History of the AIB Oral History Project
The roots of the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting is the Oral History Project. When Grant Price came to Wartburg College after a 40-year career in radio and television news, he wanted to document the first person experiences of the men and women who created and developed media in the State of Iowa before their stories were lost to history.
The first oral history interview was conducted in 1994, with William B. Quarton of Cedar Rapids. Mr. Quarton was the Chief Executive Officer of the WMT stations and the first president of the Iowa Broadcasters Association. In the last 23 years, over 140 individuals have been interviewed for the Oral History Project.
The Archives of Iowa Broadcasting is committed to continuing Grant Price’s effort to record and preserve these unique stories of Iowa’s broadcasting history.
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NAME |
DATE OF |
AFFILIATION |
POSITION |
INTERVIEWER |
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KLGA |
CEO/Owner |
Grant Price |
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Allen, Tom |
5/2007 |
KWWL |
Station Manager |
Jeff Stein
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11/16/2017 |
KWWL, |
Engineer |
Dave Madsen |
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9/21/2000 |
WOC |
Owner of WOC |
Jeff Stein |
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7/29/1999 |
University of Iowa |
Professor |
Grant Price |
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Beecher, Mike |
3/6/2003 |
KWWL, KTIV, WHO |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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6/25/1996 |
Black Hawk |
Attorney |
Grant Price |
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Beecher, W. Louis |
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Black Hawk |
Attorney |
Grant Price |
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1/19/2002 |
KWWL, WNBC, CNBC |
Manager |
Grant Price |
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7/13/2016 |
KWWL, WNBC, CNBC |
Manager |
Jeff Stein |
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7/18/2004 |
Black Hawk |
Vice President |
Grant Price |
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3/2001 |
KCAU, WQAD, |
News Director, |
Grant Price |
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Brockman, Cliff |
7/17/2008 |
KCAU, WQAD, |
News Director, |
Grant Price |
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8/19/2003 |
KCRG, KHAK, KMRY |
Sports |
Grant Price |
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Brown, Bob |
7/2006 |
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Waterloo Civic Leader |
Grant Price |
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8/16/2002 |
NW Bell Telco |
Engineer |
Grant Price |
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Bruner, Bob |
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WMT |
|
Grant Price |
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Buckmaster, Raleigh |
4/18/2006 |
McElroy Trust Board |
Son of Robert Buckmaster |
Grant Price |
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7/9/2003 |
WHO, KCCI, RTNDA |
RTNDA President |
Grant Price |
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Carpenter, George |
6/16/2005 |
WHO, IPTV |
General Manager |
Grant Price |
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6/25/1997 |
WJAM |
Singer |
Grant Price |
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Christensen, Ross |
5/2007 |
McElroy Trust Board |
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Jeff Stein |
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Coleman, Rick |
5/2007 |
KWWL |
Sports Director |
Jeff Stein |
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5/14/2015 |
KIOW |
Vice President of Programming |
Dean Borg |
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5/2001 |
KRNT, KCCI |
News Anchor |
Jeff Stein |
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Cooney, Kevin |
7/17/2005 |
KRNT, KCCI |
News Anchor |
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8/1/1996 |
WMT |
Widow of sports broadcaster |
Grant Price |
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08/2004 |
KGLO |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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3/21/2017 |
desmoines |
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Dean Borg |
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8/4/1998 |
KROS |
Sportscaster, |
Grant Price |
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Drilling, John |
10/13/2006 |
KWWL |
Personality |
Grant Price |
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7/20/1997 |
KXEL |
Son of founder |
Liz Mathis |
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Estes, Simon |
3/29/2006 |
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Vocalist |
Grant Price |
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3/27/2003 |
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Children of Florence Falk, |
Grant Price |
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7/12/1995 |
KWWL |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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Frederickson, Rick |
6/14/2007 |
IPR, KCCI, CBS |
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George Davison |
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Ganahl, Jym |
8/12/2005 |
KWWL |
Meteorologist |
Grant Price |
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7/2/1996 |
WDBQ |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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6/18/2002 |
KRNT |
Personality |
Jeff Stein |
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8/4/1998 |
KROS |
Host |
Grant Price |
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9/21/2000 |
WMT, KRNT |
Sportscaster |
Grant Price |
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Grant, Jackie |
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WMT |
Host |
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3/19/1997 |
WMT |
Band leader, |
Grant Price |
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Grimes, Pam Hildebrand |
7/15/2006 |
KWWL |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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6/15/2000 |
UNI Broadcasting |
Widow of founder |
Grant Price |
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5/8/2003 |
WHBF |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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8/26/1998 |
Palmer Broadcasting, |
Manager |
Grant Price |
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12/2/1998 |
WOC |
Vice President |
Grant Price |
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Heath, Harold |
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WOC |
Vice President |
Don Uker |
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KGLO |
Farm Director |
Grant Price |
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7/13/2000 |
KCAU, KTIV |
Host of "Canyon Kid" |
Grant Price |
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5/27/1998 |
KCRG |
Editorialist, |
Grant Price |
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1/2/2004 |
KWWL, |
|
Grant Price |
