KFUO (Radio Station : Saint Louis, Missouri)

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The collection contains correspondence, financial records, newspaper articles, bulletins, Operating Board agendas, the Communications Consultant Study (1985), photos, scrapbooks, and blueprints.

Supplemental Artifacts

• KFUO Main Entrance Hardwood Ornate Doors (On Display at CHI)
• Time Capsule

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(MAY 2013 #2 M95; MAY 2013 #2 M96) These are two brown porcelain knobs (2½” diameter x 3” long) with a bolt at the bottom. The word “PIERCE” is embossed on one side and there is an “H” inside a shield on the other. These have a hole from front to back through which wire would pass and one has a cork disc around the bolt.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the records of the synodical Radio Committee (Radio and Television Committee after 1950) from its beginnings in an informal way in 1926 through 1959, when a distinct committee with this name had disappeared. The committee’s initial focus was radio station KFUO; it was later assigned responsibility for promoting work with radio throughout the synod. The collection includes minutes, records of radio and television conferences and materials produced to assist pastors...

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This is a direct current milliamperes meter by Jewel Electrical Instrument Co. (3 7/8” diameter x 2½” deep) with a black metal face and side, a black plastic back, “41844” inscribed on the face, and two screw terminals on the back with a wire between them. The box is original.

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This is a microphone (6½”) on a 5¼” diameter base. It is colored antique bronze. The front shows “KFUO” and the back is etched “BACK”. There is no cord and an attached label dates this as 1922-1935.

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This is a condenser microphone in a metal box about 4½” x 4½” x 4½” painted silver. The front has a screw terminal at the top and a black metal plate recepticle in the center. It is etched with “WESTERN ELECTRIC | MADE IN USA” at the bottom. The back has a 2 7/8” diameter speaker covered with a screen with an outer legend of: “MADE IN USA | 1333744 | PATENT 1456538 PAT PEND | 1611870 | WESTERN ELECTRIC 394”. An included KFUO card dates this to about 1930.

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This is an RCA microphone on an 8”-diameter base (13½” long) with “KFUO” at the top. This has an attached cord with a 3-prong circular plug.

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This is an RCA ribbon microphone (12½” long) including a swivel and tilt section that would be attached to a stand. The wire has been cut.

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This is a grey “saltshaker” microphone that is cylindrical (3½” tall x 2" diameter) plus a tilting link that would screw on to a base. There are the remnants of a KFUO label. And it is etched with: “WESTERN ELECTRIC | USA 633A” on the bottom of the cylinder. KFUO card #42 included with the deposit states that this style was popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

Scope and Contents MAY 2013 #2 M58: This is a model grand piano (2” x 3” x 2¾”), painted metallic gold with no moving parts. MAY 2013 #2 M59: This is a model double bass or cello (8” long) with a detached black spike stand (2 3/8” long), a bow (7” long) and an instrument case. MAY 2013 #2 M60: This is a trombone (5¾” long) and case. MAY 2013 #2 M61: This is a baritone horn (4” long) and case. MAY 2013 #2 M62: This is a French horn (3½” long) and case. MAY...