Includes documents relating to the legal battle between the "Bellingham Herald" and KVOS, Inc., the first local radio station in Bellingham. The collection includes legal case transcripts of the Bellingham Publishing Company's attempt to prove that KVOS operated illegally by broadcasting "Herald" articles as KVOS news segments. The transcripts date from 1934 through the final decision of KVOS vs Associated Press was in 1936. Also includes legal depositions by the owner of KVOS, Rogan Jones, correspondence, plans, and brochures relating to the "Herald's" attempt to create a new radio station in Bellingham. See also Rogan Jones Collection below for related documents.
Dates:
1911-1963, bulk 1930-1938
Repository/Collector:
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University