KFJC Radio - News Articles

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• fh_kfjc_news_1961_06_26a
  Photograph of Roger Murray examining the inside workings of a barrel organ. Photograph from the June 6, 1961 edition of The (Los Altos) Town Crier.
• fh_kfjc_news_combo_1959
  Photocopies of four undated articles from 1959; KFJC furniture installed, 175 records delivered, photo of Bob Ballou (duplicate item), editorial on Ballou from Foothill Sentinel.
• fh_kfjc_news_combo_1960
  Three articles; Roger Murray named KFJC station manager, photograph of chief engineer Terry Woods (10-4-60), KFJC to hold second open house (12-1-60), Foothill announces plans for new radio station (duplicate article 11-24-58).
• fh_kfjc_news_1962_xx_xx
  Five news articles from 1962; John Burt named KFJC station manager (3-5), new staff members chosen for KFJC (3-22), special program for Memorial Day (5-26), John Davis named KFJC station manager (6-14), storm stops KFJC's airing of "The Iceman Cometh" (10-16).
• fh_kfjc_news_1961a_xx_xx
  Several news articles from 1961: KFJC switches to 89.5 (5-25), KFJC starts broadcasting from Los Altos Hills campus (11-28), speech by Norman Thomas will be aired on KFJC (12-7), speech by Thomas will be repeated (12-8), KFJC programming includes popular and classical music, book talks, campus events and variety shows.
• fh_kfjc_news_196x_04_xx
  News article announcing that KFJC station manager Tom Howe will attend the Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters in Washington, D.C. today and tomorrow.
• fh_kfjc_news_1966_06_16
  News article announcing that KFJC station manager Ken Clark is leaving the U.S. to take a State Department sponsored post in Ethiopia helping to develop that nation's radio system.
• fh_kfjc_news_1966_06_10
  News article announcing that KFJC station manager Ken Clark is leaving the U.S. to take a State Department sponsored post in Ethiopia helping to develop that nation's radio system. Clark is credited with helping to win national and international acclaim for KFJC. Photograph of Clark with family.
• fh_kfjc_news_1966_05_18
  News article announcing the departure of Brian Conway for Great Britain. Conway, a British citizen with a permanent visa, is leaving Foothill and the U.S. for a few years to avoid being drafted into the army.
• fh_kfjc_news_1965_12_15
  Photograph of Ken Clark and Brian Conway with caption announcing KFJC's winning of $1,000 prize for Conway's 13-part series "Age of Thunder".
• fh_kfjc_news_1965_12_10
• fh_kfjc_news_1965_12_01
  News article announcing that KFJC has won the $1,000 top prize from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters for its 13-part series "Age of Thunder", created by Brian Conway. Photograph of Brian Conway.
• fh_kfjc_news_1965_06_07
  News article announcing that KFJC will go off the air for a year because the trustees will not authorize $9,000 to relocate the transmitter. Calvin Flint says of KFJC, "It's loss would not be a major detriment."
• fh_kfjc_news_1963_01_31
  Photograph of Foothill's spring semester communications officers: John Davis, KFJC station manager, Ken Bishop, General and Athletic News, Charles Anderson, Foothill Sentinel editor, and Cindy Kleinhans, Quasi magazine editor.
• fh_kfjc_news_1962_05_24
  News article reporting on student Douglas M. Gardner's repair of the KFJC antenna on Black Mountain using an old crutch. The new signal is being studied by Foothill's electronic engineering division to decide whether the college should request a permit from the FCC to use a directional antenna. Photograph of Gardner on antenna with crutch.
• fh_kfjc_news_1961_11_24
  News article announcing that KFJC will begin broadcasting from its new location on the Los Altos Hills campus about November 27. The article notes faculty member Fred Critchfield's vision of the station as part of a basic broadcasting curriculum. Student station manager Vic Biondi notes that KFJC will play only "middle-of-the-road" music such as Broadway show tunes, contemporary jazz and folk music. Photograph of students Ron Bucholtz and Nancy Wassner at the broadcast desk.
• fh_kfjc_news_1961_08_21
  News article reporting on Roger Murray's efforts to repair a local antique barrel organ. The article notes Murray's fascinations with sounds, especially elevators, and his program on KFJC on musical oddities. Photographs of Murray working on the organ.
• fh_kfjc_news_1961_06_26
  News article from the Town Crier reporting on Roger Murray's efforts to repair an antique barrel organ. Article notes Murray's fascination with sounds, particularly elevators, and his nightly program of audible oddities on KFJC. Photographs of the barrel organ and Murray working on its interior.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_10_06
  News article announcing Roger Murray as the new station manager for KFJC.
