Indiana Broadcast History Archive

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1960

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Ken Beckley gives the sports highlights on WFIU, which includes announcing Ted Williams' last baseball game before his retirement.

:13 How to get a free WFIU Program bulletin
:30 5:30pm CST
:40 WFIU Sportscast intro music
1:20 Ken Beckley starts the sportscast

*the rest of the tape sounds as if Ken Beckley was reading radio advertising copy either for a station or for a class project.

16:30 male voice (Ken Beckley?) reading commercial ad copy (student project?)
-Union Oil
-Lucky Strike cigarettes
-Advantages of Radio, WGAL, National Radio Week
-Razor Blades -Powell brand?

20:44 (faint) male voice (Ken Beckley) talking about Indiana State High School basketball & other sports.

21:44 Razor Blade commercial

22:40 Radio for Men commercial, WFIU, National Radio Week