Dates: 1924 - 1975

The Mississippi Broadcasters' Association was an idea, conceived and developed by Charles J. Wright of Hattiesburg, a pioneer in radio in the South. In 1935, he purchased radio station WFOR in Hattiesburg, and began a long and brilliant career in the management and broadcasting. He pioneered FM Broadcasting in south Mississippi in 1948, programming his FM station independently of the parent operation. This organization today is an affiliation of nearly all the radio and television stations of the state. Its purpose is to discuss problems pertaining to radio and television sales, programming, and operations. 

 

The collection contains:

correspondence, June 4, 1930, March 8, 1956, February 18–24, 1964, and January 2, 1975 (folder 1)

a brief history of the M.B.A., May 3–4, 1965 (folder 2)

a resolution of the Mississippi Broadcasters' Association and the M.B.A. Past President's Committee, May 1, 1965 (folder 3)

a list of guests expected at a radio-television dedication ceremony, January 24, 1975 (folder 4)

program of the presentation by the Mississippi Broadcaster's Association to the Department of Archives and History, January 24, 1975 (folder 5)

program of the State Convention of the Jackson Amateur Radio Club. Incorporated, May 28–29, 1949 (folder 6)

a list of the first licensed stations in Mississippi according to records of the Department of Commerce that were turned over to the Federal Radio Commission and a list of the existing AM-FM-TV stations in Mississippi showing location, date first licensed and changes in call letters, 1924–1936 (folders 7–15)

a list of past presidents of the Mississippi Broadcasters' Association (folder 16)

program logs of stations WPFB, March 17 and September 2, 1932, and WROB, October 18, 1947 (folder 17)

studio log and meter readings for station WRBJ, 1931 (folder 18)

news article concerning radio stations in Mississippi (folders 19–22)

photographs pertaining to the M.B.A. (folders 23–29)

an article from Broadcast Engineering concerning the radio station WLOX, Biloxi, July, 1974 (folder 30)

issues of Beam International, a newsletter serving broadcasters around the world, March–June, 1974, and an issue of Mississippi Broadcasters' Association Newsletter, January, 1975 (folder 31)

two magazines concerning radio, 1946 (folder 32)