KKSF Collection, 1986-1987

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Summary

Title:
KKSF Collection
Dates:
1986-1987
Creators:
KKSF (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.).
Abstract:
232 open reel tapes of radio advertisments played on San Francisco radio in late 1986.
Extent:
5 boxes: Two hundred and twenty-one (221) 5" open reel tapes ; ten (10) 7" open reel tapes ; one (1) 5" open reel tape
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

KKSF Collection, ARS-0068. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The KKSF Collection consists of independently produced radio advertisements on open reels from late 1986 (two are from early 1987). Although the collection is named for the donor, KKSF, that station did not begin broadcasting until July of 1987. The ads may have been aired on the Adult Contemporary format station KLOK-FM, KKSF's precursor on the dial, but it is more likely that the commercials were played on classical station KDFC, as both KDFC and KKSF were owned by Brown Broadcasting Company from 1987 to 1993. Also, a few of the tape boxes have KDFC written on them. Most boxes have no station identification. The advertisements are mostly for goods and services such as automobile dealerships, airlines, banks and clothing stores. There are also ads for the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Symphony.

Processing information:

This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Arrangement:

Tapes are in alphabetical order.

Rules or conventions:
Prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst
Date Prepared:
© 2010
Date Encoded:
Produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-12-02T15:43-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

Preferred citation:

KKSF Collection, ARS-0068. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3076, US
Contact:
(650) 723-9312
soundarchive@stanford.edu
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