panelists at today’s PRSA meeting beginning at 11:45 a.m.
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