LibGuides: Archives of Iowa Broadcasting: Brockman Collection

Archives of Iowa Broadcasting

Finding Aid

Cliff Brockman Collection

Preface

The purpose of the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting is to establish and maintain a permanent collection of materials relating to the history, development and contribution of radio and television in Iowa.

The Archives is committed to providing access to holdings. However, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with the donors. Due to the complexity and variety of audiovisual formats, most items will need to be digitally duplicated or transferred before access can be provided.

Introduction

Abstract: The collection is material from 1973 – 2018 during Cliff Brockman’s time as an Iowa broadcast journalist and college journalism educator. Included in the collection is material from both those careers. Brockman was very active in the Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA) and the collection includes material related to his work with the IBNA. He was also very active in church and community affairs and there a few folders pertaining to that work.

Scope and Content Note

Extent: Approximately 10 linear feet, including 83 audiovisual items.

Physical Description: Papers, photos, audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs.

Dates: 1973-2018

Subjects: KLFM radio, KAYL radio, KCAU-TV, WQAD-TV, WHBF-TV, Common Ground Radio (funded by the Stanley Foundation), University of Iowa, Wartburg College.

Related Material:

Archives of Iowa Broadcasting:

WQAD Television Collection
Grant Price Collection
Iowa Broadcast News Association Collection

Wartburg College Archives:

Department of Journalism and Communication

Administrative Information

Restrictions: Some materials in this collection may be restricted under copyright. The Archives provides access to these items for the purpose of research, instruction, and private study under the provisions of Faire Use, outlined in section 107 of copyright law. User assumes all responsibility for obtaining permission for reproduction or use.

Preferred Citation: [item title/description], [date]; Cliff Brockman Collection; Archives of Iowa Broadcasting, Waverly, Iowa.

Acquisition Information: Donation.

Processing Information: Processing completed by CB on 12/18/2018.

Biographical Sketch

History: Cliff Brockman was an Iowa broadcast journalist for 32 years and a college journalism educator for 14 years before retiring in 2018. During his professional career, he worked in TV and radio news as a reporter, assignment editor, producer, and news director. As a college professor, he taught print and broadcast reporting and editing, TV and video production, and Media Law & Ethics. He advised two student newspapers: the Augustana College (Ill.) Observer in 1982 and the Wartburg Trumpet during all but his first year at Wartburg. Brockman created and advised the Wartburg Circuit, a student media website. His research interests primarily centered on student online media.

Brockman received numerous awards during his career, including: the Jack Shelley Award, the highest award an Iowa broadcast journalist can receive (for outstanding contributions to journalism), two national Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) awards for The Circuit, and the national Ken Nordin Award from the ACP for outstanding research.

Active in the Iowa Broadcast News Association during both careers, Brockman served as president, vice-president, was on the board of directors numerous times, and served on numerous committees. He also edited the IBNA’s newsletter for several years, and later created and edited the IBNA’s online newsletter. He continues to write occasional articles for the group’s website.

A lifelong member of the Lutheran church (ELCA), Brockman served on church councils in each church he belonged to as well as numerous committees at both the local and synod levels.

Also active in community affairs, he served on committees and boards in the cities where he resided. In Waverly, he oversaw students to broadcast all Waverly City Council and other city meetings for 11 years.

Timeline:

1973-75: KLFM Radio, Ames, Iowa.

1975: BA, Journalism, Iowa State University.

1975-81: KAYL radio, Storm Lake, Iowa.

1982: Received Jack Shelley Award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association.

1981-83: KCAU-TV, Sioux City, Iowa.

1983-99: WQAD-TV, Moline, Ill.

1999-2001: WHBF-TV, Rock Island, Ill.

2001-04: Common Ground Radio, The Stanley Foundation.

2004-2006: Adjunct journalism instructor at University of Iowa and Augustana College (Ill.).

2005: MA, Journalism, University of Iowa.

2006-2018: Journalism professor at Wartburg College

2012: Received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.

2018: Retired and received emeriti status.

