An oral history project. The online listing gives names of the participants without identifying whether they were in radio, and if so, when. Check with library for more information.
Repository/Collector:
Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
The Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) was established by the War Department on May 26, 1942 to entertain, inform and connect troops to back home. The broadcast were also intended to counter propaganda broadcasts by Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally and other radio personalities supported by the Axis alliance. The AFRS network was launched with a five hour broadcast on July 4, 1943. The network quickly grew and by the end of World War II included 300 stations, broadcasting to troops around the world. Programs were distributed to stations on 16" polyvinyl discs that contained fifteen minutes of information. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and other major stars of the day performed on the network free of charge as their contribution to the war effort. Radio networks and record labels provided free access their programming and recordings to help develop programming for the network. In addition to bringing the troops programming from networks and the record labels, the service also created original programs like Jubilee which featured African American bands and entertainers. The AFRS network continued broadcasting through Korea, Vietnam and other subsequent wars and conflicts. Now known as the Armed Forces Network, the service continues to entertain servicemen and servicewomen stationed around the world.
Contains personal papers and business records of the co-founder of the FleishmanHillard public relations firm, including material on his KMOX radio program.
Includes biographical information on Munsch who hosted Just For Women on WEW, 1940s-1950s, and Alva Dopking who was chief of the St. Louis bureau of the Associated Press.
Collection of 514 audio tapes with broadcasts from the Golden Age of Radio. Mostly entertainment shows of various genres but also includes some news items and speeches. For a list of the contents check: http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0256.htm.
Repository/Collector:
Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Contains correspondence, license applications, construction permits and engineering exhibit applications relating to the construction of the UAW's station WDET-FM. Photographs related to the station are located in the Audio-Visual Department.
Repository/Collector:
Olin Library, Department of Special Collections, Washington University
For a more detailed listing of radio material relating to Truman and other members of his administration, check online catalog. The Library is one of several Presidential Libraries operated by of the National Archives.
Audio recordings of radio airchecks, station IDs, and broadcasts collected by the Missouri Broadcasters Association as part of a pilot program for the Library of Congress’ Radio Preservation Task Force. The collection contains audio digitized by Missouri radio stations, along with a small amount of original recordings and other material.
Content types:
Performed music and Spoken word
Formats:
Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Analog audiocassette, Open reel tape (unknown material), and Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD)
Extent:
8.34 GB of digital files, 2 audio cassettes, 7 audio tapes, 17 CDs
The Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection contains multiple episodes of The Brush Creek Follies featuring the Rhythm Riders, Oklahoma Wranglers, and Midland Minstrels. Most of the collection is related to the events of WWII, FDR, and Harry Truman, D-Day invasion coverage, reports on the signing of treaties, the dropping of the atomic bomb, coverage of the activities of President Roosevelt and Eisenhower. Other highlights include broadcast about the Cold War, Harry Truman's speeches to a multitude of different groups, events at the White House, some of Roosevelt's fireside chats, national news coverage, film footage of KMBC's dedication as well as a segment of the Microphone Personalities, recordings of Pun and Punishment (9/22/60), coverage of Truman and Churchill at Fulton, MO, Churchill's famed "Iron Curtain" speech, recordings of the Texas Rangers. Also included are W.S. Hedge interviews Arthur B. Clarke (6/22/66), KMBC's 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (3/24//48), Church's last KMBC broadcast (1/15/51).
Content types:
Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, and Two-dimensional moving image
Formats:
Pressed LP disc, Lacquer disc, Metal disc, and Motion picture film
Documents Church's 30 years in radio and television, including as owner and operator of KMBC radio and television in Kansas City, MO from the 1920s-late 1950s. Church was the creative force behind several syndicated shows, including The Brush Creek Follies, The Texas Rangers and Phenomenon. Collection includes photos, published sheet music, scripts, scrapbooks, promotional material, contracts, telegrams, station newsletters and broadcast recordings. Recordings are in the Marr Sound Archives.
Repository/Collector:
Department of Special Collections, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Includes interviews of Ed Bench, KSTL, KATZ and KCFM; Joan Colegrove; Don Corey, KSHE, KADI-FM and KIRL; John Craddock; Rex Davis, KMOX; Harry Eidelman, KCFM; Harry Fender, KXOK and KMOX; Dick and Nancy Friedman, KRCH; Robert Hille, KXOK; Gene Hirsch, WIL; Tim Lyons; Kay Morton; Chuck Norman; Ellie Ohrn; Roy Queen, KMOX; Ollie Raymand, KMOX; Sibley Smith, KCFM.
Contains correspondence, notebooks, diaries, notes, radio scripts and other materials relating to Legere's activities in the American and Canadian labor movements, California politics and the west coast theater.
Repository/Collector:
Olin Library, Department of Special Collections, Washington University
Papers document Hayes's career as a radio broadcaster, 1961-1988, although he began his radio career in the Air Force in 1950 as an announcer for the Armed Forces Radio Service and in 1956 he began work as the black on-air personality and first black news announcer for a station in Alexandria, LA. Includes photocopies of scrapbooks containing publicity literature and photographs reflecting Hayes's radio work from the early to mid-1960s in Chicago, including his work on WMMP, the first black owned station in the Midwest, WSBC, WVON and WGES.
Repository/Collector:
Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis