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Archives of Iowa Broadcasting: KGAN Historic Materials

AIB establishes and maintains a permanent collection of materials relating to the history, development and contribution of radio and television in Iowa.

KGAN-TV- Historic Materials:

  • Recordings of Historic events and Gag reels of KGAN, 1953, 1973, 1978-2003.
  • 165 items (U-matic, BetacamSP, VHS, DVD, and 16mm film)

Container Listing

Format

Series

Content

Date

U-matic

Historic

H-2 1953 Tower

1953

U-matic

Historic

H-3 1953 Building

1953

U-matic

Historic

Color WMT Tower, 1940's Last Transcription

1953

16mm film

Historic

1973 Snow

1973

U-matic

Historic

Blue Flue Special Report Following 10pm News

3/23/1974

U-matic

Historic

H-4 10 pm

6/21/1974

U-matic

Historic

Cronkite: Cedar Rapids Economy 12-12-74

12/12/1974

U-matic

Historic

TV 9 Eyewitness News

8/13/1975

16mm film

Historic

Recordings of Casts 1975

8/31/1975

U-matic

Historic

H-5 6 and 10 pm

12/30/1975

U-matic

Historic

H-7 10 pm

4/5/1976

U-matic

Historic

H-8 JT Bicentennial Documentary

7/4/1976

U-matic

Historic

KWWL TV (Tom Peterson)

7/9/1976

16mm film

Historic

16th St. Shootout August 1976

08/1976

16mm film

Historic

Jailbreak and Arrest House

8/13/1976

U-matic

Historic

Insta Cam Premiere Promo

1977

U-matic

Historic

H-9 6 and 10 pm

1/10/1977

U-matic

Historic

H-10 10 pm JB, MJ, RG, CoJ

4/21/1977

U-matic

Historic

H-12 10 pm

9/19/1977

U-matic

Historic

H-11 6 pm (Bachman, Hanson, Gonder, Conrad)

9/19/1977

U-matic

Historic

First "Insta-Cam" Live Shot

1978

U-matic

Historic

1978 TV9

2/3/1978

U-matic

Historic

Gag Designs- Set Demo

8/13/1978

16mm film

Historic

Grinnell Tornado 3

9/16/1978

16mm film

Historic

Grinnell Tornado 4

9/16/1978

16mm film

Historic

No Title

9/22/1978

16mm film

Historic

Linn County Jail Interiors

10/20/1978

U-matic

Historic

Newswatch & More: Inflation 6pm

1979

16mm film

Historic

10-50 PI

3/22/1979

16mm film

Historic

Stock Film Shot 5-4-79

5/4/1979

16mm film

Historic

Tama County Tornado June 1979

06/1979

16mm film

Historic

Salsbury Dumb (Shot June 22, 1979)

6/22/1979

16mm film

Historic

Linda Eaton

8/3/1979

16mm film

Historic

Linn County Jail

8/7/1979

16mm film

Historic

10-50 PI Marion Ambulance

9/7/1979

16mm film

Historic

JCPenney's Building Demolition Waterloo

11/17/1979

16mm film

Historic

10-50 PI BlairsFerry Road C.K.

11/21/1979

U-matic

Historic

Big 10 Basketball Coaches

1980

16mm film

Historic

Cedar Rapids Apartment House Fire

2/3/1980

16mm film

Historic

Fatal Helicopter Crash- Webster City

3/3/1980

U-matic

Historic

H-14 6 and 10 pm

5/22/1980

16mm film

Historic

No Title

9/12/1980

U-matic

Historic

H-15 Fall 1981 Behind the Scenes

1981

16mm film

Historic

Sports

3/13/1981

U-matic

Historic

Final Dub Tones GAG

6/5/1981

U-matic

Historic

Bloop Show (Town Hall Meeting?)