Series Description:

KAYL Radio
KCAU-TV
WQAD-TV
WHBF-TV
Common Ground Radio
University of Iowa
Wartburg College
Iowa Broadcast News Association
Audiovisual Materials

KAYL Radio

Records of Brockman’s work at KAYL radio in Storm Lake, Iowa. Includes news articles, awards, and a photograph.
3 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	1	KAYL	Articles	1975-1981
1	2	KAYL	Awards
1	3	KAYL	Photo	1980

KCAU-TV

Records of Brockman’s word at KCAU television in Sioux City, Iowa. Includes memos, and newspaper articles.
4 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	4	KCAU	KCAU hiring and resignation memos	1981, 1983
1	5	KCAU	Togo TV newspaper article	1982
1	6	KCAU	Younkers story controversy	1982
1	7	KCAU	KCAU news cutbacks article	1983

WQAD-TV

Records of Brockman’s time at WQAD television in the Quad Cities. Includes newspaper articles, memos, and awards.
12 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	8	WQAD	WQAD business cards
1	9	WQAD	Silver Dome Award certificate
1	10	WQAD	WQAD staff changes memo
1	11	WQAD	WQAD interim news director memo	12/11/1991
1	12	WQAD	Media workshop speaker	2/26/1991
1	13	WQAD	Gay mother controversy news article	10/12/1983
1	14	WQAD	Emmy Award certificate	1/1/1997
1	15	WQAD	Newspaper articles	1988,1998
1	16	WQAD	James Klindt murder case	1981-2004
1	17	WQAD	WQAD newsletter	5/1/1989
1	18	WQAD	Gulf War Primer	1991
1	19	WQAD	WQAD goodbye emails	12/1999
1	20	WQAD	Jim King obits	1/3/1999

WHBF-TV

Records of Brockman’s work at WHBF television in Rock Island, Illinois. Includes news articles, memos, and awards.
8 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	21	WHBF	WHBF-TV hiring memo	12/2/1998
1	22	WHBF	WHBF business cards
1	23	WHBF	Newspaper articles	1998-2000
1	24	WHBF	Crimestoppers Outstanding Illinois Station of the Year award	1999
1	25	WHBF	Newspaper article "Faces in Faith"	6/26/1999
1	26	WHBF	Associated Press award	3/16/2000
1	27	WHBF	WHBF-TV Promotional Sheet	1/9/2000
1	28	WHBF	Don Sharp	2/1/2000
1	29	WHBF	Denny Witt	1/2004

Common Ground Radio

Common Ground is a weekly radio program on world affairs produced by the Stanley Foundation since 1980. This series contains scripts, notes, photographs, and awards.
14 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	30	CGR	Business cards
1	31	CGR	NATO AWACS stories	12/25/2001
1	32	CGR	Common Ground publicity	12/25/2001
1	33	CGR	UN interview photo	2002
1	34	CGR	Presidential ads story	1/2002
1	35	CGR	Globalization of Baseball story	7/31/2002
1	36	CGR	News articles	8/19/2002
1	37	CGR	Robert Fisk/British journalist interview	9/10/2002
1	38	CGR	Sudan genocide interview	9/1/2002
1	39	CGR	30th Anniversary of Nixon visit to China	10/1/2002
1	40	CGR	Newt Gingrich interview	10/9/2003
1	41	CGR	Flute Player-Cambodian Refugee story	7/2004
1	42	CGR	News stories	2001-2003
1	43	CGR	National Press Foundation: "World H1	2/17/2003
1	44	CGR	Media Passes

University of Iowa

Records of Brockman’s time as an instructor at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Includes notes, news stories, and course materials.
10 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
1	45	U Iowa	University of Iowa teaching contract	4/22/2004
1	46	U Iowa	TV News Reporting course	9/2004
1	47	U Iowa	Teaching Portfolio	12/2004
1	48	U Iowa	Pedagogy course	9/1/2004
1	49	U Iowa	Beat reporting article	4/25/2005
1	50	U Iowa	News editorial problems	3/1/2005
1	51	U Iowa	Master Project/IBNA online newsletter	4/26/2005
1	52	U Iowa	Master's Committee	4/1/2005
1	53	U Iowa	National Honor Society Certificate and letter	5/6/2005
1	54	U Iowa	Expanded Media coverage article	8/1/2005