• fh_kfjc_release_1959_10_02
  Press release announcing that KFJC will start broadcasting on October 13. Program material will consist of good music, lecture series, jazz, drama and special service programs. Bob Ballou's numerous contributions to the new station are noted as well as the progress of equipment installation including the antenna.
• fh_kfjc_release_1959_05_26
  Press release announcing that KFJC has new furniture, some of it built by Bob Ballou and his father. The master console is to arrive sometime this week. The antenna will be raised pending approval from the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
• fh_kfjc_release_1959_05_13
  Press release announcing that KFJC has acquired 175 records, mostly classical music with some light and airy tunes, to add to its existing collection of jazz, mood and hi-fi records.
• fh_kfjc_release_1959_04_22
  Press release announcing equipment tests for new station KFJC in May. The release notes the advocacy of Bob Ballou to get Board support for the station and also Ballou's application to the FCC with help from R.A. Isberg.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_xx
  Photograph of Bob Ballou flicking on the transformer switch of the KFJC radio station for the first time Tuesday evening.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_12_15
  News article announcing that foreign students will be sending holiday greetings in their native languages during station breaks on KFJC.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_10-04
  News article announcing Roger Murray as new station manager of KFJC. Notes that station programming includes music, lectures, dramas and special service broadcasts.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_06_29
  Photograph of Fred Kulick, Jr., station manager of KFJC.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_06_22
  News article announcing Fred Kulick, Jr., as new station manager of KFJC and other students as editors of the Foothill Sentinel.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_06_03
  News article announcing Fred Kulick, Jr., as new station manager of KFJC and Larry Stammer as new editor-in-chief of the Foothill Sentinel.
• fh_kfjc_news_1960_02_11
  News article announcing Bruce Wentler as the new KFJC station manager.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959b_12_03
  News article announcing that KFJC is holding its first open house this evening from 5:00 - 9:00.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959a_12_17
  News article announcing that Hewlett Packard Co. donated a $1,900 frequency and modulation monitor to KFJC thanks to engineer and student Ken Gray. The monitor will be used to monitor the center frequency of the station.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959a_12_03
  Photograph of Bob Ballou at the KFJC broadcast desk preparing for an open house this evening at the station at Foothill College in mountain View.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959a_10_29
  News article announcing that KFJC will move back its broadcasting schedule from 8:00 PM to 5:00 PM Monday through Thursday.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959a_10_19
  News article announcing that KFJC will go on the air October 20 after a week delay caused by late FCC approval. Station will broadcast Monday through Thursday from 8:00 - 10:00 PM. Dr. Calvin Flint will broadcast an opening address.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_01_27
  News article reporting that Foothill College will offer Broadcasting 92A, Radio Production Laboratory, for students in the spring semester in anticipation of the new college radio station going on the air in spring. Professor George Willey will teach the course.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_12_17
  News article reporting that Hewlett Packard had donated a $1,900 modulation monitor to KFJC.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_12_16
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_12_06
  News article reporting that KFJC will broadcast Handel's "Messiah" and Vivaldi's "Gloria" as well as Christmas greetings from college administrators and student body officers before going on break for the school holidays.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_12_03
  Photograph of Bob Ballou at the KFJC broadcast desk preparing for an open house this evening at the station at Foothill College in mountain View.
• fh_kfjc_news_1958_11_18
  News article reporting students Bob Ballou and Bob Johnson asking for and the district Board of Education approving funding for a new student-run radio station at Foothill College in Mountain View.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_11_12
  Photograph of Bob Ballou at the KFJC broadcast desk with program manager Roy Ruth and traffic manager Roger Murray standing behind him.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_11_03
  Photograph of Bob Ballou at the KFJC broadcast desk with program manager Roy Ruth standing behind him.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_09_18
  News article announcing that KFJC will go on the air sometime in October following the erection of the radio antennae at Foothill College in Mountain View, according to Erv Harlacher, chairman of the division of mass communication at Foothill College.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_30
  News article announcing a change in KFJC's broadcasting schedule from 8:00 - 10:00 to 5:00 - 7:00 PM due to interference from equipment used in an evening electronics class.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_29
  Photograph of KFJC announcer Jacqueline Nichols at the station microphone as Fred Kulick and Bruce Wentler look on.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_23
  News article announcing that KFJC will alter is broadcasting time to 5:00 - 7:00 PM to avoid interference from equipment used in evening classes.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_22
  News article announcing KFJC going on air on October 20.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_19
  News article announcing that KFJC will go on the air October 20 after a week delay caused by late FCC approval. Station will broadcast Monday through Thursday from 8:00 - 10:00 PM. Dr. Calvin Flint will broadcast an opening address.
• fh_kfjc_news_1959_10_14
  Photograph of KFJC announcers Fred Kulick and Bruce Wentler as they welcomed one of more than one hundred guests to the radio station's first open house.