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2010 UA8/3/1 Information Technology - WKU Public Radio WKU Archives

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Recommended Citation WKU Archives, "UA8/3/1 Information Technology - WKU Public Radio" (2010). WKU Archives Collection Inventories. Paper 147. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/147

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WKU Archives 1906 College Heights Blvd.#11092 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Phone: 270-745-4793 Email: [email protected] Home page: https://wku.edu/library/archive © 2010 WKU Archives, Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved.

Administrative History: WKYU went on the air on Saturday, August 23, 1975 at 10 a.m. at 580 khz on the AM dial.

WKYU-FM 88.9 - Bowling Green WKPB-FM 89.5 - Henderson WDCL-FM 89.7 - Somerset WKUE-FM 90.9 - Elizabethtown

Description: Records created by and about WKU Public Radio.

Dates: 1975-present

Extent: .5 cu. ft, 4 audiotapes

Subject Analytics: Public television WKYU-FM WWHR-FM Western Kentucky University

Digital Commons: Broadcast and Video Studies Journalism Studies Communication Mass Communication Higher Education Administration

Accession Information: These records transferred to WKU Archives upon its creation.

Access Restrictions: none

Allied Materials:

Preferred Citation: UA8/3/1 Information Technology WKU Public Radio, WKU Archives, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.

Processing Information: Records processed and collection inventory created 2010, revised 2019. Finding Aid Report 05/22/2019

UA8.3.1 Records Date Level Subseries Linked toUA8.3 Title UA8 Information Technology Series 3 Educational Telecommunications Collection Subseries 1 WKU Public Radio Scope & Content WKU Archives Records created by and about WKU Public Radio.

Container List Container Folder Creator Date Title Box 1 1-13 WKYU Public Radio 1981; 1984-1990 Choice Program Guides

Description Program guides were combined with WKYU-TV guides in 1990, see UA8/3/2 for continuation of series. Subjects Radio broadcasting Radio stations

Box 1 14 WKYU Public Radio 1985-1993 Brochures Subjects Radio broadcasting Radio stations Fund raising Magnets Invitations Dedications Advertising

Box 2 1-2 WKYU Public Radio Moonlight Serenade

Description Scripts for Moonlight Serenade written by Bill Hanson, donated by Leland Stott, UA2007/179 Subjects Radio broadcasting Radio stations

Tape Box 1 Drawer 3 WWHR-FM 1998 Film/Video/Audio File

Description Audiotape - 1 Subjects Radio broadcasting Audio recording Crawford, Nicholas. Radon on Western's Talking, 1998 Chemicals

Tape Box 4 Drawer 28 WWHR-FM 1998 Film/Video/Audio File

Description Audiotapes 2 - digitized Subjects Streets Roads Western's Talking, University Boulevard Plan community forum, 9/22/1998, 9/23/1998 (2) m1153.wav Traffic congestion Radio broadcasting Dexter, Harold Interviews Kelly, Michelle

Tape Box 4 Drawer 25 WKYU Public Radio 1996 Film/Video/Audio File

Description Audiotapes 1 - digitized Subjects Radio broadcasting Interviews On Assignment, 8/21/1996 re: Postsecondary Education Reform Movement Education Audio recording Gibbs, Janean Richards, Jody