IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

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RS 5/6/3

WOI Radio and Television

Records, 1924-2005, undated

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Descriptive summary creator: WOI Radio and Television title: Records dates: 1924-2005, undated extent: 33.18 linear feet (78 document boxes, 2 half-document boxes, and 3 map case folders) collection number: RS 5/6/3 repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information access: Open for research publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department preferred Iowa State University, WOI Radio and Television Records, RS 5/6/3, citation: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

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Abstract

WOI-AM went on the air on April 28, 1922, with regular market news broadcasts. During the next 25 years, the scope of station programming expanded to encompass all areas of Iowa State's activities including agricultural programming, programs for homemakers, lectures, forums, and classical music. On July 1, 1949, WOI-FM became one of the first FM stations in Iowa when it started broadcasting. In 2004, WOI Radio became part of Iowa Public Radio. WOI-TV went on the air in February 1950 and for several years was the first station in central Iowa to offer a regular schedule of programming. It was the first television station owned and operated by an institution of higher learning and was noteworthy for its early experiments in Kinescope recording techniques. WOI-TV was sold to Capital Communications Company, Inc. in 1994. This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, reports, brochures and other publications, and minutes from WOI Board meetings. The records also include information on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing and the tax cases in which WOI was involved. In addition, the records include scripts and other documents for various WOI Radio and Television programs, such as "The Prairie Valley Intelligencer" and "The Homemaker's Half-Hour." There are also audience surveys, Nielson Ratings showing the station in comparison to other area stations, and programming schedules.

Historical note

WOI Radio (written by Dr. Charles Black and Don Forsling): The history of broadcasting at Iowa State University dates back to 1911. That is when physics professor "Dad" Hoffman rigged a transmission line from the campus water tower to Engineering Hall and asked for money to establish a wireless telegraph station. In 1914, the Electrical Engineering Department installed and began operation of a small transmitter under the call letters 9YI. Newspaper reports indicate station 9YI was regularly sending and receiving weather reports by Morse code.

On April 28, 1922, with new call letters assigned by the Radio Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, WOI-AM went on the air with its first regular feature, market news. At that time, Iowa State was one of 21 colleges and universities holding broadcasting licenses. In the fall, the station broadcast its first Iowa State football game. Andy Woolfries introduced the Music Shop, one of the longest running programs in radio history, in 1925, but due to budget constraints the show was cancelled in 2009. Another long-running program, The Book Club, began in 1927 and aired until 2006.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the scope of the WOI program service broadened to encompass and extend to Iowans the entire range of the college's activities. Agricultural programs and programs for homemakers continued along with forums, lectures, and classical music. WOI-FM, one of the first FM stations in Iowa, aired on July 1, 1949, with stereo broadcasting coming in 1955. Fifty years ago, the WOI-FM schedule would run on the air from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Programs offered would

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include Classical Concerts, Dinner Hour News, Articles of Interest with Norman Cleary, and Starlight Concerts. WOI-AM was on the air from 6:00 a.m. until 7:45 p.m. in July {7:15 p.m. in August, 6:30 p.m. in September, and so on} with such programs as Down on the Farm, Homemakers, Georgetown Forums, Sixty Plus…For Elder Citizens, German Today, and A Look at Australia. WOI AM also broadcast all the Iowa State University Cyclones football "thrillers" on Saturday afternoons in the fall of 1952.

Great local programs continue today with Talk of Iowa and Midday, although Saturday afternoon's play by play of Iowa State University sports have been replaced with The Metropolitan Opera and This American Life. National Public Radio (NPR), the news and information organization that brings Morning Edition, Car Talk, Fresh Air, and many more programs to the airwaves, was formed in 1970. On May 31, 1971, WOI was one 90 public radio stations to air NPR's first program, All Things Considered.

In 2004, the Board of Regents of the State of Iowa combined Iowa State's WOI Radio with the University of Iowa's WSUI-AM and KSUI-FM, and the University of Northern Iowa's KUNI-FM and KHKE-FM to create Iowa Public Radio.

WOI-TV: WOI-TV was the first television station owned and operated by an institution of higher learning in the U.S., beginning in February 1950. At that time, the station was the only one to televise a regular schedule of programming into central Iowa, until 1954. The station was truly unique in that as an educationally owned television station, WOI- TV was also granted a commercial license by the FCC. The goal of WOI-TV:

"…is dedicated to bringing the best the (Iowa State) College has to offer to the schools, cities, and farms of Iowa, with programs of education, entertainment, and public service."

WOI-TV's pioneering activities in applying television to education helped stimulate support for the institution of educational television across the United States. Iowa State University was one of the first educational institutions to broadcast college-level courses, using WOI-TV as its outlet. WOI-TV is also historically noteworthy for its early experiments in Kinescope recording techniques, which the station used to film and distribute its locally produced programming to other stations.

Also notable in the History of WOI-TV is the station's decades-long case with the IRS. The case, which many documents in this collection are dedicated to, centered around WOI-TV's status as an educational broadcasting organization (both educational for Iowa State students and for those viewing educational programs on the station) or as a commercial television station making revenue from advertisers. The IRS demanded years in back taxes from the station in their case.

Iowa State University sold WOI-TV to Capital Communications Company, Inc. (1994).

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Collection description

This collection (1925-[ongoing]) contains correspondence, news clippings, reports, brochures and other publications, and minutes from WOI Board meetings. The records also include information on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing and the tax cases in which WOI was involved. In addition, the records include scripts and other documents for various WOI Radio and Television programs, such as "The Prairie Valley Intelligencer" and "The Homemaker's Half-Hour." There are also audience surveys, Nielson Ratings showing the station in comparison to other area stations, and programming schedules.

Organization

The collection is arranged into 12 series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1925-2005 (alphabetical) Series 2: WOI Radio and TV Administrative Records, 1947-1994 (chronological) Series 3: Tax Case Records, 1942-1970 (chronological) Series 4: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Records, 1925-1988 (chronological) Series 5: Radio Administration Records, 1925-2005, undated (chronological) Series 6: Radio News Clippings, 1911-2005 (chronological) Series 7: Radio Programs, 1925-2002, undated (alphabetical) Series 8: Television Administrative Records, 1941-2000, undated (chronological) Series 9: Television News Clippings, 1949-1994, undated (chronological) Series 10: Television Station Ratings, 1986-1993, undated (chronological) Series 11: Television Programs, 1952-1993, undated (alphabetical) Series 12: WOI-TV Sale, 1971-1995, undated (alphabetical)

Description of series

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Series 1 Correspondence 1925-2005 extent: 2.10 linear feet description: This series features correspondence of WOI employees and WOI viewers concerning the business and the programming of WOI-TV and WOI Radio.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates 1 1 A 1974-1997 1 2 Ankeny Trade Fair 1994 1 3 Auto Racing Weekly (2 color photographs) 1993 1 4 B 1975-1975 1 5 Board of Directors and General Management 1986 1 6 Brees Concert 1929 1 7 Clara Brown 1974-1975 1 8 C 1974-1975 1 9 Campus Faculty and Staff 1974-1975 1 10 Don Campbell 1978-1980 1 11 Contest Winners 1993 1 12 Pam Daale 1993 1 13 Jim Davis 1974-1975 1 14 E 1974-1975 1 15 Employment 1974-1975 1 16 F 1992 2 1 Fiddler on the Roof 1995 2 2 Don Forsling 1974-1975 2 3 Rod Folwer 1993 2 4 G 1974-1975 76 10 General Correspondences 1956-1976 76 11 General Correspondences 1980-1985 76 12 General Correspondences 1986-1990

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Box Folder Title Dates 76 13 General Correspondences 1991-1992 2 5 Good Morning Iowa 1995 2 6 Griffith 1942 2 7 H 1974-1992 2 8 Carl Hamilton 1966 2 9 Homefront (Television Program) 1993 2 10 Bob Helmers 1974-1975 2 11 James Hilton 1954 2 12 I 1974-1975 2 13 Iowa Electric Light and Power 1974-1975 2 14 Iowa Racing 1992-1994 2 15 Iowa State Basketball 1993 2 16 Iowa State Emergency Communications Committee 1974-1975 2 17 Iowa State University Buildings 1974-1975 2 18 Iowa State Center 1974-1975 2 19 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation 1988 Retirement Plan 2 20 Iowa State University Group Life Insurance and Disability 1984 2 21 J 1974-1975 2 22 K 1974-1975 2 23 Fred Kalamaja 1974-1975 2 24 Keith Ketcham 1974-1975 2 25 L 1974-1975 3 1 Dale Larson 1974-1975 3 2 M 1974-2005 3 3 Market News 1983 3 4 Jan Marvin 1974-1975 3 5 March of Dimes - Walk America 1955 3 6 March Uplink 1994 3 7 May Book 1995 3 8 Musical Programs 1925

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Box Folder Title Dates 3 9 N 1974-1975 3 10 National Association of Broadcasters 1974-1975 3 11 National Rifle Association Petition Cards 1994 3 12 Nightline 1993 3 13 NYPD Blue 1993-1994 3 14 Nutrition Uplink 1995 3 15 O 1941 3 16 P 1974-1975 3 17 Pauletta 1993 3 18 Robert Parks 1972 3 19 Bob Phillips 1974-1975 3 20 Bob Phillips and B. Benson 1974-1975 3 21 Purchasing 1974-1975 4 1 Price Schedule, Motion Picture and Education Markets 1978 Division 4 2 Public Service Programs 1991 4 3 Public Service Programs 1992 4 4 Public Service Programs 1993 4 5 Pufferbilly Days 1994 4 6 R 1974-1975 4 7 Racing 1993 4 8 Radio 1941-1945 4 9 Reception Reports 1974-1975 4 10 Regent's Radio Network 1974-1975 4 11 Regent's Radio Network Technical Committee 1974-1975 4 12 Iowa Board of Regents Radio Station Interconnection 1974 Study Committee 4 13 Rodeo 1995 4 14 President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932 4 15 Rush (Limbaugh) 1993 4 16 S 1974-1975

