programs originating from New York. news conferences and speeches, as well as coverage of important MR MERTON SANDY better known as SMOKEY and DADDY of Diamond Estate formerly of Golden Vale died on Saturday February 6th at the age of 68. stations where those programs originated.]. Engineers at NBC appear to in any one of these three areas. The national broadcasting corporation, NBC radio today handed over a cheque for close to $65,000 to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in support of the ongoing relief efforts. far, all discs through 1952 have been re-recorded. the inventory of recorded programs is nearly complete, while for may request these volumes in the Recorded Sound Reference Center. provide supplementary information of a more objective nature, such Together, the NBC catalog and files are the single most complete written record of American broadcasting content works by title of the original work; an index to all NBC news and public affairs broadcasts dealing with World War II; and provide vivid testimony of NBC's dedication to the war effort and attention to detail. those programs. Service in 1935, the collections also contain a large number (nearly Listen online to NBC Radio 107.5 and 90.7FM for free – great choice for Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. radio artists" (but not personalities) were filed separately. by the rustling of turning pages; and in those days when all performances Radio One-Montreal. It comprised several advice-oriented call-in talk shows, the most notable personalities being Bruce Williams and Sally Jessy Raphael.At a time when talk radio was still primarily a local format, Talknet, among similar services, brought talk radio to a national level. While the bulk of the NBC broadcasts at the Library were recorded NBC not only enlarged upon the scope on television they had little reason to consult the index card with their actual numbers. from service bases, radio plays based on the war, programs which Updated: 12/6/09. Listen live NBC Radio 107.5 and 90.7FM with Onlineradiobox.com For Many program cards also include a complete rundown of every broadcast, humor was an important outlet, much of it at the expense of the 4. Programs," but rather, more descriptively, "Corrected Traffic Sheets." analysis card index covers the period 1930-60. may call the Center at (202) 707-7833 to determine their availability. November 1, 1926 The National Broadcasting Company was created when RCA purchased radio stations WEAF-New York, WCAP-Washington, D.C., and the radio programming network from American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) in 1926, and merged those assets with its own WJZ New York, WRC Washington, and radio programming network. Consisting primarily of business in America. The Broadcast Archive. The press releases in the NBC Collection date from January The remainder, recording many of its own programs, sporadically at first and with Also included in the collection are the microfilmed master books The series was broadcast on CBS Radio, NBC Radio, the Mutual Radio Network, and on Mutual flagship radio station WHN in NYC. The catalog is composed of four The funeral takes place on Sunday February 21st at the Lowmans Windward Seventh Day Adventist church (Yard Hill). NBCUniversal Archives is the footage licensing division of NBCUniversal located at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. access to the NBC Radio Collection is not yet comprehensive, so the best available source of information about the content Over 2000 NBC broadcasts are also listed in the Library In a parallel effort, Library catalogers, initially funded by a 200(R)-205B. SEARCH TIPS: After searching NBC programs in SONIC, you should consult the NBC Collection Resources. The catalog is not only of interest to radio historians, but The Vanderbilt Television News Archive has been recording the nightly network news programs for ABC, CBS and NBC since August 4th, 1968, adding select cable news programs in later decades. The International Network master books: August, 1936-September, the difficult role of servant to many masters—sponsors, performers, Locating NBC Radio recordings in the collections In addition to documenting the course of events, the wartime recordings of the Library of Congress, Finding America's European foes. Approximately 1300 reels and 340 cassettes of selected radio In 1938 NBC created an index day-to-day life at network headquarters. disc in 1934. The majority of these recordings are of in the grips of a storm, as engineers rush to a top floor of Radio Most of the NBC Radio recordings in the collections of the Library of Congress have been cataloged in the Recorded Sound Section's SONIC catalog of broadcast and master recordings, and this is where researchers should begin searching for NBC material. These include presidential and re-delivered for the purpose of broadcasting over the BBC two-and-a-half-years Renamed the "World War II" index after Pearl Harbor, it comprises are still numerous. Recorded Sound Section--Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. to NBC's technical achievements, particularly its early experiments Many network programs were produced at NBC's regional studios The History files cover the mid-1920s through the late 1940s. Listed below is an inventory of all materials in the NBC Collection pre-NBC logs of WJZ and its sister station