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Hoffman (Howard) KABC collection (ARA)
PA Mss 185
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Title: Howard Hoffman KABC collection (ARA)
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 185
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
22 Linear Feet;
(22 boxes: 19 record boxes, 2 document boxes, 1 flat box)
Creator:
Hoffman, Howard (1954-)
Creator:
KABC (Radio station) (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date (inclusive): 1942-1999
Date (bulk): 1943-1954
Date (bulk): 1990s
Abstract: The Howard Hoffman KABC collection consists of 22 boxes, or 22 linear feet of mostly scripts, correspondence, news, and memoranda
pertaining to KABC radio between 1943-1954. The remaining materials consists of public relations materials like photographs,
biographies, and scrapbooks from the 1990s. Howard Hoffman was the creative/production director at KABC Radio and unofficial
historian of the station.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
The Howard Hoffman KABC collection consists of 22 boxes, or 22 linear feet of mostly scripts, correspondence, news, and memoranda
pertaining to KABC radio between 1943-1954. The remaining materials consists of public relations materials like photographs,
biographies, and scrapbooks from the 1990s.
The collection is open for research.
The material in this collection are arranged in two series by type and date.
- Series 1, KABC scripts and records, 1943-1954
- Series 2, KABC public relations materials, 1990s
Howard Hoffman (1954- ) is a voice actor and broadcast branding producer in Washington State and operates
the internet radio station
Great Big Radio. He was the host of Top 40 radio shows on the east as well as the west
coast. From 1994 to 2011 Howard was the creative/production director at KABC Radio and unofficial historian
of the station.
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], Howard Hoffman KABC collection, PA Mss 185. 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Thousand Oaks Library Foundation