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Radio listeners have loved going 'on the beach' with DJ Charlie Brown for decades, enjoying music and making memories. Brown is now 67 and has worked in radio since he was 21.

<p>HILLSBOROUGH. SCOTT MASON REMEMBERS THE MAN BUT NOT BEHIND IT. &gt;&gt; CHARLIE BROWN IS ON THE BEACH BEHIND THE MIC AT HIS HOUSE. LOVE. DON'T GET NO STRONGER THAN YOURS. AND CHARLIE BROWN HOLIDAY TO A CHILD AROUND THE MUSIC MAKES THE DIFFERENT SPECIES. CHARLIE BROWN HAS LOVED BEACH MUSIC SINCE STARTING IN RADIO WAY. BACK IN 1959. SO DID THEM USE IT. GET YOU INTO RADIO, ACTUALLY, IT DID. YOU THINK CLARK, MY MOTHER, USED TO BLAME CLARK. LET'S READ THE TRASH. &gt;&gt; AMERICAN BANDSTAND IS ON THE AIR BACK TO MUSIC AND MEMORIES TODAY. CHARLIES, THE ONE STILL ON THE 8 RETURN ISOLATED FROM HIS COMFY HOME OFFICE IN HILLSBOROUGH, CHARLIE SYNDICATED RADIO SHOW DANCES ACROSS THE DIAL TO 30 STATIONS IN 5 SOUTHERN STATES. AND THE TEMPTATIONS ALSO ADDING IT WITH THAT TITLE. &gt;&gt; I LOVE I'M DOING NOW AT AGE. 67, WHAT I WAS DOING AT AGE, 21 MAKING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY &gt;&gt; PEOPLE CALL YOU THE GREAT GRANDDAD OF BEACH NEWS. I HAVE 2 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS. THEY'RE NOT SURE WHO CHARLIE BROWN IS. WHY CHARLIE BROWN WAS THE FIRST MEMBER INDUCTED INTO THE CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC HALL OF FAME GETS THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. I USED TO GO TO SLEEP LIST IN THE U OF THE TRANSISTOR RADIO TUCKED UNDER MY PILLOW. I MEAN THAT THIS HAS TO BRING A SMILE TO THE MUSIC. BRINGS A SMILE TO. IN 1967, CHARLIE PRODUCED A VERY FIRST SPEECH MUSIC RECORDS WITH ALL KINDS OF CLASSICS AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT CHARLIE'S BECOME A CLASSIC TO HAVE YOU LIKE BEING BEHIND THAT MICROPHONE? WHY LOVE? THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. IT NEXT WEEK ON THE BEACH, CHARLIE BRAND.</p>

Since 1959, Charlie Brown has struck a chord with beach music lovers

Since 1959, Charlie Brown a radio mainstay for beach music lovers

The North Carolina Museum of History just recently reopened its doors to guests. And a new exhibit offers a fresh look at the cross-racial dynamics that formed beach music and its mark on the Carolinas. Hear from Ken Howard, the museum's director about the new exhibit. 

