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Title: Alan Fischler papers (ARA)
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 208
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(4 boxes: 2 cartons, 2 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1958-1985
Abstract: The Alan Fischler collection chronicles Alan Fischler's career as a broadcaster and
professor.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
The Alan Fischler collection consists of 2 cartons and 2 document boxes, or 3 linear feet, ranging from 1958-1985 and chronicles
Alan Fischler's career as a broadcaster and professor. It contains personal papers (including one scrapbook), clippings and
booklets related to the field of broadcasting. KNJO now known as KYRA.
The collection is open for research.
The materials in this collection are arranged into three series by type.
Series 1: Personal Papers; Series 2: Clippings; Series 3: Booklets.
Alan Fischler was born on May 3, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started a long career in broadcasting in 1939 while
working in public relations for the federal government in Washington D.C. The emphasis on his work was on press information
and radio script writing. Fischler married Pearl Fischler in 1942 and in 1945 left Washington and moved to Los Angeles. He
took a position as a reporter-reviewer for Billboard magazine in Hollywood, California and in 1950 moved to the National Broadcasting
Company (KNBC) in Hollywood where he coordinated daytime programming. In 1951 Fischler left KNBC to work for Snader Telescription
Sales, a film syndication company which produced and sold "made for television" movies. From 1952 to 1961 Fischler worked
for KCOP-TV as an account executive and local sales manager. From 1961 to 1963 he worked as director of the National Telefilm
Associates' (NTA) award program division as head of national film syndication. In 1963 he moved to KBIG-AM/FM, where he worked
as vice president and general manager until 1969. In 1970 Fischler started his tenure as president and general manager of
KNJO-FM in Thousand Oaks, California. He was coowner and chief operating officer, giving him control of the day-to-day operation
of the station.
Alan Fischler sold KNJO in 1980 for $650,000.00. After selling the station, Fischler focused on a career as a professor, teaching
broadcasting to students at a number of local universities, including California Lutheran College, Pepperdine University and
California State University, Northridge.
Fischler was a member of the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks, the Southern California
Broadcasters Association and the Conejo Valley Trade Club. He died in 1985.
This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an
emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by
the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.
[Identification of Item], Alan Fischler papers, PA Mss 208. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA).
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.