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Oral history interview with E.W. "Bud" Wendell, 2007 June 22

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Title	Oral history interview with E.W. "Bud" Wendell, 2007 June 22
Personal name	Wendell, E.W. (Bud), 1927- --Interviews; Waugh, Irving Cambridge, 1912-2007; Williams, Bill; Moore, Barbara; Bart, Teddy; Munson, Larry; Wills, Ridley, 1896-1957; Craig, Edwin Wilson
Corporate name	National Life and Accident Insurance Company, inc. Nashville WSM (Radio station : Nashville, Tenn.) Grand ole opry (Radio program) Opryland U.S.A.
Topical entry	Business Enterprise Performing Arts Music Architecture Buildings Tourism Popular Culture Entertainment Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Insurance--Tennessee--Nashville Insurance companies--Tennessee--Nashville Insurance agents--Tennessee--Nashville Radio stations--Tennessee--Nashville Canvassing--Tennessee--Nashville Direct selling--Tennessee--Nashville Women consumers--Tennessee--Nashville Performing arts--Tennessee--Nashville Radio programs--Tennessee--Nashville Radio broadcasting--Tennessee--Nashville Entertainment--Tennessee--Nashville Radio industry--Tennessee--Nashville Musicians--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Description	Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader E.W. "Bud" Wendell, conducted on 22 June 2007 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner Interviews. In the excerpts, Wendell discusses his early career as a Shield Man with National Life and Accident Life Insurance and how the Grand Ole Opry was a promotional sales tool in the community; the clear channel radio station WSM; upheaval in the Opry family and an exodus of entertainers circa the late 1950s; the origin of the moniker "Music City USA"; and the variety of WSM radio programming that included classical music, an on-air topical program scripted by Bill Williams with Barbara Moore, Teddy Bart, and Larry Munson and presentations to audiences at the churches of Mr. Craig and Mr. Wills; the necessity for the Grand Ole Opry's move from the Ryman Auditorium; and Irving Waugh's creative idea for the development of Opryland. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the Special Collections Division.
Creator	Wendell, E.W. (Bud), 1927- (Interviewee); Pyle, Cabot Pollard (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	2007-06-22
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3
Identifier	NBLWendellE1004and1005clip01.mp3; NBLWendellE1007and1008clip01.mp3; NBLWendellE1009clip01.mp3; NBLWendellE1011clip01.mp3; NBLWendellE_transcript.pdf
Source	Excerpted from: NBLWendellE digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2007.
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project
Coverage	2000-2009
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-NBLWendellE

Oral history interview with E.W. "Bud" Wendell, 2007 June 22

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Clip 1 - Early career as a Shield Man with National Life and Accident Life Insurance and the Grand Ole Opry was a promotional sales tool in the community

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