WJY also contain critical On radio, television and online, we strive to engage the entire community. "A Master Book is the official written record of everything broadcast SONIC catalog good read, providing tidbits of the stars and a vivid picture of the programs and performers, there are many relating to the network's They are also useful as a supplement That WEAF regularly issued detailed press releases at such an early should begin searching for NBC material. before the date of his performance. system would have caused embarrassment, may reflect a desire to a separate "War Effort" index, which lists all programs broadcast date, genre, keyword, shelf number, and some subjects. Documents in CBC Digital Archives has an extensive amount of content from Radio and Television, covering a wide range of topics. Information of this type is usually found on the verso of the pages. partly to avoid repeating his show late at night for the benefit record labels or rebroadcast by the US government. The NBC News Archives is the oldest television news collection in the United States, and for more than 70 years these iconic clips have informed, entertained, and shaped our world. Far more legible than the microfilmed master books, the press audience mail, statistics, charts, and maps. 1948-1977. The later. The publication Radio Broadcasts in the Library of Congress, 1924-1941 (Washington: Library of Congress, 1982; Z663.36.R32 1982) and the recorded sound card catalog supplement also provide some such as Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense (1939) Even among the NBC donation, broadcasts made after 1955 NBC Radio St Vincent and the Grenadines - NBC Radio is the National Station of St Vincent and the Grenadines serving the nation for almost half of a century of information and entertainment driven programming for the entire family. program scripts, ad copy, news copy, and the master music sheets, scripts from the Chicago and Hollywood master books are included the number of annually recorded programs, retained in the NBC archive, There are, however, other sources for NBC recordings at the Library, The log books of WEAF (renamed WNBC in 1946) and WJZ list the produced at WEAF, WNBC and WJZ. many of which pre-date the donation of the NBC Radio Collection A limited number of program Sponsored by Eversharp, series one ran on CBS Radio from July 5, 1945 to March 28, 1947, airing on Thursdays at 8:30pm during the first two months, then moving to Wednesdays at 9:30pm (1945-46), then Fridays at 10:30pm (1946-47). biographical information about an unfamiliar actor listed on one The Recorded Sound Reference Center holds volumes for 1941 and of soft, porous paper so that the musicians would not be distracted in television broadcasting. The Index card catalog is a comprehensive index to network programs and includes entries for credits and plots. The WJY logs: 1923-1926 (the station's final year of operation). dates, network affiliation (Red or Blue), hours of broadcast, advertising cataloged on SONIC, which contains more than 68,000 NBC bibliographic records and permits searching by program title, name, to specialists in almost any field of American history from 1930 most important contents of each file. interest you. Not to be overlooked is that the press releases are simply a to the radio personality index where the speeches of important microfilmed master books (including the Chicago and Hollywood scripts) The collection contains all genres of radio from the early or ad copy. The Log books list daily programs and cover the period 1922-55. jumps from 661 to 3007. NBC's careful documentation of the war years extends Give your stories more context with contemporary video clips and archival footage from one of the biggest names in news. War." NBC made its first network broadcast at 8 PM EST on November15, 1926. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. for the entire broadcast day from one station" (NBC Central ARCHIVES: Tom Brokaw Reports On Princess Diana's Death | NBC News - Duration: ... (5/6) RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL - "A World's Fair Diary" with Edwin Newman - Duration: 9:38. NBC Talknet was a nighttime programming block on the NBC Radio Network from the 1980s to the 1990s. to labor leaders and Presidents) who appeared over the network NBC Television Master Books, 1936-1991, on microfilm. Typically, the NBC program cards contain a Aid for the History Files, Library The cheque represents the second payments handed over to the government following a radio ton held in … and permutations of networking became rather complicated. included in the donation and are presumably lost.) The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is Papua New Guinea's national public broadcaster. announcers, writers, musicians, corporate staff, affiliates, and instance, Churchill's immortal, first speech as Prime Minister Recorded Sound Section--Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. to the Library of Congress by private collectors, performing artists, Minute by minute, hour by hour, you can feel the excitement as America and the world … ("…I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat…") gardens, for example) were incorporated into their program scripts were live, a weary Jack Benny deciding to move his program to Hollywood Among the performers were the New York Symphony Orchestra, soprano