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Box Folder Title Dates 4 17 Len Sassenrath 1974-1975 4 18 Sesame Street Live 1995 4 19 Selling WOI-TV 1983 4 20 WOI-TV Sale 1985 5 1 Soaps 1977 5 2 Gene Spencer 1974-1975 5 3 Sports Programming 1993 5 4 Sportshow 1995 5 5 STL Log 1974-1975 5 6 State Fair 1992 5 7 Swan's Crossing 1993 5 8 T 1974-1975 5 9 Tax Case 1953 5 10 Tax Case 1954 5 11 Tax Case 1955 5 12 Ted Tostlebe 1974-1975 5 13 Telegrams and TWXs 1974-1975 5 14 Toys for Tots 1988-1994 5 15 Trick or Treat 1993 5 16 U 1974-1975 5 17 USS Iowa 1967 5 18 V 1974-1975 5 19 Variety Club 1993 5 20 W 1974-1992, undated 5 21 Weather 1993 5 22 Weather School Classroom 1991 5 23 Tom Wheeler 1974-1975 5 24 WOI-TV 1973 5 25 WOI Staff 1974-1975 5 26 World News Tonight 1988-1991

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Description of series

Series 2 WOI Radio and TV Administrative Records 1947-[ongoing]

extent: 1.89 linear feet

description: This series consists of minutes from WOI Board meetings as well as budget reports for the station. In addition there is newsletter information regarding the sale of WOI-TV.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates 6 1 Financial Information 1947-1949 6 2 Ford Foundation Depreciation Schedule 1952-1957 6 3 Fund for Adult Education Progress Report 1952 6 4 Ford Foundation Report 1953 6 5 Ford Foundation 1951-1956 6 6 IJCET Opposition to Rib Mountain 1954-1955 6 7-10 Rib Mountain Inc. Actions Regarding Chapter 11 1955 Revisions 6 11 FCC WOI License Renewal 1958 7 1 FCC General Instructions Propriety Products 1967 7 2 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1975 7 3 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1977 7 4 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1978 7 5 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1979 7 6 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1980 7 7 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1981 7 8 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1982 7 9 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1983 7 10 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1984 8 1 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1984 8 2-4 A-50 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1985

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Box Folder Title Dates 8 5 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1986 8 6 WOI-AM-FM-TV 1986 8 7 1st Quarter Needs and Concerns, Programming 1987 9 1 3rd Quarter Needs and Interest Programming 1987 9 2 4th Quarter Needs and Interest Programming 1987 9 3 Board of Directors 1987 9 4 Board of Directors 1988 9 5 Board of Directors 1989 9 6 Board of Directors 1990 9 7 Budget 1990 9 8 Board of Directors 1990 9 9 "Four Year Plan" 1991 9 10 Budget and Board of Directors 1991 10 1 Budget 1991 18 4 WOI-TV Analysis for Value 1991-1993 10 2 Budget and Financial Issues (Sale of WOI) 1992 10 3 Board of Directors 1992 10 4 Board of Directors Meetings 1993 10 5 WOI-TV Scholarship 1994 10 6 Board of Directors 1994

Description of series

Series 3 Tax Case Records 1942-1975, undated

extent: 3.36 linear feet

description: This series contains materials documenting WOI Radio and TV and the IRS in a continuous battle over taxes spanning more than twenty years. The records include general information about the station, depositions of WOI and Iowa State University employees, court records.

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Container list

Box Folder Title Dates 11 1 History of Iowa State College Excerpt 1942 11 2-4 Board of Regents - notes, correspondence, legal 1944-1971 documents 11 5 Tax Case Correspondence and WOI Tax-Free 1945-1949 Justification 11 6 Transcript of Board of Education Minutes Relating to 1950 Network Policy of WOI-TV 11 7 Tax Correspondence and Planning 1950-1955 11 8 Official Reports and Correspondence Regarding Tax 1952 Case–legal documents 11 9 Hirschburg and Reynolds–correspondence, notes 1952-1953 12 1 Extra Copies of Exhibits 1952-1955 12 2 Taxability Determination by IRS 1952-1962 12 3 Tax Problem Legislation and Initial Inquiries 1953 12 5 Statement: Clarence R. Elder 1953 12 5 Tax Case in Document Form–Arguments, Statement of 1953-1954 Fact, Correspondence with Attorney and Accountant, Report of Finances 12 6 Report of Special Examination–two copies of examination 1953 by CPA 12 7 Richard B. Hull–notes, reports 1954 12 8 Correspondence Relating to Tax Case 1954 12 9 Income and Budget of WOI 1954 12 10 Sidney B. Smith 1954 12 11 Trip to Des Moines 1954 12 12 Trip to Washington D.C. Regarding Tax Situation 1954 12 13 Form 990-T 1954 12 14 Organization of Internal Revenue, Washington D.C. 1954-1955 12 15 Bureau's Letter to Cornell University 1954-1955 12 16 Pending, Tax Hearing Work Folder 1954-1955 12 17 WOI-TV Establishment–article 1955

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Box Folder Title Dates 12 18 Part Two–Brief and Argument Proposition I 1955 12 19 Part Two–Brief and Argument Proposition III 1955 12 20 Part Two–Brief and Argument Proposition IV 1955 12 21 Part Two–Brief and Argument Proposition V 1955 13 1 WOI Awards 1955-1971 13 2 Part Two–Brief and Argument Proposition VI 1955 13 3 Part Three–Brief and Argument Exhibits 1955 13 4 Board Reaction–Editorial 1955 13 5 Brief and Argument–Proposition II 1955 13 6 Kent Emery Correspondence 1955-1956 13 7 Richard Hull's Notes 1955-1956 13 8 Tax Case Correspondence and Planning 1956-1959 13 9 Statement of Robert Mulhall 1960 ca. 13 10 Legislators, Broadcasters, and the Public Interest 1960 13 11 Political Time 1960 13 12 Income, Expenditures, and Payroll 1960-1967 13 13 WOI Schooltime Numbers 1960-1969 13 14 "Introduction to Mathematics" Evidence and Notes 1960-1969 13 15 FCC Renewal Application for WHO-TV and KRNT-TV 1961 13 16 Transactions Between Station and Non-Profit 1962-1965 Organizations 13 17 Tax Case Evidence and Opinions 1962-1966 13 18 Revenue 1962-1969 13 19 Lists of Locally-Produced Programs 1963-1967 13 20 WOI Agreement with the American Broadcasting 1965 Company 13 21 Descriptions of Departments and Duties at WOI 1965 ca. 13 22 Reports on Closed Circuit Television 1965-1967 13 23 Campus Closed Circuit Television 1966 13 24 Commentary on 1966 Ruling 1966 13 25 Charles Akre Correspondence 1966

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Box Folder Title Dates 13 26 Programming Logs 1966 13 27 National Association of Educational Broadcasters Report 1966 on Communication Services to Meet Educational Needs in Iowa 13 28 Breakdown of WOI-TV Programming 1966 13 29 Correspondence and Reports Regarding WOI and 1966-1967 College of Engineering 13 30 "Profit is a Single Criterion: A White Paper" 1967 13 31 Reports for WOI Case 1967 14 1 Agenda for Conference 1967 14 2 Plans for the Future 1967 14 3 Tax Payment Under Protest 1967 14 4 Request for Payment from IRS 1967 14 5 "WOI: A Brief History, Present Status, A Look Ahead" 1967 14 6 Correspondence with Charles Akre 1967 14 7 Ohio State University Report on ISU vs. IRS 1967 14 8 TV Survey Techniques 1967 14 9 "Influence of An Entertainment Program on Subsequent 1967-1968 Audience for Educational Program" 14 10 Faculty Correspondence Concerning WOI Educational 1967-1968 Programming 14 11 Charles Akre Correspondence 1968 14 12 Ohio State University Time Involvement in the WOI Tax 1968 Case 14 13 Tax Expense Payments 1968 14 14 "The Ghost Teachers of TV" 1968 14 15 Constitutional Issue 1968 14 16 Meredith Broadcasting Company vs. The United States 1968 14 17 TV Survey Techniques 1968 14 18 WOI-TV Fiscal 1968 Operations 1968 14 19 "Proposed Statement by the Iowa Board of Regents" 1968 14 20 "Academic Institutions and the Unrelated Business 1968 Income Tax"

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Box Folder Title Dates 14 21 Telecommunicative Arts Newsletter 1968 14 22 Affidavit of President Parks 1969 14 23 Interoffice Memos Concerning "Deadline" 1969 14 24 "Television as a Teacher" Article 1969 14 25 Network Rate Committee Report 1969 14 26 Correspondence from W.J. Reichardt 1969 14 27 "Iowa State University vs. United States of America: 1969 Stipulation of Fact" 14 28 Affidavits from Bookstore 1969 14 29 "United States Court of Claims No. 413-69" 1969 14 30 Chronological Description of WOI Physical Facilities 1969 14 31 WOI Radio and Television Space Usage 1969 14 32 "WOI-AM-FM: Origin and Development, Current 1969 Operations, and Association with WOI-TV" 14 33 Attachments #1,2,3,4,5 1969 14 34 "WOI-TV Relationship and Contributions to the Iowa 1969 State University Telecommunicative Arts Training Program in 1960-1969" 14 35 Staff List 1969 14 36 Origin of FM and TV Facilities at Iowa State University 1969 14 37 Discussion of Ratings 1969 14 38 Ludwig Affidavit 1969 15 1 Court Petition of October 14, 1969 1969 15 2 Memo from George P. Wilson Jr. (Professor of Speech 1969 and Director of the Telecommunicative Arts Training Program 15 3 United States Court of Claims Case 1969 15 4 Data from WOI-TV FCC 324 Annual Financial Reports 1969 15 5 WOI and WOI-FM–Origins, Development, Purpose, 1969 Philosophy 15 6 General Charles Akre Correspondence 1969 15 7 Carl Hamilton Correspondence 1969 15 8 References to WOI in ISU Catalog 1969 ca.

