Lost and Found Sound
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The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva &
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"WHER: 1,000 Beautiful Watts" They went on-air October 29, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee, and stayed there for 17 more years -- WHER: The First All-Girl Radio Station in The World. | "Cigar Stories: El Lector - He Who Reads" Actor Andy Garcia narrates a story about the "readers" who made life in cigar factories tolerable. This story, produced by The Kitchen Sisters -- Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva -- in collaboration with Laura Folger and Tina Pacheco, tells the story of the men who were paid to read aloud to men and women rolling cigars in Tampa and Ybor City, Florida at the beginning of the century and into the 1930s. Listener Henry Cordova brought it to our attention through the Quest for Sound. "Introduction to the Quest for Sound" Jay Allison invites listeners across the country to call and tell us about their treasured family sounds, inagurating Lost & Found Sound's Quest for Sound. "The Hits Just Keep on Coming" Shouting DJs and shock news were the hallmarks of radio station CKLW outside Detroit in the 1960s and 70s, where NPR's Don Gonyea grew up. "The Partridge Family's Grand Tour" In 1968, the four-member Partridge family hauled themselves and a UHER tape recorder back from Asia overland by car and train -- and by boat with a detour through Africa. This year NPR's Marika Partridge discovered all the recordings from the trip that was made when she was a teenager, and presents memories of the journey. "Big Mamma Revisited" Quest for Sound curator Jay Allison reviews our year in listener contributions, which all were entered into a database we called "Big Mamma."
Credits:
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Executive Producers: The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silvia, and
Jay Allison
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Visit Lost and Found Sound
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