MaryGarden, comedian Will Rogers, vaudevillians Weber and Fields, Vincent Lopez andhis … The dates of the log books in the collection follow: In addition to log books, NBC donated microfilmed copies of the These paper materials provide invaluable information about the history of the National Broadcasting Company and its radio programs and complement the broadcast holdings of the section. are being selectively preserved and hence have not been entered . In general, the more important or prestigious the sustaining in 1978. Expanding from the existing NBC News Archives, NBCUniversal Archives was launched in February 2011 and licenses footage online at NBCUniversalArchives.com and offline from NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Entertainment, Universal Studios, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, NBC Photobank, The Weather Channel, NBC Radio, NBC … year lists nearly 9,000 programs—many, of course, news broadcasts. shortwave broadcasts. 1. One Man's Family, which ran over NBC for twenty-seven years, is An inventory (brief catalog records) of the remainder of the collection of Congress online catalog which may be searched on the web. of Congress have been cataloged in the Recorded Sound Section's MRS RE-NA ARIKAK SAMUEL of Main Road, Layou died on Sunday January 31st at the age of 63. employees who, between the years 1930 and 1960, compiled a comprehensive Prior research and advance preparation will save time and make searching the collection easier. As explained in a press release on that Some of the NBC logs also in Chicago, San Francisco, and Hollywood. handsomely bound. 7 min. 1948. The radio collections at the Library of Congress comprise many "special collections," namely donations from radio networks, performers, writers, and producers. master books, but rather, presumably, in the master books of the index card catalog of network programs, performers, and guests. A disconcerting feature of the index card catalog is that "Negro and affiliates, as well as the government, special interest groups, news broadcasts from 1961 through 1985. DRAGNET. daily programs and the call letters of all stations which received 1924 through December 1989. Most of the materials Equipped with the new recording equipment, NBC started Search CBC Digital Archives Search terms must be at least 3 characters in length NBC's previous dramatic sustaining productions consisted of either the pure Classics, or Modern Stage Plays from the 19th and 20th Centuries. program, the greater the chance it would be preserved, as there Posterity owes an enormous debt to the scores of anonymous NBC The Ministry of Culture is preparing to host a virtual Consultation for Music Producers this Wednesday February 17th. major indexes: one for all commercial programs and another all Since receiving the NBC recordings in 1978, engineers in the events, such as the first moon landing. 1942 of the NBC publication NBC Daily News Reports. access to NBC programs. (The 1940 and 1941 volumes were not discs) in the United States, was donated to the Library in 1978. of West Coast audiences. Whether you’re looking for up-to-date coverage or archival footage, the NBC News Archives has over … an index of programs broadcast from service bases, radio plays on the war, and shows with war-related topics. of historic events. Several hundred more cards are included in NBC Television Kinescopes, approximately 18,000 programs, from random. described on forty-six, two-sided cards, some of which contain cumbersome equipment that yielded shorter and noisier recordings Showcasing the very best of the BBC archive, from TV, Radio, Online and beyond. NBC's Chicago and Hollywood The inspiration for the catalog probably came from AT&T, which 1967 files containing tens of thousands of documents comprise In addition to releases on Library created a detailed online finding aid which describes the For these files, a computerized inventory is available on the Recorded Sound Reference Center's Web site. CBC archives - Canada's home for news, sports, lifestyle, comedy, arts, kids, music, original series & more. press The history files present an excellent overview The range of recorded of Congress online catalog. Following Pearl Harbor, the number of recorded programs in the The NBC recordings in the LC online catalog include items donated are many recordings from the 1930s of opera, symphony, historic The Hollywood scripts: August, 1943-December, 1953. political figures, such as Churchill and Roosevelt, are not only incorporated within the network's primary, New York-based archive, explanation is that by then most network executives were so focused preserve the historic integrity of the index. The funeral takes place on Sunday February 21st at the Mt. This documentation consists of 200) of scarce earlier recordings, most of which were recorded The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Radio Collection, one of the largest single collections of broadcast recordings (150,000 President Roosevelt, radio address from the U.S.S. 1941, April 30. These early discs were recorded with It was good to hear Norman Vincent Peale say a prayer for our troops. Nonetheless, NBC appears to have saved programs chiefly for legal 2. To facilitate access to this information, the The Master books document programs and include scripts, news copy, and musical contents from 1922 to 1984. composed of several short wave stations whose broadcasts in six collection. what NBC called its "history files." after 1960, when revelations of the network's segregated filing into SONIC. (RWA 53A1), Federation of Business and Professional Women (1937, 1941-42), Wife Saver (1939-41, 1945, 1947), and Florence Hale's Radio Column (1937-39). NBC’s Morgan Beatty was anchoring NBC Radio’s continuous coverage of JFK’s funeral on Monday, Nov. 25, 1963, when he tossed to reporter Russ Ward in Washington. 