Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

Interview with Wayne Mack, May 11, 1996

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
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00:00:00 - The beginning of Cleveland Recording Company

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Partial Transcript: That was--I, I know because I came across a citation for when that happened.

Segment Synopsis: Mack discusses the beginning of Cleveland Recording Company in the early 1930s. He also talks about Fred Wolf and various radio stations in Cleveland (Ohio).

Keywords: Amplivox Engineering; Audio Lux Company; Carnegie Hall; Cleveland (Ohio); Cleveland Recording Studio; Crystal Recording Company; General Broadcasting Company; Hamann, Gloria Busse; Hamann, Ken; Hamann, Kenneth Richard; Jones, Donald; Mack, Wayne; Musicians; Piano stores; Plane crashes; Recording studios; Schneider, Hank; Suma Recording Studio; Transcription; WJAY (Radio station); Walgner, Fred; Woldicka, Herman; Wolf, Fred

Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); History of science and technology; Mack, Wayne, 1911-2000; Music; Schneider, Hank; Sound recording industry; Sound recording industry--History; Sound recordings; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Sound--Recording and reproducing--History; Wolf, Fred

GPS: Cleveland (Ohio)
Map Coordinates: 41.4993, -81.6944
00:05:47 - Ethnic radio broadcasting

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Partial Transcript: Right.

Segment Synopsis: Mack discusses Fred Wolf's venture into radio broadcasting, which specialized in polka music and music from Eastern Europe.

Keywords: Atwater, Windsor; Bohemians; Broadcasting; Carnegie Hall; Cleveland (Ohio); Czech Americans; Ethnic Broadcasting; Hamann, Gloria Busse; Hamann, Ken; Hamann, Kenneth Richard; Martin, Hymie; Nationalities Broadcasting Association; Polish; Polka music; Radio broadcasting; Radio stations; Slovenian; Statler Hotel; WDOK (Radio station); WJAR (Radio station); WJAY (Radio station); Wolf, Fred; Yankovic, Frank (Artist); Yankovic, Frankie (Artist)

Subjects: Broadcasting.; Czech Americans; History of science and technology; Mack, Wayne, 1911-2000; Music; Polish Americans; Polka music; Radio stations; Sound recording industry; Sound recording industry--History; Sound recordings; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Sound--Recording and reproducing--History; Wolf, Fred; Yankovic, Frank

GPS: Cleveland (Ohio)
Map Coordinates: 41.4993, -81.6944
00:10:59 - WDOK radio station and Cleveland Recording Company

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Partial Transcript: From, uh, 1950 on, then, uh, the WDOK story began, and, uh, along with it the expanding activity of Cleveland Recording.

Segment Synopsis: Mack discusses the expansion of Cleveland Recording Company and WDOK (Radio station).

Keywords: Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland Recording Company; Cleveland Recording Studio; Hamann, Ken; Hamann, Kenneth Richard; Mack, Wayne; Orchestra; Schmidt Horning, Susan; WCLB (Radio station); WDOK (Radio station); Wolf, Fred

Subjects: Case Western Reserve University; History of science and technology; Mack, Wayne, 1911-2000; Music; Orchestra; Sound recording industry; Sound recording industry--History; Sound recordings; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Sound--Recording and reproducing--History; Wolf, Fred

GPS: Cleveland (Ohio)
Map Coordinates: 41.4993, -81.6944