7/13/1981

U-matic

Historic

The Dr. Max Show (Aired 8-10-81)

8/7/1981

U-matic

Historic

Gag's tape #6

9/10/1981

U-matic

Historic

H-16 Thursday Newscasts 6 and 10 pm

02/1982

U-matic

Historic

1983 Year in Review

1983

U-matic

Historic

1983 Spring Farm Show: The Growing Crisis

1983

U-matic

Historic

DS/MJ/DT/HJ

02/1983

U-matic

Historic

1983 Severe Weather Special

4/5/1983

U-matic

Historic

2 Action News Presentation

8/20/1983

U-matic

Historic

News Opens & Promo Cues

10/1/1983

U-matic

Historic

TV Channel 7 1984 Election #2

1984

U-matic

Historic

Lee dennis GAG

05/1984

U-matic

Historic

Tornado 6 & 10 pm

6/8/1984

U-matic

Historic

Conrad Johnson Visits Iowa Tonight 10 pm

7/16/1984

U-matic

Historic

#1 Iowa State- UNI

9/15/1984

U-matic

Historic

People of 1985

1985

U-matic

Historic

87 Gag Reel

1987

U-matic

Historic

Friday Newscasts

1/9/1987

U-matic

Historic

Thursday Newscasts

3/5/1987

U-matic

Historic

Saturday 10 pm BB, SR, RG, LD

4/4/1987

U-matic

Historic

KCRG Channel 9 Newscasts 6 and 10 pm

7/21/1987

U-matic

Historic

KWWL Channel 7 Newscasts 6 and 10 pm

7/21/1987

U-matic

Historic

For Gag Tape!

09/1987

U-matic

Historic

Leo Greco

03/1988

U-matic

Historic

2nd Half Election Cast

6/7/1988

U-matic

Historic

Gag Tape

1989

U-matic

Historic

News Show Tape 6 and 10 pm

3/31/1989

U-matic

Historic

Rolling Stones 1989 Tour in Ames

04/1989

U-matic

Historic

KGAN Promos 6 pm

5/30/1989

U-matic

Historic

Newscasts 6 and 10 pm

7/28/1989

U-matic

Historic

16mm Films From "Upstairs" 1 Dec 1989

12/1989

U-matic

Historic

16mm Films From "Upstairs" 2 Dec 1989

12/1989

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News Gag Reel for the 90s

1990

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News Show 6 and 10 pm

3/13/1990

BetacamSP

Historic

CELEBRATES 1991

1991

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News Show 6 and 10 pm

1/17/1991

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News Show 6 and 10 pm (Gang Lu Shootings)

11/1/1991

16mm film

Historic

Quaker Oats Factory

5/23/1992

U-matic

Historic

Floods July 1993

1993

U-matic

Historic

Save Historic PS/AJ/TH/md 10pm

07/1993

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News Special

7/14/1993

U-matic

Historic

Flood Aid

7/14/1993

U-matic

Historic

Show Tape 28th

7/28/1993

U-matic

Historic

[Dave] Shay Last Show

12/23/1993

U-matic

Historic

Jodi PK6 (Original Feed) [Jodi Huisentruit]

4/7/1998

U-matic

Historic

Election 1999

1999

VHS

Historic

[Ron] Gonder Retires

2000

U-matic

Historic

Amy's Last Newscast AJ/AG/DT

12/1/2000

U-matic

Historic

6 and 10 pm Newscasts 9-11-2001

9/11/2001

VHS

Historic

News Cut-ins 9-11-2001

9/11/2001

BetacamSP

Historic

10 p.m. Airstrikes

10/7/2001

U-matic

Historic

1 Hour September 11th 2002 Anniversary

9/11/2002

U-matic

Historic

CBS Debut

1/19/2003

VHS

Historic

Newscast

3/20/2003

U-matic

Historic

America at War: Channel 2 News Live Updates

1/16/1991-1/17/1991

U-matic

Historic

Lily Tomlin- Raw, Route 66 (at end)

