Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection, 1983-1986

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Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Programs

Summary

Creators:: Stockton, Bayard, 1930-2006
Abstract:: The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) community affairs radio interviews aired on KMGQ-FM Goleta and conducted with a wide variety of well-known people on current events such as the arts, social issues, the environment, education, agriculture, politics, science, and history.
Extent:: 104 Electronic files and 107 Cassettes
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: [Identification of radio program], Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection, AR-1997-001, Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) community affairs radio interviews digitized from audiocassette copies of interviews from the "Good Companions" radio show, hosted by Bayard Stockton on station KMGQ-FM Goleta. The collection includes tape index sheets for some of the interviews.

Biographical / historical:

Bayard Stockton (1930-2006), the Good Companions program host, started his career as a Cold War spy for the CIA in post-WW II Europe. In the 1960s he worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsweek. He also authored three books. Stockton moved to Santa Barbara in 1980 where he became involved in the community. Over the years, he was known as a radio personality, a teacher, writer, lecturer, media hound, political watchdog, and staunch supporter of causes. The Good Companions program ended its three-year run in 1986 when radio station KMGQ-FM Goleta was sold.

Acquisition information:

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show audio tapes were donated by Bayard Stockton to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum in 1997.

Processing information:

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection was processed by Chris S. Ervin CA in July and August 2021. The audiocassette tapes were digitized by California Revealed during the 2021/2022 grant cycle and are hosted by California Revealed and Internet Archive. The digital versions were quality-controlled by Chris S. Ervin CA in February 2023.

Arrangement:

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection is arranged in twenty-three (23) series:

