WAVE Audio Tape Collection,1950-1974
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- WAVE Audio Tape Collection,1950-1974
- Creator
- WAVE
- Extent
- 4.5 cu. ft. (9 Boxes): 55 Items
- Subjects
- United States--Radio
- United States--Television
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- WAVE Radio first broadcast in 1933 from Louisville, KY with a 5 watt directional antenna. It was owned by George Norton who purchased Hopkinsville radio station WFIW, moved it to the top of the Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville and went on the air as a CBS affiliate with a 1,000 watt transmitter. WAVE went off the air in 1981.
- Scope and Content
- The collection is comprised of fifty five 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes. It contains the "Voices and Events" summary of the news for 1950 - 1956 and various political speeches by V.P. Barkley, Gov. "Happy" Chandler and Gov. Nunn. Also included is President Eisenhower's Farewell Address.
Contents of the Collection
Story of the Year. (P.T.: 27 min)29-Dec-50
Voices and Events of 1950, Part 1. (P.T.: 27 min)31-Dec-50
Voices and Events of 1950, Part 2. (P.T.: 27 min)31-Dec-50
Gov. Lawrence Wetherby Inauguration. (P.T.: 27 min)11-Dec-51
Story of the Year. (P.T.: 27 min)30-Dec-51
Chandler Headquarters. Gov. Chandler speaking from Chicago on next campaign. (P.T.: 14 min)1952
Voices and Events of 1952., Part 1. (P.T.: 29:30 min)28-Dec-52
Voices and Events of 1952., Part 2. (P.T.: 29:30 min)28-Dec-52
Voices and Events of 1953, Part 1. (P.T.: 27 min)27-Dec-53
Voices and Events of 1953, Part 2. (P.T.:27-Dec-53
Kentucky '53 - Roundup of news and events., Part 1. (P.T.: 30:49 min)29-Dec-53
Kentucky '53 - Roundup of news and events., Part 2. (P.T.: 28:55 min)29-Dec-53
Pres. Eisenhower in Kentucky for 175th Anniversary of Transylvania College. (P.T.: 17:10 min)23-Apr-54
Pres. Eisenhower in Kentucky, speaking at Hodgenville. (P.T.: 7:50 min)23-Apr-54
Alben Barkley Speech. (P.T.: 31:30 min)30-Sep-54
Sec of Labor Mitchell talk on TV with Bailey Merrill, candidate for Congress from the 8th District of Indiana (P. T.: 14:20 . Followed by talk by Alben Barkley, campaigning for the U.S. Senate. (P.T.: 14:29 min)8-Oct-54
Pres. Eisenhower in Louisville speaking at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast. (P.T.: 30 min)29-Oct-54
Alben Barkley TV speech, campaigning for the U.S. Senate. (P.T.: 30 min)October 29,, 1954
Alben Barkley campaign speech. (P.T.: 30 min)1-Nov-54
NBC Voices and Events, 1954, Part 1. (P.T.: 29 min)26-Dec-54
NBC Voices and Events, 1954, Part 2. (P.T.: 30 min) 26-Dec-54
Kentucky '54, Part 1. (P.T.: 22:30 min)27-Dec-54
Kentucky '54, Part 2. (P.T.: 30 min)27-Dec-54
News Dub. (P.T.: 30 min)1954
New Year, 1955, Part 1. (P.T.: 31 min)30-Dec-55
New Year, 1955, Part 2. (P.T.: 30 min)30-Dec-55
Election Night Coverage: Eisenhower and Nixon acceptance speeches; Concession speeches by Stevenson and Kefauver. (P.T.: 29:45 min) 6-Nov-56
Kentucky '56, Part 1. (P.T.: 11:50 min)1956
Kentucky '56, Part 3. (P.T.: 16 min)1956
Kentucky '56, Part 4. (P.T.: 29 min)1956
Alben W. Barkley: Biography in Sound. (P.T.: 29 min)9-Jul-57
Eisenhower Farewell Address. (P.T.: 19 min)January, 1960
Gov. Combs' address to a Special Session of the Legislature, (P.T.: 4 min)[n.d.]
Kennedy's Inauguration. (P.T.: 14:30 min)20-Jan-63
Kennedy's Inauguration. (P.T.: 8 min)20-Jan-63
Election coverage, Part 1. Results of several elections. Speech by Mayor Wm. Cowper ; Concession speech by Louis Nunn. (P.T.: 5-Nov-63
Election coverage, Part 2. Bemis Lawrence concession speech; speeches by Louie and Larry Nunn.5-Nov-63
Election coverage, Part 3. Ned Breathitt victory statement; Harry Waterfield victory statement.5-Nov-63
NBC News Review of 1963. (P.T.: 29 min)1963
Negro leaders panel discussion during the Louisville riots. (P.T.: 30 min)7-May-68
WAVE News in Review. (P.T.: 30 min)1968
Year End News Report. (P.T. 29 min)30-Dec-69
Gov. Nunn, State of the Commonwealth Address, Part 1. (P.T.: 30 min)6-Jan-70
Gov. Nunn, State of the Commonwealth Address, Part 2. (P.T.: 30 min)6-Jan-70
"Happy's Last Political Race." Chandler on the phone from Versailles. (P.T.: 4 min)2-Nov-71
Year End Specials, 1971. (P.T.: 29 min)16-Dec-71
Year End Specials, 1971. (P.T.: 30 min)17-Dec-71
Gov. Wendell Ford, State of the Commonwealth Address. (P.T.: 30 min)4-Jan-72
Second Inauguration of Pres. Nixon. (P.T.: 31 min)20-Jan-73
1937 Flood, 30th Anniversary. (P;T.: 30 min)12-Jun-73
Harvey Sloan Inauguration as Mayor of Louisville1-Dec-73
NBC Year End Report. (P.T.: 30 min)18-Dec-73
The Battle of Brookside. (P.T.: 15 min)1974
Pres. Nixon's Resignation. (P.T.: 30 min)8-Aug-74
"A Sense of Conduct." About evaders and draft dodgers from Kentucky in the Vietnam war. (P.T.: 30 min)14-Oct-74
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