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6/3/1998 |
KWWL |
Weathercaster |
Grant Price |
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7/27/1995 |
KUNI |
Speaking about Herb Hake |
Grant Price |
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4/24/2001 |
WMT |
News reporter |
Grant Price |
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10/16/1996 |
WMT |
Meteorologist |
Grant Price |
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8/8/2001 |
WMT |
News anchor |
Grant Price |
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6/20/2003 |
KWWL |
Children's show host |
Grant Price |
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3/2002 |
KRNA, KZIA |
Owner/manager |
Jeff Stein |
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8/11/1996 |
WHO |
Program director, |
Grant Price |
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7/2/1996 |
KDTH |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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7/9/2003 |
WHO, KRNT, KCCI |
Photojournalist |
Grant Price |
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Kline, Lee |
6/14/2007 |
WHO |
Farm department |
George Davison |
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Klinger, Linda |
5/2006 |
R.J. McElroy Trust |
Director |
Jeff Stein |
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Krejci, Charles |
3/2009 |
WSUI, WMT |
Performer |
Jeff Stein |
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6/21/2001 |
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Broadcast consultant |
Grant Price |
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Mathis, Liz |
4/2007 |
KWWL, KCRG |
News anchor |
Jeff Stein |
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6/12/1996 |
KWWL |
Secretary to RJ McElroy |
Grant Price |
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6/19/2002 |
KIOA, KSO, KGGO |
Personality, |
Jeff Stein |
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8/19/2004 |
WMT, KWWL |
Farm Director |
Grant Price |
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Minnick, Mark |
7/8/2008 |
WOC |
Radio News Director |
Grant Price |
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Mitchell, Forrest "Frosty" |
7/14/1998 |
KGRN |
Owner, Personality, |
Grant Price |
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3/27/1997 |
WMT |
Farm Director |
Grant Price |
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7/25/2002 |
KCAU, KTIV, WHO |
News Anchor |
Grant Price |
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7/24/2003 |
KWWL |
Host of "Romper Room" |
Grant Price |
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7/8/1998 |
KFJB |
Son of founder Earl Peak |
Grant Price |
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6/12/2001 |
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Donor of 1920s |
Grant Price |
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7/13/2003 |
KWWL, WGN |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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Petrick, Fred "Mombo |
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WMT |
Mombo the Clown |
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6/17/1997 |
KOEL |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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5/10/1995 |
WHO |
Farm Director |
Grant Price |
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6/9/1998 |
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Broadcast historian |
Grant Price |
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8/8/1995 |
KBBG |
President/founder |
Grant Price |
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3/2001 |
KTRI, KXEL, WMT, |
News Anchor, |
Jeff Stein |
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Quarton, William B. |
6/14/1994, 8/8/1994 |
WMT |
CEO |
Grant Price |
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8/15/1997 |
KXIC |
Personality |
Grant Price |
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8/11/2014 |
KXIC |
Personality |
Dean Borg |
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Pavek Museum |
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Don Uker |
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8/19/1999 |
KRNT, KCCI |
Managing Editor, |
Grant Price |
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Rhyne, Don |
7/8/2008 |
WOC |
News Anchor |
Grant Price |
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7/8/1999 |
KRNT, IPTV |
Personality, Host |
Grant Price |
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Roberts, Helen |
5/28/2001 |
WMT |
Widow of newscaster |
Grant Price |
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8/1/1996 |
WMT |
Morning radio |
Grant Price |
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Ross, Brian |
4/1/2006 |
KWWL, ABC, NBC |
|
Grant Price |
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KICD |
Owner |
Bill Sanders |
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Sarnoff, Gary |
7/15/2006 |
KWWL |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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6/26/1998 |
WMT |
Singer |
Grant Price |
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8/4/1998 |
KROS |
Manager |
Grant Price |
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3/30/2006 |
KWWL, |
Producer |
Grant Price |
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8/30/2002 |
KFJB |
General Manager, |
Jeff Stein |
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7/13/2000 |
KTRI, KSCJ |
Broadcast engineer, |
Grant Price |
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Shay, Dave |
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WMT, KGAN |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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6/8/1995 |
WHO |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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Shelley, Jack |
7/17/2002 |
WHO |
News Director |
Grant Price |
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3/2001 |
KWWL |
News Anchor |
Jeff Stein |
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KBUR |
Owner/manager |
J.K. Martin |
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8/24/1999 |
KSCJ, KITV |
Personality, |
Grant Price |
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Threlkeld, Richard |
10/29/2002 |
WMT, CBS, ABC |
Correspondent |
Grant Price |
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2/23/2003 |
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Grant Price |
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WMT, KGAN |
Vice President |
Don Uker |
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8/22/2002 |
KUNI |
General Manager |
Grant Price |
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3/29/2001 |
KWWL |
General Manager |
Grant Price |
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Wilbanks, Bob |
8/27/2004 |
WHO |
News Anchor, |
Grant Price |
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WMT |
Chief Engineer |
Grant Price |
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Woods, Dale |
5/2006 |
KWWL |
Station Manager |
Jeff Stein |
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Young, Rick |
5/2006 |
McElroy Trust Board |
Trustee |
Jeff Stein |
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