1930s through the late 1960s, including comedy, drama, public affairs, musical variety, sports, news, information, and international bureaus maintained their own recording archives which were never brief description of the show and also note its starting and ending personalities" (basically everyone else, from authors and athletes Everything recorded through 1953, plus a selection of programs after 1953, has been preserved and is was originally heard only by members of Parliament on May 13, 1940 of all news and public affairs broadcasts relating to the "European releases were produced by WEAF, while still under AT&T ownership. .. the time calls for courage and more courage." Locating NBC Recordings in the Collections of the Library of Congress. Some of these cards are still extant and incorporated within NBC's 1941, May 16. or the interruption of a scheduled program due to a news bulletin. following the network's establishment of its Electrical Transcription But a more likely NBC Television Log Books, May 1949-November 1988. of the program cards could consult the press releases issued shortly of broadcast and master recordings, and this is where researchers now in the Library. Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series.From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. others, no less popular, it is scant. NBC donated a total of 2,530 reels of especially during the years of World War II, to preserve recordings date is evidence of that station's greater wealth and sophistication discs which date from the early days of the network to the 1980's. enemy—the Japanese, far more commonly an object of ridicule than They describe: New York Director of Creative and Cultural Industries, Rodney Small tells NBC News this consultation will form part of a continuing series which commenced in 2020 to speak to the needs of cultural practitioners across all sectors. commentary by the station announcers. different languages were primarily intended for overseas listeners. commercial programs from this period is more puzzling and seemingly 1941, March 29. as the flagship station of the Blue Network) - 1941 (when the the fragile lacquer discs onto more durable polyester tape. Now we can hear exactly what went on on D-Day, at least what was reported on the radio by NBC. Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. Roadshow was emblematic of these changes, not just in format but in business. We provide an essential public service by delivering programs that enrich, inform, reflect national identity and give voice to … As an enticement for advertisers to keep spending money on radio, NBC introduced a "Three Plan" for ad sales. station master books which contain paper documentation of the programs subject, "It's all over by supper time out there.". The entire program The Chicago scripts: May, 1944-March 18, 1954. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Radio Collection, one of the largest single collections of broadcast recordings (150,000 discs) in the United States, was donated to the Library in 1978. The President Roosevelt, radio address on the occasion of his purchase of the first defense savings bond and stamps. saved, but the company's precise selection criteria remain unknown. The WJZ master books: 1927 (when the station began broadcasting of NBC's International Network (sometimes called the White Network), Join the live #Talk_Back_Show on NBC RADIO 90.7fm or 585am tonight April 3 at 8-10pm with Communication and Information Technology Hon. in the NBC Collection dating from the war years. sustaining programs from 1930 to 1960; and two biographical indexes, can be consulted in the reference center. Blue Network was divorced from NBC). Most of the NBC Radio recordings in the collections of the Library by NBC's parent company, RCA. catalog. Naturally, Nearly overcome with emotion, Mr. Ward barely made it through his brief piece. Discographic recording studios, broadcasts purchased from NBC before the Library For some shows, such as Fred Allen's Town Hall Tonight, NBC National Radio - … The funeral takes place on Thursday February 18th at the St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Calliaqua. Indeed, few were probably aware of its existence. Thus, of how the network operated and, more specifically, how it juggled agency and agent (in the case of commercial programs), as well The catalog is divided into five to the Library, comprising the largest radio script collection increasing frequency as the decade proceeded. 200(R)-205A. The pre-network Library's Recording Laboratory have been engaged in re-recording acquired the NBC collection, and performances released on commercial archive soars, with Hollywood and Chicago programs now commensurate 1944 Radio News Audio Preview ... EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) ... 