SMALL TOWN RADIO STATION 1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) 00:09:34 SMALL TOWN RADIO STATION: RED LIGHT FLASHING AT NIGHT. ZOOM OUT, FLASHING LIGHT ATOP RADIO STATION ANTENNA, SOUND OF LAST BARS OF NATIONAL ANTHEM, VOICE, "GOOD MORNING THIS IS RADIO STATION WODI" 00:09:55 CU WODI, ON WALL OF BUILDING OF RADIO STATION IN RURAL FARMING COMMUNITY OF BROOKNEAL, VIRGINIA. ZOOM OUT TO FARM LAND SURROUNDING BUILDING. ONE OF THOUSANDS OF OWNER-OPERATED RADIO STATIONS IN U.S. 00:10:16 OWNER-MANAGER GRAHAM JONES AT WHEEL OF CAR IN EARLY MORNING, RIDES TO RADIO STATION. HIS VOICE IS HEARD BROADCASTING NEWS. JONES SITS AT DESK GOING THROUGH PILES OF DOCUMENTS. SECRETARY TAKES HIM PAPERS. JONES PICKS UP PHONE, TALKS. 00:10:48 YOUNG MAN AT CONTROL PANEL OF STATION, MAKES ADJUSTMENTS WITH BOTH HANDS, THEN ANNOUNCES WEATHER REPORT. GRAHAM TAKES WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS OFF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TELETYPE MACHINE. 00:11:30 JONES CALL, SPEAKS, TO MAYOR OF TOWN AFTER GETTING NEWS DIRECTLY AFFECTING BROOKNEAL. 00:12:12 GRAHAM ARRIVES AT SCHOOL, JUST AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BAND ENTERS SCHOOL, INSTRUMENTS IN HAND. CU GRAHAM SETS UP MICROPHONE FOR BAND. PAN TO BAND ON STAGE. CU GRAHAM TURNS ON TAPE RECORDER. PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL BAND ALWAYS MEETS WITH GOOD RECEPTION BY WODI LISTENERS. 00:12:29 YOUNG CONDUCTOR WAVES BATON, CU DRUMS PLAY TO START OF MUSIC. CU FACE SHOT TUBA PLAYER, CHEEKS EXPANDING, CONTRACTING. ZOOM IN GIRL TRUMPETER. GRAHAM SETTING AUDIO ON RECORDER. 00:13:02 PAN FARM TRACTORS LINED UP IN LOT, FORD DISTRIBUTOR AND OTHER SMALL SHOPS BEING PASSED BY GRAHAM, WHICH HE VISITS AS ADVERTISING CUSTOMERS. GRAHAM SPEAKS TO SMALL SHOP OWNER, WITH LONG SIDEBURNS, OVER COUNTER. 00:13:23 YOUNG BROADCASTER PLAYS COUNTRY INTRODUCES BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO SPEAKS. FARM SHOW, A REGULAR WODI FEATURE EXPERTS FROM GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS FARM PROFESSIONALS ARE INVITED TO SPEAK. 00:13:44 ZOOM AWAY FROM COWS FEEDING IN CORAL, PAN TO FARM BUILDINGS, SILOS, AS SPEAKER IS HEARD OVER RADIO. FARMER FIXES FLAT ON TRACTOR, ZOOM IN ON RADIO PLAYING ON HOOD OF TRACTOR. 00:14:04 CU HAND OF YOUNG ANNOUNCER SPINNING A TAPE WHICH PLAYS POPULAR MUSIC. MOSTLY COUNTRY, WESTERN. 00:14:23 GRAHAM SITS AT DINNER TABLE WITH FAMILY. RULE, DON'T PLAY RADIO DURING DINNER. TEENAGE SON ANSWERS PHONE, ITS FOR DAD. HE HAS TO GO FIX RADIO AT STATION. HE IS ONLY REPAIRMAN IN TOWN. 00:15:09 SLOW ZOOM TO LIGHT AT TOP OF ANTENNA, VOICE OF GRAHAM SIGNING OFF FOR THE DAY.