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Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Archival resources.

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George Geesey papers

 Collection 0140-MMC-NPBA
Abstract George E. Geesey (1933- ) became the first manager of WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C. in 1961. He was the primary host of the Educational Radio Network's coverage of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. He became the Director of Operations (and Engineering) at National Public Radio in 1970. He was assigned to the Satellite Interconnection System Project Office (SISPO) as Radio Coordinator in 1976.This collection documents Geesey's career at National Public Radio,...

Arthur Godfrey papers

 Collection 0035-MMC-LAB
Abstract Arthur Morton Godfrey (1903-1983) was the leading personality in American broadcasting during the 1950s. He appeared regularly on network radio from 1945 to 1972, and on television from 1948 to 1959. His radio career began on WFBR in Baltimore in 1930 and concluded with Arthur Godfrey Time on the CBS network in 1972. Through most of the decade of the 1950s, Godfrey not only hosted a daily radio program but two top-ten prime time television shows, ...

Helen Sioussat papers

 Collection 0014-MMC-LAB
Abstract Helen Sioussat (1902-1995) was the Director of Talks and Public Affairs for CBS radio from 1937 to 1958. In that role, she regularly oversaw as many as 300 broadcasts a year addressing government, labor, education, religion, civil rights, and international affairs. In 1941, Sioussat created and hosted the TV program Table Talk, the first roundtable discussion program on television. She also wrote a book about broadcasting, Mikes Don't...