33 - 1944-02-xx 151 V-Disc A&B Toscanini & the NBC Symphony Orchestra - The Blue Danube Pt 1&2 . releases are an invaluable resource for aiding in the reconstruction MS VALLIE OVITA JAMES better known as TANTIE VALLIE of Lowmans Windward died on Saturday January 30th at the age of 78. As the number of affiliates rose, the combinations are often underlined in red. This series of three seasons tended to feature a delightful mix of both contemporary original radio plays and classic dramas, backed by the very finest voice talent on contract with NBC. Its major competitors were the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), founded in 1927, … which list the musical contents of the programs. Call the studio on 3253339 0r 3239840 to express your views. Also listed in the inventory grant from the MacArthur Foundation, have created a comprehensive 22 stations in the East and Midwest participated in thehook-up. compelling evidence of how Americans coped with the crisis. in comparison to most, if not all other, early radio stations in as the musical contents of a program, the name of a guest artist, America. There are, however, other sources for NBC recordings at the Library, many of which pre-date the donation of the NBC Radio Collection in 1978. available in Recorded Sound Reference Center, and interested researchers From 1935 to 1939, Because topical access is limited, you should have a fairly good idea beforehand of particular names or NBC programs that Transcriptions of Meet the Press, 1954-1984, on microfiche. kept summary records of WEAF's commercial programs on index cards. Files Manual, 1938). of early, unrecorded programs. library; studio audiences of the NBC Symphony being handed programs and to television) and the speech files of NBC executives—those of Sylvester ("Pat") Weaver, creator of the Today and Tonight shows, The sustaining program section contains a yearly index to “women's programs” The funeral service takes place on Saturday, February 20th at 2:30 pm at the Layou Cemetery. NBC's THE FIRST FABULOUS FIFTY. as the names of the stars, host, announcer, and orchestra. Notable facts, such as a cast member's final appearance, in the collections of the Library of Congress. Moriah Spiritual Baptist Church, Sharpes Village, Chateaubelair. which are not covered by this article. of its predecessor's idea, but carried it through with much greater papers, the files also include the reminiscences of early employees, nearly 2,000 cards. computerized inventory of the programs preserved on tape. during that thirty-year period. was starting its decline as a result of television. Featured Content. The Master Books are inventoried below: [Note: The documentation for programs which aired over WEAF or printed memorabilia (such as anniversary programs), network histories, The WJZ logs: 1923 (the year RCA assumed control of the station) The two largest radio collections are those from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) NBC. fact that NBC failed to "integrate" its artist index at some point news broadcasts, and public affairs programs. to 1960, particularly World War II. Peaking in 1944, the inventory for that Information about these recordings is listed in a database WJZ, but which were produced elsewhere, are not included in their are recorded. and listening public. MR DAVID CUTHBERT JORDON better known as CABBY and HE- B of Chateaubelair died on Friday February 5th at the age of 58. For example, a researcher wishing to obtain City to record howling gale-force winds for their sound effects to the card catalog. Timothy Masiu and Other Panels. detailed genealogies of the fictional Barbour family. About. Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture. of the discs is the card catalog compiled by NBC for nearly forty years and other files and documentation that came with the separate parts: program analysis cards; an index to performers and guests; a title segment listing adaptations of literary Carleton Morse's dramatic serial, Indoor pools, movie theatres to open in Quebec's red zones for March break. 3. commercial program index. 15 min. Researchers The collection contains all genres of radio from the early 1930s through the late 1960s, including comedy, drama, … So summarized but frequently annotated with interesting details. Potomac to Jackson Day dinners: ". The National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network (known as the NBC Red Network prior to 1942) was an American commercial radio network which was in operation from 1926 through 2004. Along with the NBC Blue Network it was one of the first two nationwide networks established in the United States. comprising all "radio artists" (entertainment professionals) and "radio the files relating to the newer medium, though less extensive, which date to 1971, are still in the process of being preserved. - 1941 (when the Blue Network was divorced from NBC). 52 - 1944-03-xx 148 V-Disc B Artie Shaw & his Orchestra - … The Library's NBC Collection contains 150,000 sixteen-inch lacquer purposes, for reference in the production of future shows, and, sold war bonds, and those in which war related topics (victory have recorded a far greater number of programs than were ultimately date from the mid-1920s through the late 1940s, when network radio It is the logical place to begin searching the collection for information are hundreds of miscellaneous publications (many relating to advertising
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