http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt458035s1 No online items Guide to the KSFO Collection ARS.0063 Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst Archive of Recorded Sound Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford University Stanford, California, 94305-3076 650-723-9312 [email protected] © 2010 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the KSFO Collection ARS.0063 1 ARS.0063 Descriptive Summary Title: KSFO Collection Dates: 1953-1989 Collection number: ARS.0063 Creator: KSFO (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.) Collection size: 36 boxes Contributing Institution: Archive of Recorded Sound Abstract: The KSFO collection consists of audiovisual material and ephemera from this San Francisco radio station's years owned by Golden West Broadcasting, 1956-1983. KSFO was known for their news and sports coverage, as well as the voice talents of such personalities as Don Sherwood, Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, and Al "Jazzbo" Collins. The majority of this collection involves station marketing, promotions, and fundraisers, although there are airchecks and other broadcast recordings. Production library material includes jingles, themes, music beds, promotional spots, and advertising. Language of Material: English Access Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance. Publication Rights Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound. Preferred Citation KSFO Collection, ARS-0063. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Source The KSFO Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by KSFO in June, 1998. Sponsor This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Scope and Contents Though it originally went on the air in 1925, the era of radio station KSFO covered in this collection is largely from 1956-1983, when the station was owned by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters. Besides airing popular music, jazz, and nostalgia, KSFO provided the San Francisco Bay Area with news, sports, and other programming with cosmopolitan flair. Notable broadcast personalities at the station included Don Sherwood, Jim Lange, John Gilliland, Gene Nelson, Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Wally King, Herb Kennedy, Jack Carney, Del Courtney, Dan Sorkin, Terry McGovern, and Carter B. Smith. Legendary sportscasters Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons spent much of the 1960's on KSFO, announcing games for the San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco 49ers as well as Oakland Athletics baseball and Stanford University football. A few airchecks of these broadcasts are part of the collection. However, the majority of the audio found here is from KSFO's production library. This library, maintained on open reel tape, consists of jingles, IDs, music beds, advertising, and featured programming (such as the Mike Powell 5:30 Report) in various forms and versions, although airchecks and related recordings (often marked "Save") are present. KSFO's famous theme song "Sound of the City" exists in multiple iterations, as do recordings of "Bye Bye Baby," the opening music for San Francisco Giants baseball broadcasts, inspired by Russ Hodges' catch-phrase. Singer Mel Tormé lent his signature "velvet fog" croon for station identification, and there are several reels featuring his voice here. The Commercial Vault was KSFO's own name for a series of tapes documenting notable ads as originally broadcast on the station. Although incomplete, it remains a fascinating record of local music-related advertising in the 1960s and 70s. There is also a series titled Promo Vault, which archives the station's promotional campaign spots during the same period. KSFO jingles and other advertising and marketing were produced both in-house and by other companies. There is some content pertaining to management, but very little documentation regarding the internal workings of the station. Almost all printed matter in this collection was originally distributed to the public in one form or another. The collection also contains material from other stations, particularly KYA. In 1983, KSFO was sold to King Radio Broadcasting, which had already owned KYA. It appears that with all the changes in ownership, material from different stations has been intermingled. It would also appear that, due to the overwhelming volume of promotional material, it is likely that much of this collection is derived from KSFO's promotions department. One way for the station to promote itself was through fundraising campaigns. Among the several events KSFO organized, the United Crusades and Guide to the KSFO Collection ARS.0063 2 ARS.0063 Police Athletic League games are generously represented in a variety of media. Other contemporary events covered in recordings include news of the John F. Kennedy assassination, Dan White on KRON in 1979, and commentary from S.I. Hayakawa during