Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Edmund Dunn interviews David Albright
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Mike Conway interviews Howard Back; Visualizer

[AI-Generated Summary] Howard Back reflects on his career as a pioneer in television news during the medium's formative years from 1951 to...

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Mike Conway interviews Ken Beckley

[AI-Generated Summary] Ken Beckley recounts his journey from a small-town upbringing in Linnville, Indiana, to a distinguished career in broadcast...

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Robert Bendick had a long career in television and other media. He was part of the original CBS-TV crew when commercial television was launched in 1941. Later in his career, he was the first...

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Luzane Draughon, Grace Romine & Mike Conway interviews Barbara Boyd

[AI-Generated Summary] Barbara Boyd reflects on her trailblazing 25-year career as the first African-American female...

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Mark Boyle is interviewed by IU student Haley Jo Hunter

*Note. Mr. Boyle doesn't turn on his video camera until about an hour into the interview.

Arina Trotter interviews Lori Bullerdick

[AI-Generated Summary] Lori Bullerdick reflects on her 38-year career as a photojournalist, driven by an early "wanderlust" and a deep-seated need...

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Chester Burger had a long career in public relations. Before that, he was part of the early CBS television news efforts in the mid-1950s. He was one of the first reporters on television and his...

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Frances Buss Buch was one of the first television directors in American television history. She started at the CBS television station in New York City, WCBW in 1941 at the start of commercial...

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Nam Hyun Kim interviews Chad Carrothers;

[AI-Generated Summary] Chad Carrothers recounts his journey from a childhood in Indiana and Tennessee to becoming a central figure in...

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Henry Cassirer lived through two world wars, played an important role in Great Britain and United States Broadcasting, and later expanded the use of radio and TV around the world for UNESCO. As a...

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Victor Chait interviews J Chapman

Sam Elster interviews Leonard Clark;

[AI-Generated Summary] Leonard Clark reflects on his expansive career as a journalist, broadcaster, and educator, beginning with his early days as a...

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Jack Lindner interviews Tom Cochrun

[AI-Generated Summary] Tom Cochrun reflects on a multifaceted career spanning radio, television, and documentary production, beginning with his early...

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Anne Ryder interviews Mike Conway

[AI-Generated Summary] Mike Conway’s career in journalism began almost by accident in Terre Haute, Indiana, after he took a high school journalism class...

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Marissa Meador interviews Tina Cosby

Walter Cronkite was one of the most important journalists of the 20th Century. He was a celebrated World War II correspondent for the United Press wire service. He later transitioned to television...

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Whitney Riggs interviews Rich Davis
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Hillary Hertel interviews Dan Denny
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Cooper Hudson interviews Carlos Diaz

Nicole Blevins interviews Reid Duffy

Vince Daniele interviews Ivan Fercal
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Braydyn Lents interviews Kevin Finch;

[AI-Generated Summary] In this oral history interview, former broadcaster and producer Kevin Finch discusses his extensive career in journalism and his...

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Grace Marocco interviews Dick Florea

video interview
April 17, 2008, Thursday
in her home in Hendersonville, North Carolina
interviewer: Mike Conway

Reuven Frank was one of the most important people in the early decades of American television news. He started with NBC's television newscast in 1950 and helped lead that effort for the next few...

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Timothy O'Brien interviews Timothy Franklin
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Ryan Costello interviews Lee Giles

Emily Koechel interviews Don Glass

John Hammerslough worked at CBS-TV in New York City in 1950, starting in the mailroom and then messenger before he was called up for the Korean War. When he got out of the military, he went back...

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Lauren Ulrich interviews Jack Hanes

Mally Nickell interviews John Harrell

Emma Stone-Webb interviews Lee Harris

Larry Hatteberg is one of the greatest storytellers in American television history. He spent more than 50 years at KAKE-TV in Wichita, KS as a photojournalist/reporter, among many other duties. ...

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Madison Roark interviews Tom Hensley

Lydia Norton interviews Joy Hernandez

Don Hewitt is best known as the creator and producer of CBS's "60 Minutes," the most successful program in American television history. 20 years before the launch of "60 Minutes," Hewitt was one...

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Richard C. Hottelet was one of the original "Murrow Boys" who worked for Edward R. Murrow at CBS during World War II. Hottelet was the first broadcast journalist to give the listeners a first-hand...

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Skylar Kidd interviews Cheryl Owsley Jackson

David James interviewed by IU student Daegan del Fierro;

[AI-Generated Summary] David James reflects on his multi-decade career as a meteorologist and journalist in Indianapolis. Born in...

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Nate Zuger interviews David Brent Johnson

Victoria Rhemrev interviews Kathleen Johnston

[AI-Generated Summary] Kathleen Johnston describes her extensive career as an investigative journalist, reflecting on her journey from an...

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IU School of Journalism Visiting Professional Sandeep Junnarkar is interviewed by Prof. Mike Conway and the J450 History of Journalism class in Ernie Pyle Hall. (2nd tape hasn't been added to the...

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Lily Saylor interviews Debby Knox;

[AI-Generated Summary] Deborah Jean Knox Kovacs (professional name Debby Knox) reflects on her distinguished career in journalism and broadcast news. Born...

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Mike Conway interviews Yael Ksander

Sasha Boudtchenko interviews Christina Kuzmych

Mike Conway and Lori Bullerdick interviewed Mike Lanke

Interview conducted at Mr. Lanke's home in Terre Haute, IN

Mike Lanke was a photojournalist for WTHI-TV in Terre...

