overall: 23 in x 13 1/2 in x 1 in; 58.42 cm x 34.29 cm x 2.54 cm
Object Name:
banner
Place made:
United States
Date made:
1950s
Description:
<p>This banner was used by the Annapolis, Maryland radio station WANN during the 1950s. The blue felt banner has gold trim with gold fringe tassels and reads “WANN/DIAL/ 1190.”</p>
<p>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.</p>