Wartburg College

Records of Brockman’s time as faculty at Wartburg College. Includes self-assessments and tenure application, syllabi and teaching materials, research summaries and presentations, journal articles, and photographs.
2 boxes, 38 items.
Arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
2	1	Wartburg	Self-assessment 2007	3/2007
2	2	Wartburg	Self-assessment 2008	1/2009
2	3	Wartburg	Self-assessment 2009	11/2009
2	4	Wartburg	Self-assessment 2010	1/2011
2	5	Wartburg	Self-assessment 2011, tenure application	1/1/2012
2	6	Wartburg	Curriculum Vitae	3/2018
2	7	Wartburg	Convergence brainstorm session notes	9/2006
2	8	Wartburg	Communication Arts Brochures	11/2006
2	9	Wartburg	TV Production course photos	2006
2	10	Wartburg	The Circuit (Student media website)	2008
2	11	Wartburg	Course syllabi	2007-2017
2	12	Wartburg	Student reflection papers	12/1/2011
2	13	Wartburg	J & C Capstone course	4/1/2016
2	14	Wartburg	Convergence Newsletter article	6/2008
2	15	Wartburg	The Collaboration Conference proposal	2/2009
2	16	Wartburg	Small college student media research project	8/2009
2	17	Wartburg	The Circuit (converged student media) conference presentations	2009, 2010
2	18	Wartburg	Converged online student media presentation	4/1/2010
2	19	Wartburg	The Circuit journal article	4/2010
2	20	Wartburg	Convergence article/Wartburg Magazine	10/2010
2	21	Wartburg	Convergence Newsletter article	5/2010
2	22	Wartburg	Teaching Web Journalism conference presentation	4/2011
2	23	Wartburg	"Pacemaker's Winner Circle" research and presentation	10/2011
2	24	Wartburg	Student media storytelling presentation	4/2012
2	25	Wartburg	Converged storytelling presentation	4/2013
2	26	Wartburg	Knightvision case study journal article	8/2015
2	27	Wartburg	Journalism Interactive conference presentation	2/2016
2	28	Wartburg	"Creativity Meets Collaboration"	4/1/2017
2	29	Wartburg	College recognition programs	2012, 2016
2	30	Wartburg	Grant Price Studio dedication photos	10/1/2009
2	31	Wartburg	History of Journalism & Communications Dept.	12/2014
2	32	Wartburg	Axiom student magazines	2014-2016
2	33	Wartburg	Student thank you notes	5/1/2018
2	34	Wartburg	Artist Series article for Wartburg Magazine	7/7/2015
2	35	Wartburg	SE Iowa Synod ELCA Stewardship video notes and script	9/2005
3	1	Wartburg	Retirement newspaper articles	2/1/2018
3	2	Wartburg	Parkinson's Disease newspaper article	11/26/2018
3	3	Wartburg	Randy Brubaker obituaries and articles	5/3/2014
3	17	Wartburg	Eighmey Award 2019	2/15/2019

Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA)

IBNA is a non-profit association of radio-TV news directors, reporters, producers, public relations professionals and others from Iowa and adjacent states. This series includes convention materials, formal presidential statements, newsletters, salary surveys, Jack Shelley obituaries, and Expanded Media Coverage articles.
1 box, 12 items.
Arranged by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Contents	Dates
3	4	IBNA	IBNA convention chair materials	5/3/1980
3	5	IBNA	IBNA conventions/photos, programs, other materials	2004-2017
3	6	IBNA	IBNA president formal statements	1/1/1981
3	7	IBNA	Jack Shelley Award	4/1/1982
3	8	IBNA	Jack Shelley Award recipents reunion photo	5/1/1996
3	9	IBNA	IBNA Wage & Job Satisfaction surveys	2005-2013
3	10	IBNA	IBNA Newsletters	1980-1985
3	11	IBNA	IBNA website stories	9/2018-12/2018
3	12	IBNA	Jack Shelley obituary and funeral program	9/16/2010
3	13	IBNA	Expanded Media Coverage articles	11/1979
3	14	IBNA	Iowa Freedom of Information Council newsletters	1981-1985
3	15	IBNA	RTNDA newsletters Northwest Broadcast News Association membership certificate	1955