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Box Folder Title Dates 15 9 List of Television Stations with Comparable Ownership to 1970 WOI 15 10 Report on Iowa-TV Schooltime by James H. Davis 1970 15 11 Letter from the Department of Justice, May 1 1970 15 12 Staffing Plans from License Renewal 1970 15 13 County by County Total Revenue 1970 15 14 David Lendt Correspondence 1970 15 15 General Charles Akre Correspondence 1970 15 16 Listing of WOI Staff Members 1970 15 17 Memorandum to Recipients of the Draft "Statement of 1970 Facts" 15 18 Biography of Betty Lou McVay 1970 15 19 Carl Hamilton Correspondence 1970 15 20 Correspondence of Charles Akre and David Lendt 1970 15 21 Course Listings 1970 15 22 General Charles Akre Correspondence 1970 15 23 Faculty and Staff that Contribute to WOI-TV 1970 15 24 Lists of Positions Held by Iowa State University 1970 Journalism Graduates 15 25 Educational Objectives of WOI 1970-1971 15 26 Structure of WOI and Its Relationship to the College 1970 15 27 US Court of Claims, No. 413-69–booklet 1970 15 28 "WOI As An Entity" Paper 1970 15 29 WOI Comment on Charles Akre Documentation 1970 circa 15 30 ARB Rating of Programs Listed in the Stipulation of Facts 1971 for Locally Produced Programs During the Years of Litigation 15 31 Charles Akre Correspondence 1971 15 32 Locally-Produced Programs and Ratings (Plaintiff's 1971 Exhibit #22) 15 33 Suggested Revisions to Akre Write-up from the 1971 Department of Justice 16 1 Biographical Sketches 1971

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Box Folder Title Dates 16 2 Response to Request for Further Information from Mrs. 1971 Bergner 16 3 Graphical Representation of Courses Offered at Iowa 1971 State University Relating to Radio and Television 16 4 WOI-TV: A Current Report 1971 16 5 Charles Akre Commentary on Memorandums 1971 16 6 Report: Academic Development of Telecommunicative 1971 Arts at Iowa State University as Reflected in the Course Catalog 16 7 Statements and Testimonies 1971 16 8 Charles Akre Correspondence 1971 16 9 Continued Education Via Videotape 1971 16 10 Carl Hamilton Correspondence 1971 16 11 Committee Report 1971 16 12 David Lendt Correspondence 1971 16 13 Deposition of James Davis 1971 16 14 Deposition of Robert Mulhall 1971 16 15 Deposition of Janis Elizabeth Marvin 1971 16 16 Deposition of Theodore Oscar Tostlebe 1971 16 17 General Description of University-Related Activities 1971 16 18 Income Listings 1971 16 19 Iowa State University v The United States No. 413-69 1971 16 20 Iowa State University Proposed Stipulation of Facts 1971 17 1 List of Thank-Yous on WOI Tax Hearing 1971 17 2 Statement of Marvin Anderson 1971 17 3 Observations Concerning Defendant's Summary of 1971 Expert Testimony of James Sheridan 17 4 Organization and Departments of the University Stations 1971 17 5 Statement of George C. Christenson 1971 17 6 Statement of M. S. Coover 1971 17 7 Statement of James H. Davis 1971 17 8 Statement of Carl Hamilton 1971

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Box Folder Title Dates 17 9 Statement of K. Robert Kern 1971 17 10 Statement of David Lendt 1971 17 11 Statement of Janis Marvin 1971 17 12 Statement of Betty Lou McVay Varnum 1971 17 13 Statement of W. Robert Parks 1971 17 14 Statement of James Schwartz 1971 17 15 Statement of John D. Shelley 1971 17 16 Stipulation of Facts 1971 17 17 Statement of George P. Wilson 1971 17 18 Listing of Locally-Produced Programs 1971 17 19 WOI's Observations on Internal Revenue Service Log 1971 Summary 17 20 WOI Closed-Circuit Instruct Video Tape Library 1971 17 21 Changes to Proposed Stipulation of Facts 1971 17 22 Auditor's Report 1971 17 23 Plaintiff's Brief to the Court 1971 17 24 Survey of Community Needs and Problems 1971 18 1 Jan Marvin Correspondence 1973 18 2 Ruling 1974 18 3 Confidential Report Regarding WOI 1975 18 4 WOI-TV Analysis for Value 1991-1993 18 5 Budgets undated 18 6 Statement of Leo Hoegh undated 18 7 Three Leaders at Broadcasting America undated 18 8 "WOI Staff: Then and Now" undated 18 9 "The Education Tax" undated 18 10 Staff Distribution undated 18 11 List of Organizations Contacted During Program undated Production 18 12 Snippet Article About Senator Richard Radl and WOI-TV undated

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Box Folder Title Dates 18 13 A Brief Account of Radio Television Broadcasting at Iowa undated State College 18 14-16 US Court of Claims, Iowa State University vs. the United undated States of America - Defendants' Exhibits

Description of series

Series 4 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Records 1925-1988

extent: 4.83 linear feet

description: This series includes the materials relating to the FCC and WOI Radio and TV. These records include annual reports of WOI sent to the FCC, permits and license information, and materials relating to the broadcast tower.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates 19 1 Annual Report, Radio Activities of Broadcasting Station 1925-1926 WOI 19 2 Report on Radio Broadcasting Station WOI 1926 19 3 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1926-1927 19 4 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1927 19 5 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1927-1928 19 6 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1933-1934 19 7 WOI Application for License Renewal 1935 19 8 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1935 19 9 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1936 19 10 Forum for the Study of Radio Broadcasting 1936 19 11 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1937 19 12 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1937-1938 19 13 WOI Legal Papers 1939-1964 19 14 Action in Docket Case 1944 19 15 Correspondence Regarding Television License 1944

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Box Folder Title Dates 19 16 Public Notice "Public Service Responsibility of Broadcast 1946 Licensee" 19 17 News Clippings 1946 20 1 WOI-TV Application for License (original) 1946-1951 20 2 WOI-TV Original Planning 1946-1948 20 3 The FCC and Radio Broadcasters–response to new FCC 1947 regulations 20 4-5 Form Number 340, File B4-PED-39 (FM Application) 1948 20 6 FCC Application 1948 20 7 FCC Licensing 1949 20 8 WOI-TV Application for Construction 1949 20 9 WOI-TV Construction Permit and Channel 4 Program 1949-1951 Test License 20 10 Application for Extension of Time to Complete 1949 Construction 20 11 Dumont Hearings 1949 20 12 Special Temporary Authorization, Use of Channel 4 1949-1951 21 1-3 Contracts, ABC and Cohen and Marks 1950-1969 21 4-5 Allocation Hearings Approved Statements 1951 21 6 Freeze Hearings, Filings and Statements 1951 21 7 WOI-TV License Renewal 1951 21 8 Advertising Policies, University of Iowa and Drake 1951-1952 Policies 21 9 WOI-TV Regular License, Channel 4 1951-1953 21 10 General Documents and Channel Change 1951-1956 21 11 WOI-TV License Renewal 1952 21 12 WOI-TV Construction Permit, Channel 5 1952 21 13 Station Audience Report 1952 22 1 Proposed Rule-Making 1952-1954 22 2 Statement of WOI Program Services, Abstracted from 1953 Annual Report to FCC 22 3 License Renewal 1953

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Box Folder Title Dates 22 4 WOI-TV Maximum Power Application 1953 22 5 WOI-TV Increase to 100,000 Kilowatts 1953 22 6 The Television Code 1954 22 7 Application for the Extension of Time to Complete 1954 Construction 22 8 Pocket Case 1954 22 9 Feasibility of Educational Television Explored by FCC 1954 Commissioner Robert E. Lee 22 10 WOI-TV Construction Permits 1954-1960 22 11 Rib Mountain Inc Actions Regarding Chapter 11 1955-1956 Revisions, Des Moines 22 12 Proposed Television Allocation 1955 22 13 Exhibit E: Statements of Policy with Respect to 1955 Discussion Programs on WOI-TV 22 14 WOI-TV License Renewal (6 black-and-white 1955 photographs) 22 15 WOI-TV License Renewal Calibration Readings (9 black- 1955 and-white photographs) 22 16 WOI-TV Engineering License Application Data, Channel 5 1955 22 17 Clear Channel Decision 1956-1964 23 1 Application for Name Change "FM Iowa State College" to 1959 "Iowa State University Radio and Television" 23 2 Translator, Estherville and Carroll 1960 23 3 Short Separation Rule Making Proceedings 1960 23 4 Ownership Information 1960-1965 23 5 Reference Materials Pertinent to Exhibit VII (1 of 3) 1961 23 6 Reference Materials Pertinent to Exhibit VII (2 of 3) 1961 23 7 Reference Materials Pertinent to Exhibit VII (3 of 3) 1961 23 8 Application for License Renewal 1961 23 9 Application for License Renewal of Broadcast Station 1961 License 23 10 Option Time, Rule-Making Proceedings 1961 23 11 Station Identification Announcements 1962-1974

