Historically, radio stations in black colleges and universities have always played a special role in joining school communities. Students are trained at campus stations, and many have problems that make public affairs programs and other media. Rich historical and programming This stations produced by these stations, these stations have made a new effort to protect these stations since reel-to-to-Moel writers and the days used by MP3 eight ways.
WSha at the University of Shaw in Raleigh was the first HBCU owner radio station when he went out in 1963 in 1963. Currently, the country’s 104 hBCU has 29 mainly radio stations with jazz, R & B and public works formats. It is seven North Carolina.
Stations, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And former President Barack Obama, former President Barack Obama, Reve Jesse played a role of social change by prominent civil rights and political leaders. However, most of these articles are at risk of getting lost due to deterioration, worn formats or lack of storage.
“They’re too much time,” he said.
Robinson’s goal is to help protect archives of HBCU radio stations, reels, 8 pieces and other articles.
“In most cases, there was no connection between the radio station and the institutional archives, so he said Robinson,” said Robinson, “he said. If you can’t play anything back, you don’t keep it because you need this place for other things. “
Robinson says the sounds of Wright State University, which works on a master’s degree in the Archive administration, realizes the importance of HBCU radio articles.
The “WYSS ‘collection, all these incredible black sounds from Kwame Ture have had all these incredible black sounds from Alice Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks to Gwendolyn Brooks,” Robinson said.
“I think I know that there are several hbcus radio stations, and I thought this small radio station in this Private Liberal Art College, in terms of archives of our organizations?
Thus, in 2019, Robinson provided $ 15,000 grant from the National Record Protection Fund to explore audio files of HBCU stations. He used this information to acquire other financiers. Donors helped $ 350,000, about $ 350,000, Robinson’s Four HBCU radio station allows for 350,000 dollars that allow you to perform and digit audio recordings. Wrvs at Elizabeth City State University was one of them.
“I both from both archives and” Yes, our material is important. But when Elizabeth City is really very unique, it is very important to see some of these old-fashioned cars and playback equipment and old formats, dats and carts and cassettes, and like this, “Robinson”.
Elizabeth City State University WRVS, North Carolina’s first public radio station on March 18, in 1986, 6.00 in 1986, was determined in the morning and digitally. Wrvs started with 10,000 watt and now 41,000 watt stations, this is a 41,000 watts station with this ether, sports, gospel, jazz and R & B … Melba Smith, General Director of the station, said the station’s archive is full of historical treasures.
“As a higher education institution, our campus allows our musicians, teachers to bring many attention to our teachers.“
Benjamin Ruffin was the main dynamic during ECSU’s 136th initial training. Ruffin, civil rights activist, work executive and first African American, chaired the UNC board of the governors. Labels of WRVs are sorted and valued by members of the project group to see the required things. Smith says most of these ribbons and reels were in a bad situation.
“Some were located in the closet behind our station,” Smith said. “The mildebra was found, some were found, some were cleaned, and some had to break down and be brought together.
Dr. Robinson, who handed hands on the site, “Elizabeth City,” Elizabeth City, “Several incredible votes in the Bible Augustine is a place where we are familiar with women’s basketball games.
In no free, the WRVs writings were sent to the north-east document protection center in the box and the project partner, Massachusetts and returned to the station. In South Carolina, in Fisk and Savannah State Universities, the other three HBCU stations in the pilot initiative were also the same.
Since the success of the pilot program, Robinson says that all HBCU radio stations receive a four-year and $ 5 million grant to expand the project to protect all HBCU radio stations.
“Robinson said,” said, “Robinson said to” the project “to eliminate all stations.” “And only this can not be used by any radio station, especially the presence of an archive to work with any radio station, especially tribal plants and community-based stations and community-based stations and community-based stations, materials.”
“Dr. He did not approach Robinson, we will not be able to continue this project in this project in this project,” he said. “We are a very small staff and use limited sources and financial capabilities. Thus, it is not to document and protect the inheritance of WRVs.”
Smith is more than 65 hours of voice articles and digital from the cassette. They plan to get the content on the website and in the American broadcast archive. Robinson views archive notes as an important part of American history.
“You know that HBCU Radio is not only the voice of a campus society, it is too many,” Robinson said. “This is the story of a campus unity and is the story of a society that supports the campus. These are our stories, all worth saving.”
Robinson, HBCU radio stations supporting additional voice conservation education, protection conferences and other sources and other sources will include grants to participate in other sources. The authorities at the University of Shaws say that WSHA sold his license in 2018, and said they could protect Robinson.
