Emerman era, 1958 to 1991

founding ownership · North Miami

Founded

1958 to 1991

Hub

North Miami

Status as of 11 September 2026

Ended. Emerman sold the studio, deep in debt, to concert promoter Joel Levy; sources give 1988 or 1991.

Evidence class

public record: press, credits, official histories or reference sources

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.010 (rank 10 of 236) · people and production 0.006 (rank 13)

Confidence

High · sources: [CRW] [W] [MIXE] [WPO] [FLM] (register)

The founder's ownership. A custom console built by a WCKT engineer and troubleshot by Jeep Harned, who then founded MCI; the Jackie Gleason Show as a client from 1964; Studio A built 1965 to 1967 with financing from Grant Gravitt; Studios C and D added in 1972 and Studio E in 1981; the first SSL console in the southeastern United States in 1984. Between 1967 and 1975, in Emerman's words, you could not get into Criteria with a shoehorn.

Connections

Lineage

• becameCriteria Recording StudiosFounding ownership; the studio opens at NE 149th Street and West Dixie Highway1958
• becameAtlantic Studios South, 1969 to 1975Atlantic's producers arrive1969