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Marnie Bella Sara interviews Gerry Lanosga

[AI-Generated Summary] Gerard "Gerry" Lanosga reflects on his extensive career transitioning from print journalism to broadcast investigative...

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Victoria Basile interviews Kristi Lee

Kyler Logan interviews Ted Linn

Mike Conway interviews Margaret Joseph Zimmerman

Jayden Gossar interviews Angela Mariani

Jessica Ornelas interviews Sylvia McNair

Cali Lichter interviews Perry Metz

[AI-Generated Summary] Former Indiana University (IU) administrator and General Manager of the university's public broadcasting stations, who discusses a...

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Jackson Cranfill interviews Deb Miles

Martin Schauss interviews Randy Moore

[AI-Generated Summary] Long-time broadcast journalist Randy Moore discusses his career, which has been spent entirely in his hometown of Evansville....

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Quincy Coffield interviews Rick Notter

Mike Conway interviews Ken Owen

Interview conducted at The Media School at Indiana University

[AI-Generated Summary] Ken Owen recounts his lifelong fascination with broadcasting,...

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Katherine Maners interviews Jack Parker

Mathew Spears interviews Joyce L. Phillips
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Noah Stenson interviews Marty Pieratt

Braydyn Lentz interviews Jim Piggott

Emma Pawlitz interviews Mike Piggott

Lauryn Quick interviews Barbara Quick
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Larry Racies had a long career in CBS radio and later, television, starting in 1940. He was part of the small crew that started CBS-TV in the mid-1940s at WCBW in New York City. He became one of...

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Maddie Slepski interviews Kevin Rader

[AI-Generated Summary] Kevin Rader discusses his prolific 40-year career in broadcasting, which began as a high school sophomore working at a small...

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Mi Grust interviews Adam Ragusea

Maya Gray interviews Karen Rariden

[AI-Generated Summary] Karen Rariden recounts her extensive and varied career in broadcast journalism, beginning with her education at Indiana University...

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Abby Turner interviews Dick Rea

Gabby Thomas interviews Lois Reitzes

Sarah Colvin interviews Tom Roznowski

Jamie Hader interviews Tom Roznowski
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Mike Conway interviews Anne Ryder

[AI-Generated Summary] Anne Ryder details her influential career in broadcast journalism, beginning with her childhood inspiration in Indianapolis, where...

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Philip Scheffler worked at CBS-TV news from 1950, until well into the 21st Century. He worked closely with Don Hewitt on the launch of "60 Minutes" in 1968 and stayed with that program the rest of...

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Ben Burns interviews Jim Shella

Eva Remijan-Toba interviews Bill Shirk

Robert Skedgell had a long career with CBS. Most of his time was in network radio, but he has the distinction of being one of the first television news writers in history. He was part of the...

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Samantha Smith interviews Bob Smith

Jeff Smulyan is interviewed by IU students Jack Lindner, Cooper Hudson & professor Mike Conway.

Jackson Powers interviews Steve Starnes

[AI-Generated Summary] Retired news photographer Stevie Starnes recounts his forty-year career in broadcast journalism, beginning in 1969 at WGEM in...

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Anne Hassfurder interviews Kurt Swadener;

[AI-Generated Summary] Kurt Swadener details his extensive career in broadcasting, which began with a childhood fascination and developed into a...

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Steve Sweitzer was interviewed by Jack Lindner for the Oral History Collection on April, 4 2024.

Emma Luce interviews Clayton Taylor

Jessica Monahan interviews Anne Marie Tiernon
J450 History of Journalism
School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington

Joseph and Shirley Wershba both worked at CBS in the 1940s and beyond. They started in radio and Joe later transitioned to television. They were both involved in the famous Edward R. Murrow "See...

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Av Westin was an important part of American network television news in the 20th Century. He started with CBS radio in the 1940s and later transitioned to CBS-TV news. He moved to ABC News and...

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Isabella Schmeelk interviews Dave White

Logan Krzykowski interviews John Winninger

Richard D. Yoakam
Indiana University
1997 Interview, Tape 2
(full interview was apparently on five separate tapes. We haven’t found Tape 1.)

00:08 starts w/ Yoakam...

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Richard D. Yoakam
Indiana University
1997 Oral History Interview, Tape 3 of 5

(full interview was apparently on five separate tapes. We haven’t found Tape 1.)

00:44 Q...

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Richard D. Yoakam
Indiana University
1997 Oral History Interview, Tape 4 of 5
IU Journalism MCO collection

(full interview was apparently on five separate tapes. We...

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Richard D. Yoakam
Indiana University
1997 Oral History Interview, Tape 5 of 5
IU Journalism MCO collection

(full interview was apparently on five separate tapes. We...

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Gordon Yoder was a news film photographer for the Hollywood newsreels in the 1940s and transitioned to television in the 1950s. He was an important member of the moving pictures side of the...

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Cooper Hudson interviews David Young;

[AI-Generated Summary] David Young discusses his 21-year career as a media educator at Hamilton Southeastern High School, where he evolved a single...

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Jake Vollmer Interviews Bob Zaltsberg

Mike Conway interviews Barrie Zimmerman

Mike Conway interviews Margaret Joseph Zimmerman