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KNX collection (ARA)
PA Mss 167
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Description
The KNX Collection consists of 120 boxes or about 115 linear feet of material pertaining to broadcasting on KNX radio. A majority
of the materials are loose and bound scripts from radio shows broadcasted between 1940-1960 consisting of shows like
Escape,
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,
Suspense,
Romance and
Meet Millie. The remaining material relates to publicity material for KNX News Radio from the 1960s to the 1990s. KNX radio is a CBS
affiliated broadcast that was located in the Los Angeles area and is described as one of the oldest radio stations in the
country. Today, KNX is still broadcasting their news on KNX News 97.1 FM.
Background
KNX 1070 is an AM radio station that is considered one of the oldest radio stations in the United States having been founded
on September 10, 1920 and receiving its first broadcasting license in December 1921 with the randomly assigned call letters
KGC issued by the Electric Lighting Supply Company. It was not until May 4, 1922 that the Electric Lighting Supply Company
assigned the KNX call letters which was technically considered the second radio station. On June 20, 1922 the KGC call letters
were deleted because they were functionally the same radio station and was from then on only identified as KNX. It was not
until 1936 that CBS purchased the KNX radio station where they became the flagship for the entire West Coast CBS radio network.
In March 1941 the station transferred to 1070 AM as part of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.
Extent
115 Linear Feet;
(95 record boxes, 24 document boxes, 2 flat boxes)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
The collection is open for research.