Fiorani Radio Productions records additions and Fiorani-Florey family papers
Description:
Radio programs, court dramatizations, advertisements, and other segments used in the Fiorani radio broadcasts in the Scranton, Pa. area (presumably including WPTS, which Fiorani owned).
Repository/Collector:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Repository/Collector Type:
Nonprofit Group and Historical Society
City:
Philadelphia
State:
Pennsylvania
Country:
United States
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription)
Supporting documentation:
Other archives exist at HPS involving Fiorani and his company, but they do not include recordings.
Historical relevance:
Beginning in 1933, the Fioranis worked as "time brokers" for radio programming targeting Italian Americans and broadcast Italian programs on Scranton-area radio stations, eventually owning and operating their own station, WPTS. The collection documents the Fioranis' forty-two years in broadcasting.