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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: KUSC records
Creator:
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 5133
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/714
Physical Description:
134.979 Linear Feet
125 boxes
Date (bulk): 1946-2017
Abstract: This collection includes the administrative records and audio recordings related to the listener supported classical music
radio station, KUSC.
Language of Material:
English.
KUSC is a listener supported classical music radio station that began in 1946 through the patronage of USC alumnus George
Allan Hancock, an oil magnate and cello player for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. KUSC operates as both a student run
and professional broadcasting station, and in the early 1990s the station incorporated talk, jazz, folk, and world music.
This collection includes the business records, legal records, press releases, news clippings, program guides, realia, and
½'' and ¼'' magnetic audio tapes related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accrual of papers and recordings transferred to Special Collections from KUSC President, Brenda Barnes, upon her retirement
in 2017.
[Box/folder no. or item name], KUSC records, Collection no. 5133, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is partially processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business records
Classical music radio programs
College radio stations
Radio -- Archival resources
Radio stations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
University of Southern California -- Archives