The station records of WLBZ begin in 1931, and consists mostly of station logs (1931-1956). Also included are some audio tapes and materials concerning licensing and operations
Content types:
Spoken word, Still Image, Text, and Performed music
Formats:
Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
Extent:
30 Boxes/36 Linear Feet (including paper archives)
Contains material relating to Hildreth's career as a broadcast executive, including his position as founder and executive of the Hildreth Network which included WABI, WPOR and the Aroostook Broadcasting Company.
Interviews with Irving Hunter about early radio and country western music in Bangor in the 1930s. Includes an interview with musician Watie Akins about his employment with WLBZ, ca. 1930. Subjects covered include local and national programming, equipment used by the station, affiliations with different networks, technological advancements in radio and equipment, remote and delayed broadcasts, a discussion of performers, the process of making radio logs and more.
The history of taverns and inns in Maine was prepared by the c hapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution for radio broadcasts in 1932 and 1933. Collection includes text of the broadcast aired February 12, 1932 on WCSH, Portland, ME.
Contains radio scripts dealing with conservation, forestry, wood utilization and other papers relating to Baldwin's career as a research forester for the New Hampshire Forestry and Recreation Commission and president of the Northern Wood Utilization Council.
Includes fan letters, request letters to "Seth Parker," order forms, articles, clippings, miscellaneous receipts and other papers pertaining to Seth Parker.
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.
Papers contain radio scripts, correspondence, columns, comic strips, manuscripts of his writings, recordings, newsclippings, photographs and Gibbons family memorabilia.