Episodes of the radio program Jazz City, produced weekly at WRST-FM in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during the years 1966-2008.
Creators:
Snyder, Dr. Robert, WRST-FM, and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Dates:
1981
Repository/Collector:
WRST-FM
Repository/Collector Type:
Broadcasting station and College or university
City:
Oshkosh
State:
Wisconsin
Country:
United States
Extent:
Eight episodes: two from 1981, three from 1991, one from 1996 and one from 1997
Content types:
Performed music and Spoken word
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
Languages:
English
Genres:
Jazz, Jazz performance, Music history, Music criticism, and Radio series
Access statement:
Contact WRST-FM at 920-424-7427 or UW Oshkosh Radio TV Film at 920-424-3131 for access.
Supporting documentation:
Production records and program notes (with collection)
Historical relevance:
Jazz City was a weekly program produced by jazz expert Dr. Robert Snyder of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh faculty and which aired over campus station WRST-FM in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1966-2008. Starting in the late 1970s, dubs (on reel) of the program were offered for free to other non-commercial/public radio stations, including WDCB/Glen Ellyn, IL, WSSU/Superior, WI, WUWM/Milwaukee, WI; WGBW/Green Bay, WI; KICB/Fort Dodge, IA; WXPR/Rhinelander, WI; KSMU/Springfield, MO and possibly WHIL/Mobile, AL. It also aired briefly on commercial station KIFZ-AM/Fond du Lac, WI. The one hour program often had a theme, while others sampled new releases and to add context, Snyder would share what then-new releases were reviewed ten years' prior in Downbeat magazine. Program engineering was always the duty of a student in Radio TV Film at UW Oshkosh, where Snyder was the founder of the major and its academic coordinator. NOTE: After his death in 2008, Snyder's jazz collection of recordings, magazines and other material was willed to the UW Oshkosh music department which holds it in a special collection (for info: 920-424-4224 or music@uwosh.edu)
Condition note:
Playable with proper equipment
Notes:
Weekly radio program featuring jazz recordings and host comments