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Box Folder Title Dates 23 12 Lottery and other Contests 1962-1968 23 13 Application 1963-1964 23 14 Transmitter Rulings 1963-1965 23 15 Rules and Regulations, "Beep Tones" 1964-1969 23 16 Rules and Regulations, Notice of Violation 1964 23 17 WOI-TV License Renewal 1964 23 18 License Renewal, Work Papers 1964 23 19 Program Ratings 1964 23 20 Political Questionnaire 1964-1969 23 21 Program Log Maintenance 1964-1966 23 22 Audience Reports 1965 23 23 Double Billing 1965 23 24 Availability of Network Programming 1965 24 1 Student Surveys and Guidelines 1966-1967 24 2 Construction Permit, Special Service 1967 24 3 Fairness Doctrine 1967 24 4 Application 1967 24 5 Truth in Lending 1969 24 6 Action in Docket Cases 1969 24 7 FTC Food and Gasoline Retailers 1969 24 8 Multiple Ownership 1970 24 9 WOI-TV Tall Tower CP and Modifications 1970 24 10 WOI-TV Modifications of Facilities 1970 24 11 Des Moines and Ames Broadcasters 1970-1973 24 12 Guarantees and Warranties 1971 24 13 Fair Employment Practices 1971 24 14 General Employment Report Instructions 1972-1976 24 15 License Renewal, General Correspondence 1973 24 16 Annual Report to FCC 1973 24 17 License Renewal Work Papers (1 of 2) 1973 25 1 License Renewal Work Papers (2 of 2) 1973

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Box Folder Title Dates 25 2 Final Draft Information, License Renewal 1973 25 3 Completed Survey Forms, Outlying 1973 25 4 Des Moines Community Leaders 1973 25 5 Ames Community Leaders 1973 25 6 Completed Survey Forms, Ames 1973 25 7 Completed Survey Forms, Des Moines 1973 26 1 Public Files, Price Freeze 1973 26 2 License Renewal Application 1973 26 3 Television Government 1973 26 4 Ascertainment of Community Needs and Interest 1973 Information 26 5 WOI-TV Programming Report 1974 26 6 Annual Programming Report 1974 26 7 Ascertainment List and Information 1974 76 3 Ascertainment Survey Information 1973-1974 26 8-9 Community Leaders Survey Interviews 1974 26 10 Procedural Information 1974 27 1 Ascertainment File Materials 1974 27 2 General Staff Memos 1974-1976 27 3 WOI-TV Programming Report 1975 27 4 Sponsorship Identification Rules 1975 27 5 Proposed License Renewal Legislation 1975 27 6-7 Ascertainment Interviews 1975 27 8-9 Des Moines and Ames Ascertainment Survey 1975 27 10 Ascertainment 1975 27 11-12 FCC Annual Employment Report (Form #395) 1976 27 13 License Renewal Staff Memos 1976 27 14 License Renewal Ascertainment Materials 1976 27 15 WOI-TV License Renewal Application 1976 28 1 License Renewal 1976 28 2 General Instruction Fraudulent Billing 1976

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Box Folder Title Dates 28 3 Ames Ascertainment 1976 28 4 License Renewal Here and Now Report Information 1976 28 5 Ascertainment Survey Materials 1976 28 6-7 Des Moines Ascertainment 1976 28 8 Midday on Five 1976-1977 28 9 Advice From Counsel 1976-1980 28 10 Annual Employment Report–WOI Radio (6 black-and- 1977 white photographs) 28 11 Ames Ascertainment 1977 28 12 Outlying Ascertainment 1977 28 13 Des Moines Ascertainment 1977 29 1 Check List and Problem Tabulation Sheets 1977-1978 29 2 Annual Employment Report–TV 1978 29 3 Ascertainment List 1978-1979 29 4 Annual Programming Report 1979 29 5 Annual Employment Report–TV 1979 29 6 WOI-TV Technical Staff License Expiration 1979 29 7 Programming Forms and Correspondence 1980 29 8 Public Affairs Programming 1979-1980 29 9 Annual Listing of Problems and Exemplary Programs 1980 Designed to Deal with Such Problems 29 10 Ascertainment of Community Needs and Problems 1980 29 11 Community Leaders Interviewed List 1980 29 12 Annual Employment Report 1980 29 13 Annual Employment Report–Radio 1980 29 14 Application for Renewal of License TV Station WOI 1980 29 15 Annual Employment Report--#395 1980 29 16 Children's Programming and the FCC 1980 29 17 Annual Employment Report--#395 Radio 1981 29 18 Ames Ascertainment 1983 29 19 Des Moines Ascertainment 1983

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Box Folder Title Dates 29 20 Annual Employment Report, Radio and TV 1983 29 21 Ascertainment, General Information 1983-1984 29 22 Ames Ascertainment 1984 29 23 Des Moines Ascertainment 1984 29 24 Subpoena of Materials Broadcast by WOI-TV 1984 29 25 Ames Ascertainment 1985 30 1 Des Moines Joint Ascertainment 1985 30 2 Ascertainment General Information 1985 30 3 Des Moines Ascertainment 1985 30 4 General Information 1985-1986 30 5 Des Moines Ascertainment 1986 30 6 Ames Ascertainment 1986 30 7 2nd Quarter Needs and Concerns Programming 1987 30 8 Authorization of Satellite Uplink 1988 30 9 Ascertainment Survey Information 1988-1990 30 10 Ascertainment Survey Information 1990-1992

Description of series

Series 5 Radio Administration Records 1925-2005, undated

extent: 2.1 linear feet

description: This series documents WOI Radio's administrative actions. Records include broadcasting schedules, program guides, newsletters, annual reports, press releases, and pamphlets.

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Box Folder Title Dates 31 1 Radio Schedule 1925 19 1 Annual Report, Radio Activities of Broadcasting Station 1925-1926 WOI 31 3 WOI Broadcasting Schedules 1925-1927

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Box Folder Title Dates 31 4 Annual Report: Radio Activity of Broadcasting Stations 1925-1927 31 2 Program Schedules 1925-1932 31 5 Radio Correspondence 1925-1929 31 6 Permanent File Index 1925-1942 31 7 Notices to Faculty and Audience 1925-1977 31 8 Annual Report – Radio Activities of WOI 1926 19 2 Report on Radio Broadcasting Station WOI 1926 31 9 Annual Report from Entire Fiscal Year 1926-1927 19 3 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1926-1927 31 10 Program Guides 1926-1964 19 4 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1927 19 5 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1927-1928 31 11 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1928-1929 31 12 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1929 31 13 Radio Expenses 1929-1930 31 14 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1930 Map case Federal Radio Act and Amendment – poster 1930 31 15 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1931 31 16 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1931-1932 31 17 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1932 31 18 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1933 19 6 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1933-1934 Map case Reading and Book Review Program – poster 1934 31 19 WOI Twenty-Year Plan – bound booklet 1935 31 20 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1935 31 21 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1935 19 8 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1935 31 22 Corn Hog Program in Squaw County 1936 19 9 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1936 19 11 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1937 19 11 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1937

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Box Folder Title Dates 19 12 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1937-1938 31 23 Market News Broadcasting Schedule 1938 31 25 Administrative Records Antenna Installation 1938 31 24 Listener Survey 1938-1946 32 1 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1939 32 2 Administrative Records Transmitter Installation 1939 Map case Iowa State College Library Radio Program Over WOI – 1939 poster 32 3 Annual Report, Radio Activities of WOI 1939-1940 31 26 Audience Response 1939-1954 32 4 "640 on Your Dial" – bound booklets 1940-1945 32 5 "A Fair Deal for Radio" – pamphlet 1941 32 6 Radio Broadcasting Schedules 1941-1946 32 7 4-H Boys and Leaders – press release 1942-1943 32 8 Martha Duncan Position, Memo to Staff Concerning 1943 32 9 General Recommendations for WOI – report 1943 32 10 Statement of WOI Policy 1943 32 12 Discussion of Academic Ranks and Organization of 1943-1946 Station 32 11 Budget 1943-1944 32 13 Commercial and Experimental Broadcast Stations in the 1944 US by State – report 32 14 "640 on Your Dial" Marked Versions 1944-1947 32 15 Transmitter Site 1944-1948 32 16 Brochures, Radio 1945 32 17 Anniversary Notices 1945-1946 32 18 "Radio Is Yours" 1946 32 19 "Radio and Its Critics" – bound booklet 1946 32 20 Radio Station Statement to FCC and Clear Channel 1946 Broadcasting 32 21 WOI Coverage Maps 1946-1950 32 22 WOI Revenue Memos 1947

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Box Folder Title Dates 32 23 Requests for Station Information – correspondence 1947 32 24 Capitol Radio Reporter – broadcast notes 1947 32 25 Memorandum of Understanding with Wallace's Farmer 1947 32 26 REC (Rural Electrification Cooperative) WOI Broadcasts 1947 32 27 General Policy Meeting 1947 33 1 Report of Activities 1948 33 2 FM and Television Broadcasting for Iowa State College 1948 33 3 Administrative Records Construction Permit 1948 33 4 FM Quotations and Bids 1948-1949 32 28 Educational Pamphlets Issued by Iowa State College 1948-1956 33 5 FM Antenna (8 black-and-white photographs) 1949 33 6 Operations Procedure for WOI Program Personnel 1949 33 7 Educational Radio Station Programming: Analysis of 1949-1950 1950 Programs with Comparisons 33 8 Frequency Modulation in Iowa 1950 33 9 Committee on Radio Engineering – notes, memos 1950 33 10 AM-FM Program Analysis and Explanation 1952 33 11 WOI as Educational Entertainment – memos, reports 1953 33 12 Summary and Analysis of Radio-Television Program 1953 Services 33 13 Summary and Analysis of Radio and Television Program 1953 Services 33 14 WOI AM/FM Schedules 1954 33 15 WOI AM/FM/TV Newsletter 1955-1957 33 16 Continuance Decision of WOI's Operations as 1955-1958 Commercial – memos, reports, correspondence 33 17 Frequency Modulation (FM) in Iowa – Iowa State Bulletin 1965 33 18 WOI as Educational Entertainment – memos, notes, 1966-1967 correspondence, state law 33 19 WOI: A White Paper by E.G. Blinn 1967 34 1 Radio Program Guides 1968-1974

