Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Alan Fischler collection chronicles Alan Fischler's career as a broadcaster and professor.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet (4 boxes: 2 cartons, 2 document boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Alan Fischler papers, PA Mss 208. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Alan Fischler collection consists of 2 cartons and 2 document boxes, or 3 linear feet, ranging from 1958-1985 and chronicles Alan Fischler's career as a broadcaster and professor. It contains personal papers (including one scrapbook), clippings and booklets related to the field of broadcasting. KNJO now known as KYRA.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alan Fischler was born on May 3, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started a long career in broadcasting in 1939 while working in public relations for the federal government in Washington D.C. The emphasis on his work was on press information and radio script writing. Fischler married Pearl Fischler in 1942 and in 1945 left Washington and moved to Los Angeles. He took a position as a reporter-reviewer for Billboard magazine in Hollywood, California and in 1950 moved to the National Broadcasting Company (KNBC) in Hollywood where he coordinated daytime programming. In 1951 Fischler left KNBC to work for Snader Telescription Sales, a film syndication company which produced and sold "made for television" movies. From 1952 to 1961 Fischler worked for KCOP-TV as an account executive and local sales manager. From 1961 to 1963 he worked as director of the National Telefilm Associates' (NTA) award program division as head of national film syndication. In 1963 he moved to KBIG-AM/FM, where he worked as vice president and general manager until 1969. In 1970 Fischler started his tenure as president and general manager of KNJO-FM in Thousand Oaks, California. He was coowner and chief operating officer, giving him control of the day-to-day operation of the station.
Alan Fischler sold KNJO in 1980 for $650,000.00. After selling the station, Fischler focused on a career as a professor, teaching broadcasting to students at a number of local universities, including California Lutheran College, Pepperdine University and California State University, Northridge.
Fischler was a member of the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks, the Southern California Broadcasters Association and the Conejo Valley Trade Club. He died in 1985.
- Custodial history:
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This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.
- Arrangement:
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The materials in this collection are arranged into three series by type. Series 1: Personal Papers; Series 2: Clippings; Series 3: Booklets.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Alan Fischler papers, PA Mss 208. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062