<p>STUDENTS WILL RETURN BACK TO SCHOOL. &gt;&gt;&gt; THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY RECENTLY OPENED THEIR DOORS TO GUESTS AND A NEW EXHIBIT OFFERS A FRESH LOOK AT THE CROSS RACIAL DYNAMICS THAT FORMED BEACH MUSIC ON THE MARKET IN THE CAROLINAS ARE WELCOME BACK TO THE PROGRAM, KEN HOWARD, THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR. &gt;&gt; THANKS FOR HAVING ME. &gt;&gt; BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEW EXHIBIT REMIND THE VIEWERS OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS NOW IN PLACE SINCE THE MUSEUM REOPENED AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN. &gt;&gt; WE ARE STARTING BACK, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE AT THE MUSEUM AT ANY ONE TIME. IN ADDITION WE ARE REQUIRING ALL VISITORS TO WEAR A MASK AND THEY HAVE HAND SANITIZER IN MY THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM. WE PLACED ARROWS DOWN TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE IN ONE DIRECTION THROUGH SOME OF THE EXHIBITS AND THROUGH THE MUSEUM SHOP. AND WE ALSO WE HAVE A CLEANING STAFF GOING TO PERIODICALLY DURING THE DAY AND WIPING DOWN HANDRAILS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. ALL OF THE EXHIBITS ARE OPEN EXCEPT FOR THE SMALLEST EXHIBIT DISCOVERY GALLERY BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF TIGHT AND A LITTLE HARD TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT WE WANT TO OPEN THAT SOON. &gt;&gt; LET'S TALK WITH THE BEACH MUSIC EXHIBIT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MUSIC AND DANCE, WHAT MAKES THIS SO UNIQUE TO MAKE &gt;&gt; I THINK NOT ONLY DOES A TALK ABOUT MUSIC AND DANCE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THINK OF BEACH MUSIC OF THE BEACH BOYS BUT IT'S NOT BUT IT'S ABOUT THE SOUND THAT CAME OUT OF THE 50s AND THE MOTOWN SOUND IN THE 60s AND WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF BEACH MUSIC AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE BEACHES WERE SEGREGATED IN THE 50s. AND A GOOD NUMBER OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN ONLY BEACHES. THEY HAD THEIR OWN CLUBS AND A LOT OF THE BANDS THAT BECAME GREAT BEACH MUSIC BAND STARTED PLAYING THEN. AND THE WHITES FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MUSIC AND HOW GREAT IT WAS AND SO IT MIGRATED OVER INTO THIS STARTING BEACH CLUBS IN WHITE BEACHES. THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND THE BEACH MUSIC I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE OR THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THE GREAT BANDS LIKE THE EMBERS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THOSE THINGS.&gt;&gt; BEACH MUSIC RAIN SO MANY CULTURES TOGETHER PIT AS A MUSICAL GENRE, BEACH MUSIC IS CENTRAL TO CAROLINAS CULTURE AS YOU MENTIONED. WHAT IS IT ABOUT WHAT I REALLY CALL HAPPY SOUNDING MUSIC THAT GIVES BEACH MUSIC STAYING POWER OVER THE YEARS? &gt;&gt; IS THE ABILITY TO DANCE TO IT. IT'S A GREAT DANCE MUSIC WE CALL THE STANCE THE SHACK DOWN HERE IN THE CAROLINAS AND ACTUALLY IN THE EXHIBIT WE HAVE HOW TO SHED TAPE AS WELL AS FOOTPRINTS ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO KIND OF HELP YOU THROUGH LEARNING THE SHACK. I THINK THAT'S THE STAYING POWER IS IT JUST STAYS ACROSS GENERATIONS AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND WITH THESE MUSEUMS IT IS MULTIGENERATIONAL. PEOPLE ARE HANDING IT DOWN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS TO PARENTS TO GRANDCHILDREN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS THROUGH THE AGES. I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DANCING TO GO TO DANCE TO THIS TYPE OF MUSIC. &gt;&gt; THERE ARE SOME INTERACTIVE FEATURES INVOLVED IN THIS EXHIBIT, CORRECT? &gt;&gt; MINUS THE 1955 JUKEBOX THAT HAS 45 GREAT BEACH MUSIC SONGS ON IT THEY CAN COME IN AND PLAY BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERACTIVE THINGS. SOME OF THE GREATS FROM THE BEACH MUSIC BANDS ARE TELLING THEIR STORIES AND ALSO PEOPLE THAT GROUP WITH THESE MUSICS ARE TELLING HOW INFLUENCE THEIR LIVES GRAY INTERACTIVE AS WELL AS LOTS OF GREAT HISTORY ON BEACH MUSIC AND WE HAVE COSTUMES FROM SOME OF THE BIG BANDS AND LOTS OF GREAT THINGS.&gt;&gt; YOU CAN LISTEN TO ORIGINAL ANY VIEWS FROM THE FANS. I'M BRUSHING UP ON MY SHACK DANCING SKILLS, GREAT TO SEE YOU MY FRIEND.&gt;&gt; THANK YOU VERY</p>

New beach music exhibit at NC Museum of History offers fresh look at racial dynamics

But if you lived in North Carolina in the 1970s, you may remember a little high school band called 'The Avengers' that evolved into a nationally-known beach music band - homegrown in the soil of Greenville - known today as the Band of Oz.

 Band of Oz: How a homegrown NC high school band made music history

An early photo of 'The Avengers,' before evolving into the Band of Oz. The group was comprised of high school students who formed a professional-level band at a young age in Greenville, NC. Now, the Band of Oz is in the North Carolina Hall of Fame for music.

You might recognize him from NBC's America's Got Talent. Tyler Butler-Figueroa, a violinist from Raleigh who earned Simon Cowell's golden buzzer, is returning for a performance in his hometown tomorrow. 

Beach music Coverage

Since 1959, Charlie Brown has struck a chord with beach music lovers

New beach music exhibit at NC Museum of History offers fresh look at racial dynamics

Band of Oz: How a homegrown NC high school band made music history

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