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Under Colonel Butler's guidance, the Million Dollar Band attained national acclaim and many honors, prompting former UA President Roger Sayers to say in an article for the Crimson White,"What Paul W. Bryant was to Alabama football, Colonel Carleton K. Butler was to Alabama's music program and bands." [6] Butler remained director for 33 years.
(The Capstone is a nickname for the University of Alabama.) Student-run UA radio stations have used the call letters BRN (Bama Radio Network), WABP, and WUAL (now part of Alabama Public Radio). Originally, the "VUA" in the station's call letters was used to suggest the "Voice of the University of Alabama", which is a tagline the station often uses.
WUAL-FM (91.5 FM) is an American non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Tuscaloosa, Alabama.The station, established in 1982, is owned by the University of Alabama, and is the flagship affiliate of Alabama Public Radio, airing the network's programming consisting of news and talk programming, classical music, folk music, jazz, adult album alternative, and nostalgic music ...
Alabama Public Radio (APR) is a network of public radio stations based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, that serves roughly the western half of the state of Alabama with classical music, folk music, and nostalgic music programs, as well as news and feature programs from the National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI), and American Public Media (APM) networks.
WBHM (90.3 MHz) is a non-commercial public FM radio station in Birmingham, Alabama. The station is licensed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where it maintains its radio studios on 11th Street South. WBHM features programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange. [3]
It is part of Alabama Public Radio's "News and Classics" network and a member of National Public Radio (NPR). The studios are at the Digital Media Center on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. WHIL is a Class C station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations.
The Byron Arnold collection is an archival collection of Alabama folksong recordings and transcriptions, held at the University of Alabama. The collection was used to publish a 1950 book, Folksongs of Alabama, and later reused for the 2004 Alabama songbook. Several albums have also been published from the collection.
In 1998, the ABP established its first blues education program in Tuscaloosa County. This was an after-school program that provided hands-on music training to underserved “at-risk” students aged 8–18. Initially, the ABP partnered with the Kentuck Arts Association and later with the Boys and Girls Club of Tuscaloosa.