September 11 Digital Archive

Blan Describes the Radio Row Community [Interview]

Title

Blan Describes the Radio Row Community [Interview]

Description

Blan, the Radio Man, talks about the friendly business competition on Radio Row before World War II, and the shift in attitudes afterward.

Sonic memorial comments

1/16/03 joe gave vanessa web permissions.
ruby edited. from ben & joe. archival ads from courtesy Hartman Center's Ad*Access, Digital Scriptorium of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Archival photos from Antique

Sonic memorial contact

Ben Shapiro & Joe Richman have DATs

Sonic memorial creation date

2002-05-01

Sonic memorial duration

00:01:03

Sonic memorial is browsable

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Sonic memorial keyword

Work
Radio Row
History

Sonic memorial name

radio row load

Sonic memorial permission

web

Sonic memorial source ref name

SMS803.3

Sonic memorial source type

interview

Sonic memorial status

active

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Citation

“Blan Describes the Radio Row Community [Interview],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95818/.