Audiovisual Materials

Audio and video materials on various formats, including BetacamSP, U-matic, VHS/S-VHS, reel-to-reel, CD, DVD, and more. Subjects include documentaries, radio stories, student productions, Iowa Broadcast News Association materials, Jim King eulogies and funeral service, and church productions.
83 items.
Arranged chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Format	Series	Contents	Dates
1/4" reel	A/V	KWAR radio audition tape	1972
1/4" reel	A/V	Richard Nixon resignation	8/8/1974
U-matic	A/V	KCAU Humorous Commentaries	1982
U-matic	A/V	No License to Drive	2/5/1992
S-VHS	A/V	Driving to Stay Alive	10/1/1995
S-VHS	A/V	Davenport Mayoral Debate	11/4/1995
S-VHS	A/V	Safe at Home: Town Meeting	11/12/1995
S-VHS	A/V	A Shadow of Yourself	4/11/1996
S-VHS	A/V	A Shadow of Yourself	4/11/1996
S-VHS	A/V	Kids Count Summer Job Exchange	5/30/1996
S-VHS	A/V	Crisis in the Classroom: Stop the Violence	9/30/1996
S-VHS	A/V	Healthy Eating, Healthy Kids	3/2/1997
S-VHS	A/V	Kids Count Summer Job Exchange	5/1997
S-VHS	A/V	Teen Pregnancy	11/1997
S-VHS	A/V	Kids Count Summer Job Exchange	5/1998
S-VHS	A/V	Last Call: Teen Drinking	9/25/1998
S-VHS	A/V	Last Call: Teen Drinking	9/25/1998
S-VHS	A/V	Kids Count Festival of Choirs	12/17/1998
VHS	A/V	Denny Witt's Last Day	1/27/2000
VHS	A/V	Don Sharp's Last Week, Tributes, Final Sportscast	4/14/2000
VHS	A/V	Journey to Brain Based Learning	9/2000
VHS	A/V	The Making of the News: WHBF-TV	11/2000
CD	A/V	Common Ground radio interviews	2001-2004
CD	A/V	Common Ground radio packages	2001-2004
CD	A/V	Common Ground radio interview clips	2001-2004
CD	A/V	Resume Reel	5/1/2004
CD	A/V	Resume Reel	5/1/2004
CD	A/V	Common Ground Radio NATO AWACS/Al Jazeera	12/25/2001
DAT	A/V	NATO AWACS (Raw #1)	10/1/2001
DAT	A/V	NATO AWACS (Raw #2)	10/1/2001
CD	A/V	Common Ground Radio Macedonia/Spinning the Globe	2/5/2002
DAT	A/V	Macedonia Mayors (Raw)	1/15/2002
CD	A/V	Common Ground Radio Domestic Views on International Affairs	3/26/2002
DAT	A/V	Globalization of Baseball #1 raw audio	7/31/2002
DAT	A/V	Globalization of Baseball #2 raw audio	7/31/2002
DAT	A/V	Political ads for Domestic Views on International Affairs story	2/1/2002
CD	A/V	Final Common Ground Radio program	4/27/2004
CD	A/V	The Russia Project: Can This Be Democracy	6/1/2001
CD	A/V	The Russia Project: Ten Years After the Soviet Collapse	6/1/2001
CD	A/V	The Struggle for Iran	9/1/2001
CD	A/V	Children of War	2/28/2003
CD	A/V	World Refugee Special	6/17/3003
CD	A/V	UN Under Fire	6/1/2004
CD	A/V	Confronting Today's Global Threats	6/1/2005
CD	A/V	24/7 The Rise and Influence of Arab Media	6/1/2006
CD	A/V	Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World	6/1/2007
CD	A/V	Photos: student trip to Eisenach, Germany	5/1/2007
DVD	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly/Another Day in the Life of Waverly	2005, 2006
DV	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly/Music Video Show	5/1/2007
DVD	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly/Music Video Show	5/1/2007
CD	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly (Radio version)	5/1/2007
DV	A/V	Person at Work	2/1/2008
DVD	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly	5/2009
CD	A/V	A Day in the Life of Waverly (Radio version)	5/2009
DVD	A/V	Advanced Broadcast Production	5/2009
DV	A/V	Campus stories, PSA's, /6 from 60's Music Video Show, Day in the Life	5/2009
DV	A/V	TV Production: Demonstrations & PSAs	2/2012
DV	A/V	TV Production: Public Affairs Shows
DV	A/V	TV Production: Public Affairs Shows
DV	A/V	TV Production: Campus stories (6)
DV	A/V	Advanced Broadcast Production: PSA's
DVD	A/V	Music Videos and More	2005, 2006
CD	A/V	Radio Documentaries	2005, 2006
DVD	A/V	6 from the 60's (Music Video Show)	5/2009
DVD	A/V	Above the Fold documentary	5/2016
DVD	A/V	Where Patriots Gather documentary	5/2018
DVD	A/V	Legendary: The Buzz Levick Story	5/2018
DVD	A/V	Tu is Better Than One	5/2018
VHS	A/V	Univ, Iowa Summer Journalism Workshop	7/2007
VHS	A/V	University of Iowa Summer Journalism Workshop	7/2009
DVD	A/V	University of Iowa Summer Journalism Workshop	7/2010
CD	A/V	Jack Shelley, IBNA Convention Keynote & Steve Coon retirement	5/1/2004
CD	A/V	Jack Shelley, IBNA Convention Keynote & Steve Coon retirement	5/1/2004
CD	A/V	Dick Petrik KOEL Radio Memories	5/2005
CD	A/V	IBNA Convention Photos (on CD)	5/2007
DV	A/V	IBNA Newsletter: KCRG Interviews	7/2007
BetacamSP	A/V	Kris Ketz funeral eulogy of his father Jim King	1/1999
BetacamSP	A/V	Jim King Funeral	1/1999
U-matic	A/V	Jim King Video Clips	1/1999
U-matic	A/V	All Saints Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa	9/1985
VHS	A/V	All Saints Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa	8/1990
BetacamSP	A/V	All Saints Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa sanctuary dedication	9/1991
DVD	A/V	Walking Together in Mission	9/2005

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