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Box Folder Title Dates 34 2 "WOI AM-FM: Origin and Development, Current 1969 Operations, and Association with WOI-TV" 79 9 WOI Radio Correspondence 1969-1999, undated 34 3 White Paper Correspondence 1971 34 4 Radio Program Guides 1975-1979 34 5 Explanation of Goals and Operations 1977-1979 79 14 WOI Radio Policies and Brochures 1978-1997 34 6 WOI Program Guides 1979 34 7 Radio Program Guides 1980 34 8 Radio Program Guides 1981-1983 34 10 Radio Program Guide Designs 1982-1992, undated 34 10 Radio Program Guides 1984-1985 34 11 Contributions to Radio by WOI-TV 1985 34 12 Bach Limerick Contest 1985 35 1 Radio Program Guides 1986 35 2 Network Concerns 1987 35 3 Radio Program Guides 1987 35 4 Radio Program Guides 1988 35 5 Fundraising Drive 1989 35 6 Radio Program Guides 1989 35 7 Radio Program Guides 1990 78 3 Off the Air Newsletter 1990-1993 35 8 Radio Program Guides 1991 35 9 Radio Program Guides 1992 35 10 WOI Newsletter Design 1993 35 11 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 1993-1994 79 10 WOI Radio Family Cookbook 1994 79 11 WOI Radio Fundraising 1994-2008 74 7 Order Forms 1994-2003

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Box Folder Title Dates 74 8 Holiday Radio Program Guides 1995-1999 74 9 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 1995-1997 79 13 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 1996-2004 74 10 Iowa Week Program Guides 1997 79 15 WOI Radio 75th Anniversary 1997 79 8 WOI Radio Awards 1997-2009 74 11 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 1998-1999 74 12 Radio Program Guides 1999-2005 74 13 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 2000 75 1 Web Pages, Rural Life Roundtable 2000 75 2 WOI Fundraising 2000 75 3 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 2001 75 4 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 2002-2003 75 5 Rhythm and News – WOI Newsletter 2004-2005 75 6 Board of Regents Memo Regarding Consultant's Report 2005 on the Public Radio Study 75 7 Boilerplate Letters and Official Stationary undated 75 8 "Iowa" Address over WOI Radio undated 75 9 Past Postcard Mailings undated 75 10 WOI Classical Collections undated 75 11 WOI Personality and Program Profiles Undated 75 12 WOI Digital Images (4 CDs) 2002-2005

Description of series

Series 6 WOI Radio News Clippings 1911-2005 extent: 0.63 linear feet description: This series consists of news clipping that chronicle WOI Radio's years of service. The clippings are arranged by both general news clipping and by topics. Subjects of the new clippings include WOI's petition to broadcast after dark, anniversaries, and program changes.

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Box Folder Title Dates 36 1 News Clippings 1911-1989 36 2 Radio and Farmers 1922-1925 36 3 WOI Under Construction 1926-1996 36 4 640 Federal Hearing 1934 36 5 Radio and Children 1940-1948 36 6 Hirschberg Clippings 1943-1947 36 7 Anniversaries 1945-1963 36 8 25th Anniversary 1946 36 9 Radio Workshops 1946-1983 36 10 Broadcasting after Dark 1948 36 11 FM Broadcasts 1949 36 12 9YI 1958-1963 36 13 "Red" Programs 1959 36 14 Harry and Ed (Radio Tower Ducks) 1961-1982 36 15 News Awards 1963-2000 36 16 Record Library 1966 36 17 Joins National Public Radio 1968 36 18 New Tower 1972 36 19 50th Anniversary 1972 36 20 Forsling Elections 1977 36 21 Fundraising 1980-2004 36 22 60TH Anniversary 1981 36 23 24-Hour Broadcasting 1985 36 24 News Clippings 1990-1999 36 25 Budget Planning and Equipment Purchases 1991-1993, undated 36 26 80th Birthday 1992 36 27 General Manager Hunt 1993 36 28 Listening Base 1994

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Box Folder Title Dates 36 29 Iowa Week 1996 36 30 75th Anniversary 1997 79 12 WOI Radio News Clippings 1998-2008 36 31 WOI-FM 50th Anniversary 1999 36 32 Program Change 2000 75 12 News Clippings 2000-2004 75 13 Execution Broadcast 2001 75 14 Prairie Home Companion Show at ISU 2001-2002 75 15 WOI Expansion 2001-2005 75 16 BBC Broadcast from WOI 2002 75 17 Visit from Kevin Klose, President and CEO of NPR 2002 75 18 Promotional Materials 2002-2004, undated 75 19 Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? At ISU 2003 75 20 National Public Radio Protest 2003 75 21 Budget Cuts and Station Consolidation 2003-2004 75 22 Presidential Radio Debate 2003-2004 75 23 Iowa Public Radio Final Report 2004

Description of series

Series 7 Radio Programs 1925-2002, undated extent: 2.94 linear feet description: This series consists of WOI Radio's programs throughout the years, including menus and scripts from their popular shows. The programs include the "Homemaker's Half-Hour", "60+", and "Prairie Valley Intelligencer".

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Box Folder Title Dates 37 1 "60+" – Talks by Bill Stacy 1961-1965 37 2 "60+" – Talks by Bill Stacy 1966-1970

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Box Folder Title Dates 37 3 "60+" – Talks by Bill Stacy, Speakers 1966-1974 37 4 "60+" – Talks by Ella Bliss 1973 37 5 "60+" – Talks by Bess Ferguson 1967-1972 37 6 "60+" – Talks by Bess Ferguson 1973-1976 37 7 "60+" – Talks by Bess Ferguson 1977-1979 37 8 "60+" – Talks by Bess Ferguson 1980-1981 37 9 "60+" – Talks by Bess Ferguson 1972 37 10 "60+" – Talks by Lucille Holmberg 1971-1974 38 1 "60+" – Scripts 1975-1977 38 2 "60+" – Scripts 1978-1980 38 3 "60+" – Scripts undated 38 4 "60+" – Scripts 1977-1978 38 5 "Farm and Home Week" – Pamphlets 1941-1944 38 6 "Farm and Home Week" – Responses 1943-1944 38 7 "Farm and Home Week" – Scripts 1943-1944 38 8 George Washington Bicentennial Radio Program 1932 38 9 "Home Garden Diary" – Programming Schedule 1943 38 10 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Script Book 1937 38 11 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Script Book 1939 38 12 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Script Book 1940 38 13 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Script Book 1943 39 1 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Interviews and Guest Experts 1945-1946 39 2 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Interviews and Guest Experts 1947-1948 39 3 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Interviews and Guest Experts 1949-1951 40 1 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Menus 1950 40 2 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Menus 1950 40 3 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Menus and Programming 1951-1953 40 4 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Planning 1940-1941 40 5 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Planning 1943-1945 40 6 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Planning 1946-1950 40 7 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Programming 1954-1966

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Box Folder Title Dates 40 8 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Programming undated 40 9 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Original Planning 1926-1927 40 10 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Script: 'A Change in the 1949 Menu' 40 11 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Scripts 1951 41 1 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Various Script Samples 1932-1939 41 2 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Various Sample Scripts 1940-1941 41 3 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Various Script Samples 1942-1945 41 4 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Various Script Samples 1952 41 5 "Homemaker's Half-Hour" – Various Script Samples 1953 41 6 "Report on 'Martha's Notebook'" (Television Program of 1955 "Homemaker's Half-Hour") 41 7 "ISC Press Authors" 1942 41 8 "Lenten Talks" 1935 41 9 "Market News" 1983 41 10 Martha Duncan Scrapbook ( 2 black-and-white undated photographs) 41 11 "Matin Talks" 1969-1970 42 1 "Matin Talks" – With Professor A.B. Noble 1934 42 2 "The Music Shop" 1931-1939 42 3 "National Farm and Home Hour" – Script 1937 42 4 Platter Charts 1944-1945 42 5 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1932 42 6 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1933 42 7 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1934 42 8 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1935-1936 43 1 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1937 43 2 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Scripts 1938 43 3 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Script 1939 43 4 "Prairie Valley Intelligencer" – Script undated 43 5 "Prairie Home Companion" With Garrison Keillor 2002

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Box Folder Title Dates 43 6 Radio Talks 1932 43 7 School Time Study Outline 1970-1971 43 8 "Tom and Mose" 1934 43 9 "Under the Same Stars" 1953 43 10 "Voice Out Of Time" 1953 43 11 "Your Home Hour" 1955

Description of series

Series 8 Television Administration Records 1941-2000, undated

extent: 6.09 linear feet

description: This series contains WOI-TV's administrative records for the years that Iowa State University owned and operated WOI-TV. The records include reports, viewer surveys, licenses and agreements

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Box Folder Title Dates 44 1 Report from Conference of Representatives of 12 1941 Midwestern Universities on Cooperation, Coordination, and Regionalization in Education 44 2 "From Headsets to Television" 1947 44 3 Summary of Special Report by Iowa State College 1948 Committee on Radio, Television, and FM 44 4 Reports, Operating Costs 1948 44 5 Reports, Committee on Radio, FM, and Television 1948 44 6 Television Application, File Number BMPCT-275– 1948 includes one black-and-white 8x10 inch picture 44 7 Equipment Correspondence 1948-1949 44 8 Television Equipment Estimates 1948-1949 44 9 Television Relay System Report 1949 44 10 Technical Committee Correspondence 1949 44 11 Report on Proposed Television Operations at Iowa State 1949 College

