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The First 40 Years: "Recorded--And Transcribed", Maine Broadcasting System

WLBZ Radio Station Records

A pamphlet on the history of broadcasting in Maine prepared to commemorate the 40th anniversary of WCSH Radio in Portland (1925-1965). Provides details on four other stations in the Maine Broadcasting System. Includes several photographs.

Contents: Commercial Radio Comes To Maine -- Early Programming -- Enter the Network -- Religion On The Air -- In The Public Service -- Radio Broadcasting Matures -- Radio Reports The News -- People And Places -- Out Of The Past -- A Look At Present And Future -- WRDO, Service For Kennebec Valley -- WLBZ, Pioneer of Northeastern Maine -- WCSH-TV, Six For South …

Hoffman Television Advertisements, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Four short advertisements for Hoffman television sets from 1956.

Imagination [Statement On The Power Of Radio], Abc Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

A typed copy of a statement on the power of imagination in transforming radio into a visual medium, attributed to ABC Radio in 1956.

Maine Tv News And Guide, Cape Publishing Co.

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Volume 1, number 10 of Maine TV News and Guide for June 13-19, 1954.

Maine Tv-Radio News And Guide, July 1953, T-V Publications

WLBZ Radio Station Records

The July, 1953 issue of "the first and only illustrated feature magazine of news and views of TV and radio personalities and events in Maine."

General Electric Tv Spots, Bob Arnold Interviews Several Area Residents, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Bob Arnold of WLBZ interviews several shoppers to see which of three television sets offers the best picture. Recorded in 1953 at Rice & Tyler's, an electronics store at 74 Central, Bangor, Maine.