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The National Recording Preservation Board, an arm of the Library of Congress, recently established a Radio Preservation Task Force charged with developing plans for a national archive of local radio broadcasts. As you know, ample archives exist of national TV (and some radio) broadcasts, but little of the sort exists for local stations.
Phase one of the project is to scour the country to get a sense of what sort of recorded local radio material exists. I'm the designated faculty research associate for Brooklyn, Long Island, Staten Island, and a goodly portion of New Jersey, but other folks like me have their own geographical responsibilities.
At present, we're looking for archives of recorded broadcast material, primarily from 1920-1980 (though these numbers are pretty arbitrary). The NRPB's primary interest is in locating materials from institutions like universities, libraries, and museums, as well as private collections, and the primary goal at this point is to just find out if such materials exist, where, and their scope. The next phase will be to assess their content and quality, and then work on a plan to digitally archive them.
If you know of existing archives of local radio broadcast material, public or private, I'd love to hear from you. You can respond in this thread, or e-mail me directly at john (at) diymedia (dot) net. If you know of archives outside of my own designated area of responsibility, feel free to pass them along as well - or check out more about the Radio Preservation Task Force at its new webpage.
Phase one of the project is to scour the country to get a sense of what sort of recorded local radio material exists. I'm the designated faculty research associate for Brooklyn, Long Island, Staten Island, and a goodly portion of New Jersey, but other folks like me have their own geographical responsibilities.
At present, we're looking for archives of recorded broadcast material, primarily from 1920-1980 (though these numbers are pretty arbitrary). The NRPB's primary interest is in locating materials from institutions like universities, libraries, and museums, as well as private collections, and the primary goal at this point is to just find out if such materials exist, where, and their scope. The next phase will be to assess their content and quality, and then work on a plan to digitally archive them.
If you know of existing archives of local radio broadcast material, public or private, I'd love to hear from you. You can respond in this thread, or e-mail me directly at john (at) diymedia (dot) net. If you know of archives outside of my own designated area of responsibility, feel free to pass them along as well - or check out more about the Radio Preservation Task Force at its new webpage.
