Records of KVSC

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161

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Título

Records of KVSC

Fecha(s)

  • 1965-2015+ (Creación)

Extensión

8.53 Linear Feet

Nombre del productor

(1967-present)

Historia administrativa

KVSC is St. Cloud State University's campus radio station that began broadcasting May 10, 1967. The station was managed by Radio and Television Guild students under the supervision of Mass Communications faculty. In 1982, KVSC increased power to comply with FCC regulations and expand the station's coverage area beyond the city of St. Cloud. The power increase neccessitated a frequency change in February 1983 from 88.5 to 88.1 to avoid interference with a Twin Cities station. The guild was dissolved in 1986 and Kevin Ridley was hired as the station's first full time employee. His role was to provide a professional environment and continuity for the station. Ridley resigned in the summer of 1992 and he was replaced soon after by alum Jo McMullen, who remains as of June 2015.

A faculty general manager was always in charge of the radio station and continued when full-time staff was hired. These faculty were given release time to help manage the station. This reporting structure continued until July 2014 when the station manager no longer reported to a faculty member and instead to the Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications.

In 1980, KVSC began the trivia contest weekend that has become the station's most popular and largest programming event. Created intially to give St. Cloud State dormitory students something to do over a long weekend, the trivia contest was based on the same type of event held in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, every year.

Nombre del productor

(1869-2023+)

Historia administrativa

St. Cloud State University was established by the state of Minnesota in 1869 as the Third State Normal School.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection consists of 12 boxes and one oversize folder that contain the records of St. Cloud State University's radio station, KVSC-FM. The vast majority of the records relate to programming, trivia contests, and station management. The records are from 1965-2015. Additions to this collection may be ongoing.

The records are arranged in four series, which are as follows:

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1965-1990

This series contains records pertaining to budgets, station management, and publications, as well as major changes in the organizational structure, physical space, and radio engineering. The records are organized alphabetically first and then by date. Budget information includes requests, equipment purchases and alottments. This series also includes: FCC license applications, license renewals, construction applications, correspondence, records that relate to the station's power increase and switch from 88.5 to 88.1, equipment and space construction, listener surveys, and the proposal to hire a full time staff person. Publications include brochures and newsletters, as well as issues of Reverb, a music magazine published by KVSC from 1986 to 1990.

Series 2: Radio and Television Guild, 1971-1986

This series consists of meeting minutes and constitution revisions for the Radio and Television Guild, the student organization that managed the station for a time from KVSC's first day through its early years. Subjects covered in the minutes include: guild budgets, trivia contest discussions, other promotional activities, staffing, and programming decisions.

Series 3: Programming, 1967-1988

This series contains program guides and program logs from KVSC's first day on the air in May 1967 through 1971. There are some logs after 1971 here. These records provide detailed information about the type of programs broadcast by KVSC and when they aired.

Series 4: Trivia, 1980-2015

This series contains information about KVSC's annual trivia contest weekend, which began in 1980. The records include trivia answer books, t-shirts, and posters.

Sistema de arreglo

This record contains four series, which are as follows:

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1965-1990

Records are organized in alphabetical order, then arranged chronologically.

Series 2: Radio and Television Guild, 1971-1986

Records are organized in chronological order.

Series 3: Programming, 1967-1988

Records are organized in alphabetical order, then arranged chronologically.

Series 4: Trivia, 1980-2015

Records are organized in chronological order.

Records are located at 21G.4a-7a and Oversize drawer 16.

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There are no access restrictions.

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Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.

Idiomas del material

  • inglés

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    Acumulaciones

    A16-001, A17-009, and A18-015

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    Nota del archivista

    Doug Breese processed this collection September through December 2015.

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