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Print Version (Pdf) Special Collections and University Archives UMass Amherst Libraries WFCR Radio Broadcast Collection Digital ca.1954-1987 308 boxes (462 linear feet) Call no.: MS 741 About SCUA SCUA home Credo digital Scope Overview Series 1. Lectures, News, and Events Series 2. Community Programming Series 3. Arts and letters Series 4. Music Series 5. Five Colleges Events Series 6. Children's Programs Inventory Series 1. Lectures, News, and Events Series 2. Community Programming Series 3. Arts and letters Series 4. Music Series 5. Five Colleges Events Series 6. Children's Programs Admin info Download xml version print version (pdf) Read collection overview The first public radio station in western New England, WFCR Five College Radio has provided a mix of high quality, locally- produced and nationally syndicated programming since May 1961. In 2012, the station reached over 175,000 listeners per week, with a mix of classical and jazz music, news, and entertainment. The WFCR Collection contains nearly 4,500 reel to reel recordings of locally-produced radio programs, reflecting over fifty years of the cultural and intellectual life of western Massachusetts. Drawing upon the talents of the faculty and students of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and UMass Amherst), the collection offers a remarkable breadth of content, ranging from public affairs to community and national news, cultural programming, children's programming, news and current events, scholarly lectures, classical music, and jazz. See similar SCUA collections: Literature and language Massachusetts (West) Performing arts Poetry Political activism Social justice UMass (1947- ) UMass faculty Vietnam War Women and feminism Background on WFCR The first public radio station in western New England, WFCR radio first went on the air on May 6, 1961, transmitting from a 10-watt station located at Springfield Trade High School. Then known as Four College Radio (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst), WFCR initially operated on a very limited schedule, broadcasting only from noon to midnight, six days per week, and it offered little in the way of locally-produced content. After joining the Eastern Educational Radio Network in 1962, however, WFCR began gradually to expand its scope, increasing its on-air presence to seventeen hours per day within two years and pursuing a more ambitious agenda of covering cultural events in the region. By the late 1960s, WFCR became a major public venue for the myriad musical productions originating in the Pioneer Valley region, as well as for local writers, artists, and the steady stream of visiting lecturers at the Four Colleges. WFCR studio, ca.1968 With Hampshire College joining the Four Colleges in 1966 -- thus creating Five College Radio -- WFCR hired its first Music Director. UMass assumed the license for the station in 1967, the same year that Congress established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and relocated the studio from Springfield to Hampshire House on the UMass campus. The station's community affairs programming began in earnest shortly thereafter with the appearance of Que Tal Amigos, a Spanish-language program aimed at migrant workers in the Pioneer Valley, and soon included programming tailored to women (the Women's Hour), French Americans, and African Americans, among others. In 1997, WFCR began to offer a 24/7 schedule and offers a full line-up of news and talk programming offered to the region through WNNZ at 640AM and 91.7FM, and streamed through internet at nepr.net. The station's mix of classical and jazz music, news, and entertainment reached over 175,000 listeners per week in 2012. Scope of collection The WFCR Collection contains nearly 4,500 reel to reel recordings of locally-produced radio programs, reflecting over fifty years of the cultural and intellectual life of western Massachusetts. Drawing upon the talents of the faculty and students of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and UMass Amherst), the collection offers a remarkable breadth of content, ranging from public affairs to community and national news, cultural programming, children's programming, news and current events, scholarly lectures, classical music, and jazz. Links are provided in the inventory below to broadcasts that have been digitized. All files are made available to the public in mp3 format. Nearly all of the recordings are 0.25" reel-to-reel audiotape Series descriptions Series 1. Lectures, News, and Events 1959-1985 1,063 items Broadcasts by invited lecturers, guests, scholars, and activists, speaking on the topics of the day and issues of concern, ranging from the War in Vietnam to the environment, science, technology, history, and ethics. The speakers and topics represented in this series is broad, ranging from activists Saul Alinsky, Kate Millett, and Louis Farrakhan, to politicians Edward M. