Collection: Shane Media Services records

This collection documents the professional activities of Shane Media Services, a radio marketing consulting firm based in Houston, Texas. CEO Ed Shane founded Shane Media Services and remained at the helm until his passing in March 2015. This collection documents his contributions to broadcast radio alongside that of his wife and business partner Pam Shane. Ed Shane and Shane Media Services provided market research and guidance for Texan raido stations, especially country music stations, including KFRG, WGGY, WLAC, WOGY, KODA, WLPLO, and other stations in the western and southern United States. Shane Media Services amassed a number of demo tapes from a variety of stations as part of their work which are included in this collection.

Dates

1931-2015

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Extent

40.5 Linear Feet (27 record storage containers)

7.5 Linear Feet (5 record storage boxes of audiovisual material in 2014-066-MMC. ) : 140 sound cassettes 1 tape reel, polyester 40 VHS tapes 15 U-Matic tapes 2 Betacam tapes 12 CD's

4.5 Linear Feet (3 record storage boxes of audiovisual material in 2016-162-MMC. ) : 1 10" audio reel 41 7" audio reels 21 CD's 31 VHS tapes 1 Beta tape 70 audio cassettes

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Content Description

Shane Media Services is a Houston-based radio consulting firm that provides programming, research, and management consultation to radio stations and other media outlets. The collection includes audience, station, and programming reports and analysis, CD's, audio and video tapes of sales and trade show presentations, promotional spots, program and format samples, air checks, and reel-to-reel tapes. This collection presents a picture of the activities of a successful radio consulting firm with clients in Texas and nationwide .

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by accession number into two series.

Series 1: Accession 2014-066
Series 2: Accession 2016-162

Administrative Information

Title: Guide to the Shane Media Records
Status: Completed
Author: Processed by Jen Wachtel.
Date: 2017-10-03
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Finding aid written in English.

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Shane Media Services records

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