Description
This collection relates to KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City and its owner and operator, Arthur B. Church, dating primarily between the 1920s and the early 1950s.
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Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
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Unidentified young man at a desk with radio equipment
Unidentified young man at a desk with radio equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-031.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Unidentified piece of radio equipment
Unidentified piece of radio equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Publicity portrait of Arthur B. Church
Publicity portrait of Arthur B. Church. Standing at angle near wall behind KMBC microphone stand and holding "Buzz Saw" newsletter dated Thursday May 7th. Printed on front: "'That's My Business' / So says Arthur B. Church. / Originated and photographed by L.C. 'Andy' Anderson."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-039.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Arthur B. Church and four unidentified young men seated around radio equipment in field with trees in background
Outdoor portrait of Arthur B. Church and four unidentified young men seated around radio equipment in field. Trees in background. All five men looking at camera. Four wearing headphones. Arthur B. Church second from right. All five men looking at camera. Likely at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-035.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Outdoor group shot of sixteen young men and one woman including Arthur B. Church with radio equipment
Outdoor portrait of sixteen young men and one woman with radio equipment including headphones around necks. Arthur B. Church sitting in foreground with hat in lap. Likely at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-033.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Outdoor shot of Arthur B. Church and four unidentified young men with radio equipment
Outdoor portrait of Arthur B. Church and four unidentified young men seated around radio equipment. Four wearing headphones. Arthur B. Church second from right. Church looking at camera; others looking at equipment. Likely at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-034.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Young man at desk in attic room with radio equipment
Unidentified young man, likely Carl A. Mathiasen, sitting in chair at desk with radio equipment. Desk in corner of wallpapered attic room. Desk against right wall. Map and various photos on wall and back of desk. Calendar, pennant, and headphones on left wall. 9AAZ call letter sign on desk. Onawa, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Board of Directors, National Association of Broadcasters, Detroit, Michigan
Group portrait of the fourteen member National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors. Portrait taken at end of room in front of large window. Six men seated on a couch and two chairs. Eight men standing behind couch. Arthur B. Church fourth from right, back row. Taken in Detroit, Michigan.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Arthur B. Church with two unidentified men and one unidentified woman
Arthur B. Church with one unidentified woman and two unidentified men. Church and one man facing each other while holding white, round cake. Woman and second man standing behind. All laughing or smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Group of thirteen young men seated at tables in room
Group of thirteen young white men seated at tables in room. Four tables in room: one in foreground, one in middle, one in background, and one along left wall. One corner visible with grandfather wall clock on left wall. Door and small photo on right wall. Small light on ceiling. Some men wearing headphones. All facing camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-036.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Two men sitting at desk in room with radio equipment
Two unidentified men sitting at desk in room. One table and two desks in room with radio equipment. One corner visible. Large equipment on table against left wall with large window. Men seated in chairs at desk along right wall. Handwritten notes on front of photo identifying equipment functions.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-037.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
KMBC building Program Department (Volunteer Special Services) office
KMBC building, Program Department (Volunteer Special Services) office. Large room with several wooden desks, typewriters, phones, filing cabinets, and ashtrays. Several women working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. TWA and Greyhound Calendars on walls and desk set to April 1951. Door in middle of far wall reads Volunteer Special Services from outside. Door on left side of far wall leads to wood paneled room with leather arm chair.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-042.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
KMBC building, Kansas City Bureau, United Press Associates office
KMBC building, Kansas City Bureau, United Press Associates office. Large room with several wooden desks, printers, typewriters, phones, and ashtrays. Two men and one woman working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. Shelf with large book on far wall under large TWA Calendar set to April 1951. Two doors on left side of far wall. Radio on desk against right wall next to large map on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-043.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Large office in KMBC building
KMBC building. Large office with two large desks, several printers, typewriters, phones, and ashtrays. Three unidentified white men working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. Coca-Cola bottle and Chesterfield cigarettes on table in foreground. Two large maps on either side of square window on left wall. Globe on top of radio console next to right side map. Two doors on far wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-044.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
KMBC building broadcast room
KMBC building, broadcast room. KMBC building, broadcast room. Large room with radio equipment. Large consoles to right including open reel machines. Two desks in center foreground with transcription phonograph. Unidentified man, possibly Ray Moler, standing in front of open reel machines. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-049.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012