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Box Folder Title Dates 44 12 Radio, FM, and Television Committee Regarding Building 1949 of WOI-TV 44 13 Television Affiliation Agreement 1949 44 14 Press Clippings, Iowa Television 1949-1950 44 15 Printed Materials, Press Releases, WOI-TV 1949-1951 44 16 Educational Television Programming–booklets and 1949-1954 correspondence relating to programming 44 17 "Frequency Modulation in Iowa" Pamphlet 1950 44 18 Memo from Friley to Board Concerning Television 1950 Affiliation 44 19 National Association of Educational Broadcasters 1950 Constitution Map case Scrapbook Documenting the Early History of WOI-TV 1950-1951 45 1 Television Policy and Program Committee 1950-1952 45 2 NBC, Dumont, ABC, CBS Affiliate Offers 1950-1953 45 3 Responses to Television 1950 45 4 Editorials about Television 1950 45 5 Programming Mail Count 1950-1955 45 6 Committee on Programming and Policy 1950 45 7 Educational Television Study 1950 45 8 Reports on WOI-TV 1950 45 9 "A Statement from Dr. Charles Friley, President of Iowa 1950 circa State College" Regarding WOI-TV 45 10 Viewer Survey 1950-1951 45 11 Technical Correspondence 1950-1954 45 12 Ford Foundation Television Discussion Program Outline 1951 45 13 Programming, Report on Background Europe 1951 45 14 Investor's Reader Article, Page 11 1951 45 15 "Television in Iowa" Pamphlet 1951 45 16 Reports, Television Arts Advisory Committee Minutes 1951-1960 45 17 Correspondence, Network Affiliation 1951-1955 46 1 Commercial Rate Cards 1950-1951

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Box Folder Title Dates 46 2 Programming Scheduling and Development 1951-1952 46 3 Programming Scheduling and Development 1951-1952 46 4 WOI Staff Analysis 1951-1952 46 5 Television Education Committee 1951-1954 46 6 Programming Audience and Program Reports 1951-1955 Memorandum 46 7 Report: Engineering Aspects 1952 46 8 Reports: Educational Television in Iowa 1952 Map case Scrapbook Documenting Programming Supported by the 1952 Fund for Adult Education Project 46 9 Survey of Householders 1952 46 10 "A Benchmark Survey of the WOI-TV Audience" 1952 46 11 Programming Schedules and Clippings 1952 47 1 "WOI-TV Counts the House with Operation Benchmark" 1952 47 2 Programming Television Workshop 1952 47 3 Report of Progress 1952 47 4 Correspondence and Memorandum 1952 47 5 Correspondence and Memorandum 1952 47 6 Political Telecast 1952 47 7 WOI-TV Educational Programming 1952 47 8 Programming Press Releases 1952-1954 47 9 Policies 1952-1955 47 10 College Instruction 1952-1953 47 11 Awards 1952-1955 47 12 Programming, Educational Television 1952-1959 47 13 Operation 1952-1968 47 14 Iowa Broadcaster's Association 1952-1958 47 15 Hoegh, Leo A–Governor of Iowa - Discussion 1952-1953 47 16 Boone County Survey 1953 47 17 Television Programs of Educators 1953

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Box Folder Title Dates 47 18 Script: Interrelation of Fundamental and Applied 1953 Research 48 1 Printed Articles and Brochures 1953-1970 48 2 Television Management Seminar 1953 48 3 Announcement of Award: George Washington Award to 1953 "The Whole Town's Talking" 48 4 "Tide" Article about WOI 1953 48 5 Thank-You Letters from Charitable Organizations 1953 48 6 Inquiries about Programs from Other Schools and 1953 Stations 48 7 WOI-TV Reports and Histories 1953 48 8 Administrative Records: Report of Progress 1953 48 9 Administrative Records: Lighting Trip 1953 48 10 Station Operations: Statewide Educational Radio and 1953-1972 Television Board 48 11 Iowa TV Schooltime Pamphlets 1953-1974 48 12 "Iowa TV Schooltime" Program Information 1953-1957 48 13 Administrative Records: Telecommunication Arts 1953-1966 Program 48 14 Programming Schedules and Brochures 1953-1967 77 12 Kinotrope Listings 1953-1967 48 15 "Television Programs of Educators Broadcast by 1954 Commercial Stations: A Questionnaire Study" 48 16 Television Workshop Roster 1954 48 17 WOI-TV Programming Schedule 1954 48 18 Program Descriptions 1954-1955 48 19 Telecourse Development 1954-1956 48 20 KRNT-KSO 1954-1955 48 21 Typical Packets for Special Request Information 1954-1955 48 22 Brochures, WOI-TV 1954-1974 48 23 "News Of Iowa State" Article on 5th Anniversary of WOI- 1955 TV 49 1 Staff List 1955

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Box Folder Title Dates 49 2 "Operating Policies of WOI-TV" 1955 49 3 Administrative Records: Memoranda and Fiscal 1955 Operation Report 49 4 Planning Notes and Correspondence 1955 49 5 Panorama Programming 1955 49 6 WOI-TV Programs 1955 49 7 KRNT-KSO Reradiation Correspondence 1955-1973 49 8 Reports: Policy Statements to Iowa Advisory 1955 circa Programming Committee 49 9 Program Policy 1956 49 10 Reports on Des Moines Television Audience 1956-1959 49 11 Proposal Regarding Participation of the Division of Home 1956 Economics and the Cooperative Extension Service in WOI-TV Women's Programming 49 12 Audience Reports 1956 49 13 Audience Reports 1957 49 14 "Educational Television in the United States" by Richard 1957 Hull 49 15 Audience Reports 1958 49 16 "Television at Iowa State College: A Report to the State 1958 Board of Regents" 49 17 WOI Discussion–notes 1958 49 18 Administrative Reports 1958 49 19 Audience Reports 1959 49 21 Audience Reports 1958 49 22 Television at Iowa State College: A Report to the State 1958 Board of Regents 50 1 University Communication on Television Programming 1959-1962 Meeting Minutes 50 2 Audience Reports 1960 50 3 WOI-TV Educational Television 1960-1961 78 9 Programming Notes 1960-1962 50 4 Television Courses 1960-1963

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Box Folder Title Dates 78 8 Professional Duties at WOI-TV 1960-1966 50 5 Audience Reports 1961 50 6 Brief Program Descriptions 1961-1968 50 7 Programming Log Pages 1961-1965 50 8 Audience Reports 1962 50 9 Hoover Library Dedication–Synopsis of programming 1962 50 10 Local Programs 1962-1965 50 11 Television Schedules 1962-1964 51 1 Plans for Tower Construction 1963 51 2 Audience Reports 1963 76 6 Butternut Christmas Club Party 1963- 1964,1974 78 10 Programming Notes 1963-1965 51 3 Reports on Needs and Interests in Programming 1964 51 4 Audience Reports 1964 51 5 "Status 6" Booklet 1964 51 6 End of Year Wrap Up Report 1965 51 7 WOI-TCA Working Relationship 1965 51 8 Report on Statewide Educational Needs 1966 51 9 Feasibility Study Report 1966 51 10 Report on Community Services 1966 51 11 "Extended Benefits from State-wide Educational 1966 Television Network" Report 51 12 Programming Schedule, February 13-16 1966 51 13 WOI-TV Public Affairs Report 1966-1967 78 11 Programming Notes 1966-1969 52 1 Questions Concerning Sale of WOI-TV 1967 52 2 Iowa Joint Committee on Television 1967 52 3 Offers to Buy 1967-1973 52 4 Enclosure, Exhibit 17, Public Service Feedback 1967 52 5 Iowa Senate Debate 1967

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Box Folder Title Dates 52 6 Press Releases 1967-1968 52 7 Correspondence and Memorandum 1967-1968 52 8 Frontiers Program Information 1967-1970 52 9 Programming Schedule Pamphlets 1967-1973 52 10 Story Boards, ADC Confrontation and Southeast Bottoms 1968 52 11 Christian Children's Television Programming 1969-1971 52 12 WOI-TV 20th Anniversary Speech Notes 1970 78 12 Programming Notes 1970-1975 52 13 Sale of WOI-TV 1971 52 14 "WOI-TV: A Current Report" 1971 52 15 Emergency Broadcasting System Set-up and 1972 Implementation 52 16 Political Broadcasts 1972 52 17 WOI Christmas Party–program 1973 77 9 Iowa 2000 1973 76 7 Cohn and Marks Law Firm: New Broadcast Rules 1973-1974 77 1 Election Specials and Coverage 1974 78 1 News Policy and Broadcast License Renewal Act 1974 52 18 Travel Expense Vouchers 1974-1975 52 19 "WOI-TV: 25 Years of Service" Celebration Invitation 1975 53 1 25th Anniversary Records 1975 79 3 25th Anniversary Special (4 B&W Photos) 1975 80 1 Annual Listing of Problems and Exemplary Programs 1975 53 2 Current One-to-One File–License 1976 77 2 Equal Opportunity Development 1976 76 3 Black Poet’s Program Material 1977, undated 53 3 Equipment Checklist 1978 53 4 Recommendations of the Broadcast Task Force 1979 53 5 Annual Listing of Problems and Exemplary Programs to 1980-1986 Deal with Such Problems

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Box Folder Title Dates 78 13 Programming Notes 1983-1984 53 6 Annual Listing WOI-TV Survey 1984-1985 53 8 "Iowa State Students Win Top Broadcasting Journalism 1984 Award" 62 22 “WOI-TV: A Pioneer in Television Broadcasting” by Louie 1983 L. Lewis 53 7 Courses Using WOI 1985 53 9 WOI-TV and Iowa State University 1985 53 10 "An Act to Discontinue Commercial Broadcasting at Iowa 1985 State University" 53 11 Responses to Study Questions 1985 53 12 "Explanation of Amendment to HF747 Education 1985 Appropriations Bill" 53 13 Journalism at Iowa State University and the University of 1985 Iowa 53 14 Sale Discussions 1985 53 15 WOI Operating Statements 1985 53 16 WOI-ABC Live Broadcast of Soviet College Football 1985 53 17-18 Press Releases, Sell WOI-TV 1985 53 19 WOI-TV Study, Executive Committee (1 of 3) 1986 54 1 WOI-TV Study, Executive Committee (2 of 3) 1985 54 2 WOI-TV Study, Executive Committee (3 of 3) 1985 54 3 WOI Reports 1986 54 4 WOI-TV Sale–Official Reports and Correspondence 1986 54 5 WOI-TV Sale–Notes and Ratings 1986 54 6 Letters of Agreement, Local Sales Managers 1986 54 7 Telecommunications Teaching 1986 54 8 WOI-TV Sale–Correspondence (1 of 2) 1986 55 1 WOI-TV Sale–Correspondence (2 of 2) 1986 55 2 Telecommunicative Education 1986 55 3 WOI-TV Study 1986 77 6 Internship Applications 1986-1987