1) Santa Barbara Actors

2) Santa Barbara Agriculture

3) Santa Barbara Artisans

4) Santa Barbara Business

5) Santa Barbara Channel Marine Resources

6) Santa Barbara Crime

7) Santa Barbara Chefs

8) Santa Barbara Cultures

9) Santa Barbara Education

10) Santa Barbara Humanitarianism

11) Santa Barbara Interpersonal Relations

12) Santa Barbara Mass Media

13) Santa Barbara Musicians

14) Santa Barbara Natural Disasters

15) Santa Barbara Painters

16) Santa Barbara Performing Arts

17) Santa Barbara Politics

18) Santa Barbara Public Health

19) Santa Barbara Science

20) Santa Barbara Survivors

21) Santa Barbara Travel

22) Santa Barbara Women

23) Santa Barbara Writers

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Public affairs radio programs
Acting
aeronautics
Age discrimination
AIDS activists
Alcoholism
Art dealers
Art galleries, Commercial
Artists
Astronauts
Authors
Avocado
Charity
Christmas -- Mexico
Class reunions
Cocaine abuse
Compassion
Computer Camp
Cooking
Cooks
Crime
Dance
Dating (Social customs)
Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli
Editorial cartoonists
Elections
Electronic musical instrument makers
Fisheries
Flood control -- California -- Santa Barbara County
German states -- Politics and government
Goleta Valley Community Center (Goleta, Calif.)
Homeless persons
Housing
Lawyers
Mariculture industry
Marine biology
Marine resources conservation
Medical rehabilitation
Misogyny
Motion picture film
Mural painting and decoration
Musicians
Mussels
Orchids
Offshore oil well drilling
Olive
Opera
Painting
Performing arts
Philosophy, Modern
Photography
Popular music -- Writing and publishing
Raggedy Ann (Fictitious character)
Radio programs
Real estate developers
Referendum
Santa Barbara Harbor
School budgets
Screenwriters -- Credits
Screen process printing
Seafood industry
Sex discrimination in the mass media industry
Singers
Soccer teams
Stress management
Surgery, Plastic
Television acting
Television broadcasting
Travel
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States
Wildfires
Wine and wine making
Women dentists
Woodworkers
Writing
Names:: Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Access Theatre (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Ballard Canyon Winery (1974-1992)
California. Department of Transportation
Capra Press
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1959-1987)
Chevron Oil Company
Direct Relief
Dos Pueblos Orchid Farm (Goleta, Calif.) (1943-)
Elings Park (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Grand Hotel (Los Olivos, Calif.)
Guardian Angels (Organization)
KEYT-TV
KMGQ-FM (Radio station: Goleta, Calif.)
Montecito Bank & Trust (1975-)
Montecito Water District (Santa Barbara County, Calif.) (1921-)
Pacific Basin Institute
Pacific Conservatory Theatre (Santa Maria, Calif.) (1964-)
San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Santa Barbara Advertising Club
Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show
Santa Barbara Ballet (Santa Barbara, Calif.) (1972-)
Santa Barbara High School
Santa Barbara Research Center
Santa Barbara Symphony
Santa Barbara Writers' Conference
Sobibór (Concentration camp)
United States. Forest Service (1880-)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.)
Ashmore, Harry S., 1916-1998
Austin, Tony (Anthony)
Auchincloss, Pamela, 1956-
Aznavour, Charles, 1924-2018
Bartlett, Terry (Terry Ann)
Beaver, Jerry, 1932-2018
Ben-Zeev, Yoram, 1944-
Berg, Lodewijk van den, 1932-
Blatt, Thomas Toivi, 1927-2015
Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994
Blumenfeld, Erik, 1915-1997
Bollay, Denny (Dennison), 1950-
Butler, Michael (Michael Philip), 1941-
Callahan, Larry
Carlos, Ann (Ann Wyckoff)
Clemmons, Penny, Dr.
Collura, Frank
Corning, Merv (Mervin Allen), 1926 - 2006
Craft, Christine, 1944-
de Picciotto, Phyllis
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Dowling, Vincent (Vincent Gerard), 1929-2013
Downey, Bill, 1922-1994
Easton, Robert, 1915-1999
Elliott, John, 1929-2019
Esparza, Hortensia
Eventoff, Frank
Fox, Karen (Karen Wilson)
Franklin, Erik
Gabriele, Guy
Gelbart, Larry
Gibney, Frank (Frank Bray), 1924-2006
Goodall, George
Goodson, Billy (Bill)
Hallock, Gene, DDS (B Gene), 1928-2002
Harris, King
Harwin, Jerry (Jerome), 1911-2012
Hazard, Ralph W. (Ralph Walter), 1916-2003
Heath, Bill
Heslin, Joe
Howorth, Peter, 1944-
Huston, Valerie
Huttenback, Robert A. (Robert Arthur), 1928-2012
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
Jaidar, George, 1930-
Jones, Steve
Keading, Bob
Kehoe, Ron
Keller, Gregory S., MD, Dr.
Kingma, Daphne Rose
Lathim, Rod
Lewis, Danny
MacDougall, Peter R., Dr.
Matthews, Walt (Walter), 1940-2008
McClintock, Kathy, Dr., DDS
Meek, Bob, Ph.D. (Robert Preston), 1947-2004
Meisel, Harris, Dr., 1932-2018
Messina, Jim
Mitchum, Robert, 1917-1997
Papas, William, 1927-2000
Phillips, Fletcher, Dr. (Fletcher R.)
Prichard, Yvette
Quijada, Michael
Rapp, Joanne
Redden, Ole (Harold Roy), 1924-2013
Richmond, Earl H.
Roberts, Ines (Ines Labunski)
Roehm, Charlie (Charles Sewall), 1930-2018
Rouse, Stella Haverland, 1908-1999
Shipman, Stephen W.
Siemens, Sharol
Siemens, Wayne
Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942-
Strong, Bob (Robert)
Strong, Ray, 1905-2006
Stubchaer, Jim (James M.)
Towbes, Michael, 1929-2017
Underwood, Hank
Vercammen, Paul J., 1928-2002
Villa, Eduardo
Wagner, Mike (Michael J.)
Watkins, Jack, Maj. Gen. (Jack L.), 1928-2013
Weaver, Pat, 1908-2002
West, Timothy, 1934-
White, Jerry
Williams, Kathy
Williamson, Laird (Laird Harold), 1937-2020
Young, Noel, 1922-2002
Stockton, Bayard, 1930-2006
Places:: California -- History

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of radio program], Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection, AR-1997-001, Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.

Location of this collection:: Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Gledhill Library

136 E. De La Guerra

Santa Barbara, CA 93101, US