- Collection:
- Broadcasting Collections
- Title:
- John Long oral history interview, 2017-10-20
- Creator:
- Long, John
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fleming, Kevin, 1970-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10-20
- Subject:
- Radio broadcasting
Sound recording industry
Popular music - People:
- Long, John
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- John Long was born in Waynesburg, Pa. in 1944. In his youth his family relocated to Georgia and settled in LaGrange in 1959. John Long began his radio career at WTRP in Lagrange. His interest in music took him to Atlanta in 1964 where he was hired as a promotion man for Mercury Records, which lead him into radio as an on-air personality. After a long career in which he served many notable stations as air talent, Program Director and General Manager, John retired from his position as Senior VP/Group Manager of Station Broadcasting in Macon, Ga. John is the Founder and President of the non-profit Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, and author of the book "Puttin' on the Hits" about Top-40 Radio in the 1960's and 1970's.
In this interview, radio industry veteran John Long discusses his inspirations to pursue a career in radio broadcasting and his early experiences working in the industry during the 1960s. He describes his transition from small town radio in LaGrange, Ga. to his Atlanta-based stint as a record promoter for Mercury Records and the details of the work. After leaving Georgia radio, Long began a transitory chapter in his career where he moved from station to station around the country, (including stations in Cedar Rapids, Ia., Boston, Mass., El Paso, Tex., and Memphis, Tenn.) working primarily as a program director. Finally, Long describes his return to Georgia and his role in founding the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/broadcast/id/2057
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/broadcast:2057/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Long, John, interviewed by Kevin Fleming, October 20, 2017, Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Collection, Popular Music and Culture Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:57:56
- Original Collection:
- Popular Music and Culture Collection
Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Collection
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1543 - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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