Interview with Sheldon Henderschott, May 24, 1996

Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project

Interview Summary

This is an interview with radio personality and musician Sheldon Henderschott. Henderschott discusses the atmosphere and technology of radio broadcasting in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940's and 50's. He talks about several radio stations active at this time including WTAM, WGAR, and WJAY, among others. Henderschott discusses the racial atmosphere of the recording industry in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940s and '50s and a few of the Black musicians he worked with during that time. Henderschott and the interviewer discuss different musicians' unions across the Ohio area.

Interview Accession

2016oh180_chase012

Interviewee Name

Sheldon Henderschott

Interviewer Name

Susan Schmidt Horning

Interview Date

1996-05-24

Interview Keyword

Radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting history Radio broadcasting--20th Century Radio studios Radio stations Henderschott, Sheldon Cleveland Recording Cleveland Radio Broadcasting

Interview LC Subject

Radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting--America Radio broadcasting--History Musicians--United States Musicians--United States--20th Century--Interviews Music--History--20th Century Audio history Sound--History Sound--History--20th Century

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Henderschott, Sheldon Interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. 24 May. 1996. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Henderschott, S. (1996, May 24). Interview by S. S. Horning. Chasing Sound Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Henderschott, Sheldon, interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. May 24, 1996, Chasing Sound Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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