WMBQ, Brooklyn NY -- Several hours of programming from October 1936 in English, Yiddish, German, Lithuanian, Polish, and Hungarian. WCNW, Brooklyn NY -- Several hours of programming from November 1936-January 1937, featuring local programming in English, Yiddish, German, Hungarian, and Polish. WSB, Atlanta, GA -- several hours of local coverage of the 1947 "Three Governors Crisis." WNAC, Boston -- one Yankee Network News broadcast from February 1935. WHDH, Boston -- one 1935 talk by local American Legion leader, several hours of "Matinee with Bob and Ray" broadcasts from 1948-51, WIND, Chicago -- complete aircheck of April 1955 Chicago Cubs baseball broadcast, only known example featuring sportscaster Bert Wilson; WAVE, Louisville KY -- four fifteen minute musical programs from April 1937 featuring local talent; KPRC, Houston -- several hours of local programming including the "Crustene Ranch Party," locally-broadcast live country music feature heard over Texas Quality Network.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, and Audiocassette
Extent:
Approximately fifty hours of local radio material as part of a much larger collection of general radio programming.
Recordings of Philadelphia Orchestra concerts broadcast by the Philadelphia radio station WFLN, including interviews recorded as concert intermission features. 196-1977.
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription) and VHS (audio)
Extent:
53 recordings
Repository/Collector:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts
Air checks, sports, news, political coverage, local DJs, local music, station IDs/jingles, and local commercials from stations WKBW, WBEN, WINE, WHSO, WEBR, and WGR, from 1950s-1980
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, Audiocassette, CD, MiniDisc, External drive, Website, VHS (audio), Betacam SP, 1, 2, and 3/4 in videotape, DVC pro tapes, and DVD
"Many of these reel to reels and the 78s are segments, not actual broadcast recordings of lectures and recorded events. I have recordings of the events/interviews and stock background music but not the production pieces as they were aired from what I can discern."
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription) and Reel-to-reel
Recordings entered for Peabody Awards consideration from 1940 to the present day. Programs come in all genres and are locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally produced.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, Audiocassette, Digital tape (DAT, DCC), CD, Digital file (.WAV), and Digital file (.MP3)
Extent:
19000 recordings
Repository/Collector:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection
WBML Radio recordings by Eddie Cannon and His Radio Playboys: featuring Ruby Lee Yopp Havis, 1947-1951 The collection consists of 50 radio transcription discs of recordings by Eddie Cannon and His Radio Playboys (featuring Ruby Lee Yopp Havis), originally aired on WBML Radio in Macon, Georgia.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription)
Extent:
50 recordings
Repository/Collector:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection
Contains radio broadcast recordings, studio acetates, and performance recordings collected by Paskman of his works. Included are transcription recordings of the radio program Paramount movie parade (1933-1934); two recordings of live performances of Robert Stolz' Two hearts in 3/4 time, for which Paskman wrote the lyrics; and a live recording of the premiere performance of Halloween, a musical work with narration by Paskman. Also included is an interview with Paskman conducted by Albert Brush under the auspices of the Beverly Hills Public Library, which was broadcast over radio station KPMC (Beverly Hills, CA), December 4, 1940.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription)
Extent:
30 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection contains acetate and radio transcription disc recordings primarily of Taylor's spoken word radio programs dating from 1935 to 1954. Included are samples of his work on shows such as Information Please, Coronet, Swift's Studio Party, as well as special radio shows such as the ASCAP Cavalcade of Music, and memorial tributes to Stephen Vincent Benet and Jerome Kern.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription)
Extent:
90 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center