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Box Folder Title Dates 55 4 Interior Design Work 1987 55 5 WOI Reorganization Plans 1987 55 6 Correspondence Equipment Update 1987-1988 55 7 Network Concerns 1987 78 14 Programming Notes 1987-1994 80 2 Iowa Community Betterment 1987-1989 55 11 Golf 1988 55 8 Network Concerns 1988 55 12 Broadcasting Agreement, Chicago Cubs 1988 76 8 Cohn and Marks Law Firm: Libel 1988 55 13 Raycom 1988-1989 55 14 Consultants for News 1988-1989 77 8 Iowa’s Pride Project 1988-1989, undated 62 18-20 WOI-TV Sale Records–Memos, Projections, and Reports 1988-1992 80 7 WOI-TV Goals Submission 1988, undated 56 1 "This Week in College Football" 1989 56 4 Iowa Broadcaster's Association 1989-1990 56 2 Satellite Feeds and Refeeds – Shows with Spinout 1989-1990 Commercials 56 5 Sports Specials 1990-1992 76 5 Children’s Television Act Reports 1990-1992 62 21 ISU Broadcasting Corp. Auditors Report 1991 56 9 The Selling of WOI-TV 1991-1992 56 10 Satellite Home Viewer Act 1988 Violations by ABC 1991-1992 76 9 Cohn and Marks Law Firm: Children’s Programming 1991-1992 56 7 Professional Football Syndication 1991-1993 76 2 Beverly Van Hook 1992 56 11 Political Ads 1992 56 12 Breakfast Club 1992

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Box Folder Title Dates 56 13 UPS Rate sheets 1992 56 14 Iowa Campaign to Stop the Equal Rights Amendment 1992 56 15 Edit Lists–June 1992 56 16 Cyclone Television Network Total File 1992-1993 56 17-18 Iowa Broadcasters Board of Directors 1992 56 19 Steve Kurtenbach–Payroll Correspondence 1992 57 1 Political Ads 1992 57 2 Kansas City Royals Coverage–agreement 1992-1993 57 3-4 Iowa Broadcaster's Board of Directors - meeting minutes, 1993 correspondence 57 5 Programming Battle: "Indecent" Announcements– 1993 correspondence, news clippings 57 6 Scripts: National Rifle Association Ads 1993 57 7 State and National Communications 1993 57 8 ABC Affiliate Certification 1993 57 9 Project Learning US: "It's a Family Affair" 1993 57 10 Pending for Fall–programming plans 1993 57 11 Memos 1993 77 10 Janis Marvin Cookbook (1 of 2) 1993 77 11 Janis Marvin Cookbook (2 of 2) 1993 58 1 Usage Reports for Paramount 1993-1994 58 2 Political Advertising Guidelines 1994 58 3 Home Shopping Club's "Home Shopping Spree"– 1994 correspondence, contract 58 4 Supply Information 1994 58 5 Vendors VCI and Odetics Information 1994 58 6 Agriculture Show (two B&W slides) 1995 58 7 "Put It on Video"–correspondence 1995 58 8 Iowa State Fair–correspondence, story ideas 1995 58 9 WOI-TV's "Magic Window" Special Event 2000 76 14 Court Case: ISU vs. United States Stipulation of Facts undated

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Box Folder Title Dates 78 6 Photographs (16 B&W) undated 78 7 Position Evaluation Factors and Degrees undated 58 10 Video Tape Destruct Sheets undated 58 11 WOI-TV "Standard Specifications–Films and Slides" undated 58 13 News Scripts and Headlines undated 78 2 Notes Concerning Unlabeled Programs undated 58 14 Iowa Advisory Program Committee undated 58 15 Television Credit Courses Listing undated 58 16 An Experiment in Education Through Television undated 58 17 Outline for Proposed Brochure on Statewide Radio and undated Televisions Networks for the State 58 18 "The Farmer" undated 58 19 WOI-TV Programming undated 58 20 Writing Against the Sale of WOI undated

Description of series

Series 9 Television News Clippings 1949-1994, undated

extent: 0.42 linear feet

description: This series chronicles WOI-TV's important events through news clippings, including extensive coverage of the debate over selling the station and the eventual agreement struck to finalize the sale.

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Box Folder Title Dates 59 1 WOI-TV Set-up and Premiere 1949-1950 Map case Ames Daily Tribune , February 20, 1950 1950 59 2 Television and Film 1950 59 3 College Television 1950 59 4 Telefilm Incorporated 1950 59 5 Live Television 1951

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Box Folder Title Dates 59 6 WOI-TV and the Iowa High School Athletic Association 1951-1953 59 7 WOI Educational Programs 1951-1954 59 8 Channel Change 1953 59 9 WOI Funding 1953-1967 59 10 Commercial Status 1953-1984 59 11 WOI-TV Ads 1955 circa 59 12 Television Training 1957 59 13 Tax Case 1971 59 14 "WOI-TV, Channel 5 Revamps Newscast" 1976 59 15 WOI Moving to Des Moines 1983 59 16 Satellite Uplink Stations 1985 59 17 WOI and Beijing 1985 59 18 WOI-TV Awards 1985-1987 59 19 35 Years on the Air 1985 59 20-22 Sale of WOI 1985-1992 59 23 WOI and Iowa State University Basketball 1986 59 24 "WOI-TV: Schizophrenic or Goldmine?" 1986 59 25 Keith Ketchum Retirement 1987 59 26 Budget Concerns 1987-1989 59 29 WOI, ISU Law Suit 1988 59 30 Ad Revenues Rebound 1988 59 31 WOI New Director 1989 59 32 WOI Reorganization 1989 59 33 WOI Bidding War 1991-1992 59 34 Visions Article: "Who Will Own It?" 1993 59 35 WOI-TV Record Preservation 1994 59 33 Sports on Television undated

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Description of series

Series 10 Television Station Ratings 1986-1993

extent: 0.84 linear feet

description: This series shows the ratings of WOI-TV in the Des Moines and Greater Iowa viewing area, many through the popular system of the Nielson Ratings. There are also analysis from Arbitron and Katz.

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Box Folder Title Dates 80 3 NSI, Arbitron Ratings 1980-1981 60 1 Katz Communications 1986-1993 60 2 Nielson Audience Probe Analysis, February 1987 60 3 May 1987 60 4 July 1987 60 5 November 1987 60 6 Nielson 1989-1991 60 7 Nielson Audience Probe Analysis, February 1989 60 8 November 1989 60 9 November 1989 60 10 Arbitron Ratings 1989 60 11 Nielson Audience Probe Analysis, February 1990 61 1 May 1990 61 2 November 1990 61 3 February 1991 61 4 November 1991 61 5 February 1992 61 6 May 1992 61 7 November 1992 61 8 Arbitron Analysis, February 1993 61 9 May 1993 61 10 Katz East Central Stations Sales Managers' Conference 1993

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Description of series

Series 11 Television Programs 1952-1993, undated extent: 0.21 linear feet description: This series chronicles WOI-TV's programs throughout the years, focusing on local programming or those programs syndicated for use within local programming such as the cartoons used in "Betty Lou and the House with the Magic Window.

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Box Folder Title Dates 76 1 “The Artist’s Studio” 1963 76 4 Cartoon Programming (5 B&W Photos) 1963-1969 56 8 College Football, Local and Network 1991-1992 62 4 Distance Learning Programs, Gateway Five 1985 62 5 "Eins Zwei Drei" German Class 1954 77 4 “Good Morning Iowa” Program 1981, undated 77 5 “Here and Now” Program 1974-1975 62 7 "In Our Care" 1952 77 7 “Iowa Edition” undated 56 3 Iowa State University Men's Basketball Coverage 1989-1990 55 9 Iowa State University Women's Basketball Coverage 1988 77 3 5-Country Close-Up 1979-1980 62 8 Iowa Television Schooltime Program and Information 1953-1954 62 10 "Jim Criner Show" 1986 62 9 Jim Thomas, "Iowa Outdoor Show" 1986 62 11 "Jim Walden Show" 1987 62 12 "Johnny Orr Show" 1989 58 12 "Magic Window" undated 62 3 "Magic Window" – Coe Films, cartoons 1983-1990 62 1 "Magic Window" – "Alvin" cartoons 1993

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Box Folder Title Dates 62 2 "Magic Window" – "Bugs Bunny" cartoons 1985-1990 62 6 "Magic Window" – "Felix the Cat", cartoons 1979-1990 77 13 McCarthy Broadcast 1952 77 14 “Medicine of the ‘60s” Series 1963-1964 78 4 “One to One” Program Notes 1973-1974 78 5 “Open Circuit” Program 1966-1967 79 1 “Project Atom” Program (3 B&W Photos) 1960-1964 80 4 Special Programming 1952-1968 undated 56 6 State Basketball Tournaments, Girls and Boys 1991 79 4 “T.B.A.” Programming Notes 1956 62 13 Thank-You Letters for Television Programming 1953-1954 55 10 "The Jim Walden Show" 1988 62 15 "The Whole Town's Talking" 1952 62 14 "The Whole Town's Talking": Television and an American 1952 Town 62 17 "This Is Iowa Talking" guests 1955-1957 62 16 "This is Iowa" 1957 79 5 “This Morning” Correspondences and Programs 1972 79 6 “Today’s Homemaker” 1962, undated 80 6 Watergate Presidential Tape Transcript Reading 1974 79 7 “Westward Whoa” 1955-1956 79 2 Skits undated 80 5 TV Preview Lists undated

Description of series

Series 12 WOI-TV Sale 1971-1995, undated extent: 5.04 linear feet description: This series contains papers regarding the sale of WOI-TV to Capital Communications Company, Inc. (1994). These papers include legal

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documents from law firms representing various parties in the sale of the station; background information on station finances, programming, and ratings; and purchasing proposals made by groups interested in buying WOI-TV. There are many folders of correspondence about the sale. Use this finding aid to cross reference authors of letters that may be in different folders, depending on where they originated. For example, correspondence between Warren Madden and the Ted Hepburn Company may be found in both sets of folders. There is also documentation of the attempt by Neil Harl and Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. to block the sale of the station. These papers include reports, court documents, and correspondence ( see collections MS 584 and RS 5/6/10 for more information).

