Description
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.
Background
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.
Extent
104 Electronic files
Restrictions
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.
Availability
Collection is open for research.