Contains correspondence, publicity, etc. for a 39-week radio series which was prepared by Time Inc., sponsored by the University of Rochester and broadcast over WHAM.
Letters about the formation of the Committee on Award of the Marconi Memorial Medal. The medal was to have been awarded annually for contributions to radio and David Sarnoff had been chosen as the first recipient but the Committee was dissolved as a result of a disagreement with the policies of the Italian government and the medal was never awarded.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, Butler Library
Contains books, articles, scripts, including radio scripts, monologues and jokes written by Levenson. Also includes material written about him, as well as phonograph recordings, audio tapes, films, correspondence and memorabilia.
Interviews and live concerts by local and national bands, several commercial music recordings, selected Pacifica programming. Date range = 1950s-70s, with additional material from 80s + 90s
Includes photographs of radio programs and personalities. Contact the Museum for information about specific programs or people included in the collection.
Consists of Wyler's files as head of the Seminary's Office of Public Information which became the Communications Department which was involved with the Seminary's radio programs. See also Record Group 8, Radio and Television Department, and Record Group 11, Communications Department.
Woods discusses his early days at Broadcasting Corporation of America and NBC, an administrative view of broadcasting, commercials, the division of NBC into two networks and the formation of ABC.