Ralph Epperson Collection, 1943-2006

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Title

Ralph Epperson Collection, 1943-2006

Date

1943-2006

Resource Link

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20401/

Abstract

Ralph Deward Epperson founded radio station WPAQ (740 AM) in Mount Airy, N.C. The station began broadcasting in February 1948 and was the first radio station in Surry County, N.C. On the station, Epperson promoted local musicians and the region's traditional bluegrass, old-time, and gospel music. He has been widely credited with contributing to the preservation of the music of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina and Virginia. The collection consists of instantaneous discs, open reel tapes, and audiocassettes. Instantaneous discs were recorded at WPAQ in Mount Airy, N.C., many of them during live radio broadcasts. Discs include recordings of Ralph Epperson, as well as local performers of gospel music and bluegrass music, including Benton Flippen, the Green Valley Boys, the Carolina Sunshine Trio, and the Gospel Four Quartet. Open reel tapes include recordings of bluegrass and old-time music conventions and festivals, recordings of the weekly WPAQ radio show and other recordings made during live broadcasts at WPAQ. Artists recorded include Melvin Slaydon and the Carolina Ramblers, Tommy Jarrell, Ernest East and the Pine Ridge Boys, Delmar Starling and the Original Carolina Buddies, the Blue Sky Ramblers, and Glen McPeak and the Green Valley Boys. Audiocassettes consist of recorded oral history interviews with Ralph Epperson. Merry-Go-Round,

Extent

0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1275 items)

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6626559

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

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