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Archives: Radio Broadcast
WKBN:
- 2-8-1943: Payroll Record ($40 per week, ended employment on 11/4/1944)
- 1943: WKBN – Radio At War
- 1943: Personnel Employment Record WKBN (Albert J Freed, 323 N. Phelps St. Youngstown Ohio, 370 N. Lundy Ave. Salem Ohio, L.P. Metzger, C.E. Hershner, Ralph W Hawley, Salem News, WKST)
- 1943: “Alan Freed, News at 11pm” (battle grounds of the world on your radio, latest reports)
- 1943: “CBS Network” (WKBN, CBS Network – Radio’s Finest, 570 – First on your dial)
WAKR:
- 1945: “Basketball” (Barberon High School)
- 1945: To Start Thursday Evening (Kent State University, W. Dan Oana)
- 1-16-1946: Freed sings and fans write (Charles Freed, director Columbia Network)
- 1946: Akron Bobby-Soxers Swoon over Alan (St. Vincent’s School)
- 6-9-1946: WAKR, Request Review Akron Beacon Journal (St. Vincent’s High School, Little Dale Hinton, Danny Boy Silverman, Dean Glass)
- 1946: Alan Sings to the Studio Queens
- 1946: Alan Freed Airs From Jay-Teen Akron Beacon Journal, by Bee Offineer, (Art Van Damme)
- 1946: Alan Freed, Musical Director of Radio Station WAKR
- 1946: Celebrities’ Articles Go On Block (Studio’s Tower Building, Ohio Alpha Lambda Chapter, Brecksville Veteran’s Building)
- 1946: Freed Premieres ‘Wax Works’, by Bee Offineer (Akron Beacon Journal, WAKR, Vincent Lopez, Eddie Albert)
- 1946: How To Stop Vandalism (George T. Cullen, Touchdown Club)
- 1946: WAKR, Mrs. Porosky Rewards Freed With a Kiss (Johnson, Bee Ofineer)
- 1946: NBC, Popping The Cork (25, Erin Brew, only disc jockey broadcasting today with a studio audience)
- 11-13-1946: Alan Freed Presents Norman Granz Jazz at The Philharmonic (Coleman Hawkins, Bill Harris, Flip Phillips, Howard McGhee, Helen Humes, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Akron Armory)
- 3-28-1947: “Further Honors,” Akron Beacon Journal (WAKR, Cuyahoga Falls High)
- 10-8-1947: “Alan Freed Plans Salute to Kent State University” (Kent Stater)
- 6-30-1948: “Whiteman Off, Freed On Again,” Akron Beacon Journal (First National Tower)
- 1949: “Derby Preview Goes On Air,” Akron Beacon Journal by Bee Offineer (Strand , All American Soap Box Derby)
- 4-1950: WAKR Dinner Party (prior to Alan Freed leaving station)
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