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and Richard Nixon and scientists Severo Ochoa, Linus Pauling, Alexander Rich, and Loren Petry. The collection is particularly rich in documentingthe vibrant and often fractious political and cultural world of the Pioneer Valley from the mid-1960s through mid-1980s. Series 2. Community Programming 1966-1984 754 items Beginning in the late 1960s, WFCR began to offer regular programming to reach the interests of their listening audience. Beginning with Que Tal Amigos, a long-running show aimed at migrant workers in the Pioneer Valley, WFCR offered shows geared toward African Americans (Mbari Mbayo, Colors, and Spectrum), women (the Women's Hour, Women's Forum, World of Women), and Franco-Americans (Tout en Français). Series 3. Arts and letters 1962-1985 273 items Arts programming has been a mainstay of WFCR since its earliest days. This series consists of broadcasts related to the performing arts, visual arts, and literature, including readings by poets, writers, playwrights, and literary critics. With the exception of works by the Valley Light Opera Company, musical performances are included in Series 4, and other arts-related broadcasts are located within other series (e.g. within the Five College Lecture Hall in Series 1). Series 4. Music 1963-1986 2,275 items Musical performances broadcast live over WFCR, including a large number of concerts by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and numerous visiting groups, and series performed at Aston Magna, the Brattleboro Music Center, Mohawk Trail Concerts, and Music Mountain. Although classical music predominates, the collection includes some jazz and popular music. The series includes a number of notable recitals by faculty members at Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, as well as UMass Amherst, and by a variety of student and faculty groups. Lydia Artymiw, Nigel Coxe, Jörg Demus, John Duke, Howard Lebow, Estela Olevsky, Julian Olevsky, and Ernst and Lory Wallfisch and particularly well represented as performers. Series 5. Five Colleges Events 1965-1981 29 items Broadcasts relating to events at the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and UMass Amherst), including commencement exercises. Musical performances by university ensembles and faculty members are housed in Series 4 (Music), and lectures by members of the Five Colleges community are similarly organized under Series 3 (Arts and letters) or Series 1 (Lectures, News, Events). Series 6. Children's Programs 1973-1983 75 items Two series aimed at children: Cat's Cradle and Kid's Word. Inventory Series 1. Lectures, News, and Events 1959-1985 1,063 items #F53 undated 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 144.04 Abortion Special undated 00:44:45 h:m:s Box 142.22 Abortion: Doctor Phillip Sand ca.1969 Apr. 00 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 138.28 Academic Tour of USSR 1959 Nov. 11 01:00:00 h:m:s Box 140.11 Achebe, Chinua: Writer and society: the Nigerian example (October Lectures) 1975 Sep. 13 00:37:22 h:m:s Box 138.21 Africa Week 1 1981 Jul. 2 00:56:50 h:m:s Box 143.10 Agnew, Spiro: Alabama Speech 1969 Nov. 10 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 188.07 Agnew, Spiro: Criticism of Network's Speech 1969 Nov. 13 00:24:36 h:m:s Box 188.02 Aguirre undated 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 189.05 Aircheck 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 79.35 Alberto y Maria 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 79.33 Alkan 1982 Oct. 30 00:46:40 h:m:s Box 206.01 Alkan Special 1982 Oct. 30 00:43:21 h:m:s Box 124.12 Allende, Salvador (President of Chile) interview with John Wallach 1973 Jun. 18 00:58:54 h:m:s Box 118.01 Alleson, Roger undated 00:20:00 h:m:s Box 218.28 Alliance For Progress 1972 Dec. 1 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 216.10 Anatomy of Turmoil 1968 Oct. 4 00:44:40 h:m:s Box 84.12 Argentina: Juan Carlos Coral 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 79.36 Arons, Steve: Grand Juries 1973 Jan. 11 00:30:21 h:m:s Box 227.07 Asian-American Experience 1975 Jul. 1 00:56:15 h:m:s Box 230.06 Axelson, Gary: Young Americans and drugs abroad 1970 Mar. 27 00:16:38 h:m:s Box 308.19 Babbitt, Milton: Philomel at Amherst College 1964 Feb. 12 00:19:08 h:m:s Box 186.01 Bailey, Robert: Promo Talk Track 1970 Jun. 24 01:00:00 h:m:s Box 143.12 Banchetto Musicale: Tagliaxini 1976 Mar. 30 01:00:00 h:m:s Box 123.12 Banda, Hastings (President of Malawi) 1967 Jun. 4 00:11:36 h:m:s Box 145.11 Bass, George: Underwater Archeology, part 1 1963 Nov. 13 00:30:00 h:m:s Box 76.30 Bass, George: Underwater Archeology, part 2 1963 Nov.
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