KBOO’s analog audio archive includes almost 7,500 items of radio programming in 5, 7, 10″ open reel, CDs, cassettes, DATs, and minidiscs format. KBOO Community Radio went on the air in June of 1968, and radio program recordings date from the late 1940s. This is a collection created from institutional records. This collection is unprocessed. Our archives include Oregon artists Ken Kesey, Ursula LeGuin, Gus Van Sant, political figures such as Kent Ford, and Winona LaDuke, as well as hundreds of poets, hundreds of artists, and hundreds of activists, both recorded lectures, panels, conferences, and street actions. We also have significant live music recordings from Doc Watson to Elliot Smith.
Content types:
Text, Spoken word, Performed music, and Sounds
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), MiniDisc, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape, Open reel tape (unknown material), Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), and Text document
Extent:
Numbers are estimates, as some labeled items are bundled and dates were not recorded for all items. 7600 individual items: 1,361 10" open reel (1947-2001), 1,865 7" open reel (1948-1969), 99 5" open reel, 1,500 cassettes (1948-2008), 112 digital audio tapes (1969-2004), 217 minidiscs (1969-2004), 2,433 optical discs (1967-2013).
Assorted recordings from 1930s to 1980s, including the following: Recordings of events at the University of South Carolina and Clemson University, 1970s; "Carolina Cares" public service announcements, 1970s-1980s; Entries for SCBA awards, 1970s-1980s; Charleston Folk Series, In the Tradition, and Straw in the Fire programs, 1980s; Episodes from classic radio dramas, 1930s-1960s (e.g., The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke)
Content types:
Spoken word
Formats:
Open reel tape (unknown material) and Analog audiocassette
Extent:
525 items
Repository/Collector:
McKissick Museum, South Carolina Broadcasters Association Archives