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates 63 1 ABC primary television affiliation agreement - contract, 1990-1991 guidelines 63 2 Agreements, leases, contracts - book created from 1990-1992 signable documents 63 3-4 Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith, & Allbee, 1992-1994 Attorneys at Law (representing ISU Equities Corporation) - correspondence, information 63 5 Alleman tower facility - structural analysis and evaluation 1980 64 1 Alleman transmitter tower lease - agreements, 1971-1994 amendments, related correspondence 64 2 Alleman transmitter tower lease - agreements, related 1987-1994 correspondence 64 3-4 Asset purchase agreement by and between Iowa State 1992 University Broadcasting Corporation (ISUBC), Board of Regents, ISU, and Capital Communications Company 64 5 Bill of sale, closing paperwork - Capital Communications 1994 Company 64 6 Blackburn & Company, Inc. - appraisal, correspondence 1986-1994 65 1 Board of Regents - correspondence, press release, 1985-1994 memos, resolution 65 2 Board of Regents - memos on WOI-TV sale, reports, 1991-1994 related information

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Box Folder Title Dates 65 3 Bortz & Company, Inc. - WOI-TV analysis, report, 1991 financial data 65 4 Broad Street Companies - correspondence 1990-1992 65 5 Channel 31 (ISU student-run cable channel) purchase 1992 proposal for WOI-TV 65 6 Citadel Communications Company, Ltd. (Capital 1992-1994 Communications Company, Inc. falls under Citadel umbrella) - purchase proposal, correspondence, evaluation 66 1 Closing documents concerning the asset purchase 1994 agreement between ISUBC, Board of Regents, and ISU and Capital Communications Company, Inc. 66 2 Cohn and Marks Law Offices (representing WOI/ISU) - 1985-1991 correspondence 66 3-4 Cohn and Marks Law Offices; Joel Levy (representing 1992 WOI/ISU) - correspondence, information 66 5 Cohn and Marks Law Offices; Joel Levy (representing 1993 WOI/ISU) - correspondence, information 66 6 Cohn and Marks Law Offices; Joel Levy (representing 1994 WOI/ISU) - correspondence, information 66 7 Cohn and Marks Law Offices; Joel Levy (representing 1995 WOI/ISU) - correspondence, information 66 8 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. 1994 Federal Communications Commission - U.S. Court of Appeals Notice of Appeal 66 9 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. 1995 Federal Communications Commission - U.S. Court of Appeals Judgment Against Appeal 66 10 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. 1994 Federal Communications Commission and Capital Communications Company, Inc. - U.S. Court of Appeals, no. 94-1014, opening defendant’s brief 67 1 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. 1995 Federal Communications Commission and Capital Communications Company, Inc. - U.S. Court of Appeals, no. 94-1014, oral argument

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Box Folder Title Dates 67 2 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. Iowa 1992 State Board of Regents - Iowa District Court for Story County, no. 35123-0692, original notice and paperwork 67 3 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. Iowa 1992 State Board of Regents and ISU Equities Corporation - Iowa District Court for Story County, no. 35123-0692, order of judicial review 67 4 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. Iowa 1992 State Board of Regents and ISU Equities Corporation - Iowa District Court for Story County, no. 35123-0692, order to set hearing, etc. 67 5 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. Iowa 1992 State Board of Regents and ISU Equities Corporation - Iowa District Court for Story County, no. 35123-0692, petitioners’ post-trial brief 67 6 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc. and Neil Harl v. Iowa 1993 State Board of Regents and ISU Equities Corporation - Supreme Court of Iowa, no. 92-1754 67 7 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc., et al v. Iowa State 1992 Board of Regents - Iowa District Court, no. 35123-0692 67 8 Court case: Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc., et al v. Iowa State 1991-1993 Board of Regents - Supreme Court of Iowa, no. 92-1754 67 9 Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn, & Shors, 1984-1994 Attorneys and Counselors at Law (representing ISU Broadcasting Corporation) - correspondence, information 68 1 Deloitte & Touche (accounting and consulting firm) - 1991-1994 correspondence, financial data 68 2 Duff & Phelps Financial Consulting Company - 1992 correspondence 68 3 Employee termination, severance information 1993 68 4 Environment Site Assessment - report, correspondence 1992-1993 68 5 Escrow agreement 1992 68 6 Fair Market Value of and an Analysis of the Operation of 1986 Television Station WOI-TV, Ames, Iowa - report 68 7 Frazier Gross & Kadlec, Inc. - station appraisal, data, 1986-1987 correspondence 68 8 GSB resolution - no sale for WOI-TV 1993

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Box Folder Title Dates 68 9 Helmers, Bob, general manager of WOI-TV - 1991-1993 correspondence 68 10 Insurance, disability, retirement plans - booklets 1989-1991 68 11 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - 1987 correspondence, related papers 68 12 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - articles 1987-1988 of incorporation and by-laws 68 13 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - meeting 1987-1994 minutes, resolutions 68 14 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - financial 1988-1994 statements, independent auditor’s reports 69 1 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - 1991-1992 correspondence, related papers 69 2 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - 1993 correspondence, related papers 69 3 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - 1994q correspondence, related papers 69 4 Iowa State University Broadcasting Corporation - undated correspondence, information, Board of Directors list 69 5 Iowa State University Equities Corporation - articles of 1987 incorporation and by-laws 69 6 Iowa State University Equities Corporation - meeting 1991-1994 minutes, correspondence 69 7 Iowans for WOI-TV, Inc., Neil Harl (anti-sale group) - 1992-1994, reports, papers, correspondence, legal information undated 69 8 ISU Broadcasting Review and Reassessment - reports, 1991-1992 data 69 9 Jischke, Martin - correspondence, to/from 1991-1994 69 10 Kagan Media appraisals - report, correspondence 1991-1992 70 1 Latham & Watkins, Attorneys at Law (representing 1992-1994 Capital Communications Company, Inc. - correspondence 70 2 Lease information, WOI-TV Ames studio undated 70 3 Lendt, Dave - correspondence 1985-1986 70 4-5 Lien searches, related paperwork 1989-1994

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Box Folder Title Dates 70 6 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1986 information 70 7 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from 1987 70 8 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1991 information 70 9 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1992 information (1 of 2) 71 1 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1992 information (2 of 2) 71 2 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from 1993 71 3 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1994 information 71 4 Madden, Warren - correspondence to/from, related 1995 information 71 5 Men’s basketball contract to broadcast games 1990-1992 71 6 Newspaper clippings 1986-1994, undated 71 7 Operating statements - finance data 1985-1987 71 8 Parks, W. Robert - correspondence 1986 71 9 Petition to Deny (sale) from Neil Harl - legal papers, 1992 correspondence 71 10 Proposals, notice of solicitation from ISUBC - guidelines, 1987-1992 information 71 11 Proposals to provide services to WOI from Touch Ross; 1987 McGladrey, Hendrickson & Pullen; Frazier, Gross, & Kadlec, Inc./1st Boston 71 12 Reorganization - memos, correspondence, information 1986-1987 72 1 Reorganization - financial information, cost spreadsheets, 1987 vouchers 72 2 State representatives Grandy, Lightfoot - correspondence 1993 72 3 Ted Hepburn Company, media broker that negotiated 1990-1994 WOI sale - correspondence, information 72 4-6 Television license agreements for second run and 1986-1992 syndicated shows 73 1 WOI-AM/FM issues in sale - information 1992

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Box Folder Title Dates 73 2 WOI certificate of restoration, service mark 1991-1992 73 3 WOI Corporation - articles of incorporation and by-laws 1987 73 4 WOI-TV checklists, timetable, chronology, reorganization 1987-1992 outline 73 5 WOI-TV Executive Study Committee - reports, memos, 1986 outlines, information 73 6 WOI-TV financial information - correspondence, income 1985-1988 and expense reports 73 7 WOI-TV financial information - operating reports, expense 1990-1991 reports, financial statements 73 8 WOI-TV financial information - correspondence, purchase 1992 proposal information, expense reports, operating expenses, related papers 73 9 WOI-TV financial information - financial statements, cash 1993-1995 flow projections, correspondence, expense reports, related papers 74 1 WOI-TV history - fact sheet, timeline, study 1986-1993 74 2 WOI-TV lease and agreement for facilities, tower - 1971-1992 contracts, papers 74 3 WOI-TV relationships with University departments and 1991-1992 programs, impact 74 4 WOI-TV reports - agreements, meeting minutes, reports 1992 information 74 5 WOI-TV reports - profit/loss statements, budget 1986 projections, related papers 74 6 WOI-TV station ratings and financial numbers - data, 1985, information gathered by Seltel undated

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