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Young white man answering calls in radio booth

KAAY's Jerry Sims

White man in long sleeved striped shirt sitting in radio booth with arm outstretched

KAAY's Jim Pitcock

Young white man with headphones in radio booth with recording equipment around him

KAAY's George J. Jennings

white man sits in radio studio in front of control panel

KAAY's Bob Mullins

Map of the United States with red lines showing radio station coverage areas

KAAY Coverage Map

Car parked outside single-story "K.A.A.Y." building on street

KAAY 7th Street Studio

"K.A.A.Y. radio that pays off for you" bumper sticker

KAAY Bumper Sticker

Portraits of white men on "K.A.A.Y. 1090 Silver Dollar Sound Survey" with typed listings on paper

KAAY Music Survey

Flyer with photos of white men and lists of songs

KAAY Sound Survey

Two white men outdoors looking over large piece of paper with tower behind them

White man in suit and tie reading papers next to television camera

White man sitting in radio station with text on post card

KBTA's "Uncle Bill" Smith

Three white men at bottom of radio tower with truck at work

Close-up of top of radio tower

People boarding the "City of Little Rock" airplane

KC-135 City of Little Rock

Large "U.S. Air Force 268" plane on base with door open and stairs lowered

Young African-American woman in hat and coat

Young African-American man wearing a fedora hat and suit

White man in baseball cap

White man holding a bat in Detroit Tigers uniform with empty stadium in background

Modern restaurant and sign "Kelley's Grill," parking lot, cars, boat and trailer

Kelley’s Grill

City street corner with tall store buildings and a city bus with ads on it

White man standing and looking over two white boys at desk wtih art supplies

Jon Kennedy with Children

Portrait of woman with small smile and pulled back hair and hands crossed in dress pearls earrings and corsage

Young white woman with ponytail in collared shirt on pink flyer with black text

Sue Kidd Baseball Card

White man wearing glasses in suit and tie reading a piece of paper

African American men play in a band in front of banner reading "King Biscuit Time"

King Biscuit Time

African American men play in a band in front of banner reading "Listen King Biscuit Time"

King Biscuit Time

Cartoon of cotton bale with face dressed like a king and basket of cotton on pink book cover

King Cotton's Picking Book

Older African-American man in suit with white clerical collar standing outside church doors next to a large plant

Rev. J. H. King

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," Performed by the Weavers, Featuring Lee Hays

Single-story apartment buildings with red roofs on street

Klein Center Postcard

White man with a mustache in hat and glasses

Three-story stone building with stone wall and street

Single-story factory building with smoke stacks and covered car port

"Tomorrow! Radio for all of Arkansas" newspaper clipping

White man with glasses sitting at the control board in a radio station

KTHS Control Room

Multistory buildings with neon signs and other signs on city street

Kudzu covered hill side and power lines

White man in various stages of life with corresponding letters

"Howling Wolf" car with radio advertisement on its doors

KWEM Automobile

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