1/26/1983-10/14/1985

U-matic

Historic

A-86 News Opens Re-edited

12/12/1984-5/14/1995

U-matic

Historic

Historic Video 1954-1978

1954-1978

U-matic

Historic

People of 1986 #503

1986-1987

U-matic

Historic

People of 1987 #504

1987-1988

U-matic

Historic

Art Hackett Gag Tape

7/27/1979-8/7/1979

16mm film

Historic

Pope in Iowa

 

16mm film

Historic

Pox Investigation Miscellaneous

 

16mm film

Historic

Sheriff's Boat Patrol

 

16mm film

Historic

Anamosa Men's Reformatory

 

16mm film

Historic

Hills School Bus Accident

 

16mm film

Historic

Counterfeit Raid

 

16mm film

Historic

Cedar Rapids Fire

 

16mm film

Historic

Body Shop Waterloo Fire

 

16mm film

Historic

Anamosa Men's Reformatory

 

16mm film

Historic

Waterloo Construction File

 

16mm film

Historic

West Branch Skul (School?) Fire & Bond Issues

 

16mm film

Historic

Counterfeit Raid (Cedar Rapids Apartment House Fire)

 

16mm film

Historic

Iowa State Patrol (IHP Stock)

 

16mm film

Historic

Fort Madison

 

16mm film

Historic

Cedar Rapids: Aerial-Airport

 

16mm film

Historic

Iowa State Troopers

 

16mm film

Historic

Waterloo Minority Contractors

 

16mm film

Historic

Cake Busts

 

16mm film

Historic

Dubuque Police

 

16mm film

Historic

KCRG Tower Collapse

 

16mm film

Historic

No Title

 

16mm film

Historic

No Title

 

16mm film

Historic

No Title

 

16mm film

Historic

Waterloo Massage Parlors

 

16mm film

Historic

Fort Madison

 

16mm film

Historic

Black Cop

 

16mm film

Historic

Casey

 

16mm film

Historic

Cedar Rapids Police

 

16mm film

Historic

KCRG Tower Collapse Outs

 

16mm film

Historic

SWAT

 

16mm film

Historic

No Title

 

16mm film

Historic

Cedar Rapids Street Construction Work

 

U-matic

Historic

Tait  Remembered

 

U-matic

Historic

No title

 

U-matic

Historic

Speech Tape Behind the Scenes

 

U-matic

Historic

Road to Final 4

 

U-matic

Historic

News Show Tape 3rd 6 and 10 pm

 

U-matic

Historic

Funnel in the Night June '65

 

U-matic

Historic

1st "Hello" Open 6 and 10 pm

 

U-matic

Historic

Padfield Murder Case

 

U-matic

Historic

Hello Music (Raw)

 

U-matic

Historic

Gag Reel #2

 

U-matic

Historic

GAG material

 

U-matic

Historic

TV gag This IS Dirty Laundry

 

U-matic

Historic

Wednesday Midday

 

U-matic

Historic

NBC Special "Greatest Commercials"

 

U-matic

Historic

Not Ready for Prime Time- Gag

 

U-matic

Historic

Channel 2 News 31st 6 and 10 pm

 

U-matic

Historic

Hawkeye Bowl Reflections

 

U-matic

Historic

Variations on A: "We Know What Matter" Theme

 

BetacamSP

Historic

Breaking News Historic

 

BetacamSP

Historic

Mondo's Fire

 

BetacamSP

Historic

CNN Oklahoma City Bombing File

 

DVD-R

Historic

University of Iowa Protest

 

DVD-R

Historic

Historic University of Iowa Protest, Arrival of New Old Capital Dome

 

DVD-R

Historic

KGAN Behind the Scenes

 

DVD-R

Historic

KGAN Newscast Ron Gonder/Conrad Johnson

 

DVD-R

Historic

KGAN Newscast with Dave Shay: Propane Fire

 

DVD-R

Historic

KGAN Building Broadcast Park, Cedar Rapids

 

 

 

For more information, contact:

Kay Grigsby, MSLIS
Grant Price Endowed Archivist
kay.grigsby@wartburg.edu
(319) 352-8457

 

 

 

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