the student strike at San Francisco State University in 1968. Physical media in the KSFO collection is primarily audio on tape (around 650 objects), with some video (largely U-Matic cassettes), 16mm film (four reels), photographs, slides, and ephemera (eight scrapbooks of printed matter). Arrangement Original order has been retained. Indexing Terms Hodges, Russ KSFO (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.). Oakland Athletics (Baseball team). San Francisco 49ers (Football team). San Francisco Giants (Baseball team). Sherwood, Don, 1925-1983 Simmons, Lon Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999 Radio stations. San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Series 1. Audio Miscellaneous Box 1 promos, airchecks, etc. 1958-1978 Scope and Contents KYA recreated dance remote w/Paul Pendarvis Orch. 1958 ; baseball promos, highlights ; Giants promos 1960 (with script), 1978, etc. ; 49ers promo 1962 ; Tom Campbell KYA 1969 ; Scott Thomas last half hour on KYA 1970 ; Russ Hodges promos, samples ; Lon Simmons Sports Show promos 10/3/1958. Box 3 jingles, promos, etc. 1959-1982 Scope and Contents KYA Memories ; KYA jingles 1977, 1983 ; People Power 1/9/74 ; KOIT, K106 1971 ; KMPC New Home Dedication 1968 ; Beatles Christmas promo 12/23/77 ; Torme KSFO jingles 4/22/63 ; Pied Piper promos ; KYA People Power /Ecology/Anti-Drug ; KUSF Woody Guthrie California Travelin' ; Arbo and Al #2 12/2/59 ; KSFO Looney Sounds ; Casablanca lines (with script) ; KYA A'Go Go master ; KYA series 31, 32, 38, 40 ; KYA Firesign Theatre bits 10/82 ; KYA ID Separator Box 4 airchecks, features, jingles, etc. 1969-1979 Scope and Contents A-1 & A-2 4/12/71 ; Rock Years 1-4 ; Mark Taylor, Pete Cooney aircheck ; Pat Williams KSFO 7/29/69 ; RG3 ; Pete Scott - Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons Stories ; Oldies- Save 1979 ; Classic Gold ; KYA Drug Rap ; Steve Jordan ; Operation Undercover ; KSFO Marpet jingles 4/24/69 Guide to the KSFO Collection ARS.0063 3 ARS.0063 Series 1. Audio Miscellaneous Box 5 jingles, features, etc. 1961-1976 Scope and Contents KOIT New Country ; BLORE jingle ; PAMS master ; KSFO News Thanksgiving 1961 ; MLK "I Have a Dream" ; Art Fine "A Chance to Chase A Dream" 11/5/1976 ; KSFO 1962 Headlines Awards Box 6 jingles, promos, features, news, etc. 1964-1983 Scope and Contents 49ers ; KSFO police announcements ; McQuade Award 1965 ; California State Fair Broadcast Awards Submission 1967 ; KYA-FM production jingle music beds 1983 ; Hayakawa editorial 12/2/68 ; It Seems to Me ; KYA Christmas Package ; KRON Bye Bye Baby 1972 ; Blake Freeway Opposition 10/7/64 ; Al White San Francisco ; KSFO Moog Theme ; KSFO This Date in Baseball History 4/19/81 ; Baseball promos 1974 ; KYA-FM Playdate series 1983 ; KYA DJ cuts 8/9/76 ; KYA shotguns ; Stanford Football Music "All Right Now" ; KSFO/Giants Mike Ivie Grand Slam ; Ted Taylor Copter Reports ; Wally King on Mesnick-Richmond Incident 2/11/64 ; KSFO weekend beds ; Giants Old BB stuff Mays Save ; KSFO IDs 1977 ; Old KYA Jingle ; Security Pacific Music for Stanford ; FB 1983 ; Miss Miller audition ; KYA-FM IDs for 1973-74 ; Music cuts McNeal, Stone, Hardy, O'Quinn ; KYA People Power jingle ; KSFO Loves You ; Bye Bye Baby Voc. and Inst. ; Jerelee and Niles 6/24/66 ; A's Profiles ; Michelle Hughes ; A's promos 1981 Box 7 KYA jingles, etc. 1976 Scope and Contents Random Golden Bells ; KYA Clark & Mason ; 1260 Time Capsule ; KYA jingles ; KYA Jack Bryan ; KYA Happy New Year 1976 Box 8 Christmas Kids 1981 Box 10 airchecks, features, news, promos, etc. 1962-1981 Scope and Contents Chris Edwards and The Osmonds ; Black History Minutes ; Lombard Lafayette/Chris Cane 1975-76 ; Laff Off 1,2 ; Some Things We Missed On the 40s ; KMPC Sounders ; Delay Loops ; Giants, Airport Stuff aircheck 10/3/62 ; Airport 12/27/70 ; Oakland A's Highlights 1981 ; KSFO Marpet beds 4/24/1969 Box 11 airchecks, features, news, etc. 1954-1984 Scope and Contents Could This be You? KVI Seattle 1954-56 ; A's Profiles ; Mike Powell 5:30 Report airchecks 1/16/70, 10/2/74, 3/14/75 ; Scott Carpenter Orbital Flight 5/24/62 ; Raymond Burr - Policeman ; KSFO News Golden Gate Rapid Transit ; KSFO News Berlin Special Report 1961 ; Coleen Moore on Mike Powell 12/71 ; Jeno Paulucci on Mike Powell 4/72 ; Beneficial Presentation 9/5/65 ; 40s Media Demo ; William O. Douglas Speech, Palace Hotel 4/17/61 ; KSFO News 8/61 ; Dick Whittington 4/29/59 ; Lem Brothers bed ; Dr. Robert Wesson, Nicaragua Today, Commonwealth Club 2/10/84 ; Mays Homer ; Haiku Contest ; Musical! Weekend 5/26-27/84 ; Giants promo audiocassettes 1978 Box 12 promos, commercials, etc. 1975-1984 Scope and Contents Ted Reed, Nightside ; Leo Burnett Chicago 1984 ; John Lennon promo 12/3/81 ; Demos 1974 ; KSBW Salinas ; Mervyn's Christmas Sale 11/24/75 ; Dentyne ; Could This Be You? KVI ; KSFO Hudson and Landry ; Bridges Edited Choir ; Mel Tormé Guide to the KSFO Collection ARS.0063 4 ARS.0063 Series 1.