Archives of Iowa Broadcasting
Finding Aid
WMT Radio 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: Audiovisual materials, 1922-1987. The WMT Radio collection contains audio recordings from WMT Radio. The collection consists of 5, 7 and 10.5-inch tapes as well as LP records (12”). Main subjects of the recordings are newscasts, interviews, advertisement, radio, and media.
Scope and Content Note
Extent: 13 linear feet.
Physical Description: Audio tapes (5, 7 and 10.5’’ reels), LP (12”).
Dates: 1922-1987.
Subjects: newscasts, interviews/audition tapes, advertisement, documentaries, politics, radio, media, Jack Carney, Dick Cavett, comedy
Related Material:
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]; WMT Radio Collection; Archives of Iowa Broadcasting, Waverly, Iowa.
Acquisition Information: Donation.
Processing Information: Processing completed by R.H. and LY on 11/27/2018, 7/11/2019.
Station History
History: WMT Radio is a popular radio station owned by iHeartMedia, its signal covers all of Iowa and some parts of the neighboring states. The station was founded in 1922 under the name of WJAM. It was renamed WMT (Waterloo Morning Tribune) in 1928, when Harry Shaw purchased it and moved the channel to Waterloo. It returned to Cedar Rapids in 1935, a year after Shaw sold it to the Cowles family. During the following decades, WMT changed owners but the station remained in Cedar Rapids.
Bibliography:
AM 600 WMT, https://600wmtradio.iheart.com/.
Stein, Jeff. Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting. Cedar Rapids, WDG Communications, 2004.
Series Description
Container Listing
Format |
Series |
Content |
Date |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
1922 News Items |
1922 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
#1 National Radio Month Series 1961 |
1961 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
#2 National Radio Month Series 1961 |
1961 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
National Radio Month Series 1961- Hixenbaugh |
1961 |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Frances Prescott Interview 1964, former principal |
1964 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT 50th Year Promo Tape 1 of 2 Numans 1-50; JTB |
7/31/1972 |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Reel GOA; From center out: 1. Captain Kangaroo, 9/3/76, 12:00, Hardiman 2. Jim Rogers with Dave Shay and Bob Kemp, 10/22/76, 14:00 3. Nobody for President, Charles Osgood, 5:00, 10/13/76 4. Election Nights Past, Charles Osgood, 11/2/76, 5:00 5. Jim Rogers with Walter Cronkite on his birthday, 11/4/76, 15:00 6. Mary Huneke on study of ageing process, 11/9/76, 6:00 HEADS OUT |
1976 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Turkey giveaway |
1977 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Recording of Cast, Gary Edwards Show |
08/23/1977-08/27/1977 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT FM Audition Tape from Wayne Anderson |
1978 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Gary Edwards; Spring Things March '79; Andy Varipapa |
03/1979 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Hawks to Final 4, This is It! |
1980 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Osmonds on Gary Edwards Show 3:48 |
4/22/1980 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Daily Word Vignettes cut 1: 6/20 cut 2: 6/21, |
06/20/1981-06/21/1981 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa State vs. Iowa Hawkeyes football |
1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Lute Olson Post Game Show (Iowa basketball) |
3/6/1982 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Pin Points; 2:13, 5:34, 2:07, 9:54; Gary Edward, |
3/13/1982 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Air Check WMT-AM; 7:02pm-7:35pm |
7/30/1982 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Jamie Farr on Gary Edwards Show; aired on the day of the last episode of MASH (Family's Cedar Rapids connection) |
03/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #1 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #2 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #3 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #4 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #5 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Iowa vs Penn #6 (football) |
9/17/1983 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
CBS World News Roundup, All Iowa Fair |
7/3/1984 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Announcement of Tait Cummins Death |
11/26/1984 |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Reel GOD: 65th Anniversary, Dean Landfear, 1985 interview- Out on a Limb (Tim Boyle, host) |
1985 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Wilma-Shadle of Rockwell JW on "AN Collins" 6/87 |
6/1/1987 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Dean (LondLeon?)- telephone, nt.; w/ Gus S. June 1987 |
6/1/1987 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Sandwich |
6/26/1987 |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
James Sullivan- Son of Albert of the Waterloo "Sullivans" |
6/8/1987 |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Reel GOB: Saturday Nite R & R for 7-23-88 airs |
7/23/1988 |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Air Check 2/15 10:30pm-11pm-Big Band |
2/15/19xx |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Osmond Family 4/22 |
4/22/19xx |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Health Beat Furst/Borg #83-13 (Friday August 10) |
08/10/19xx |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Industrial Salute 9/16 & 20 one break 8:24 fiberglass |
9/16/19xx,, 9/20/19xx |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Dean Landfear & Howdy Roberts 2nd Hour 10/7 |
10/7/19xx |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Out On A Limb (Iowa Senator John Culver) 25:40; WMT-10/10-12:30pm; 10/14- 1:06; WMT-FM- 10/10- 6:30 am |
10/10/19xx, 10/14/19xx |
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Reel GOC: Frank Hanford Flight (10/25, year unknown) |
10/25/19xx |
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Original War of the Worlds; Ray Kramer/SFX- Mercury Theater 10/30 15:00 (interview with sound effects man |
10/30/19xx |
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT tag |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT tag song |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Clyde Beavers, WMT Song |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
AKE 2 (promos) |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
The Carpenters- WMT ad |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Cosmos Orion Presentation Master |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Radio Research Reel 1 of 1 |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Anniversary #2 Tape (Women in broadcasting) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Between the Lines 1-7 |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Between the Lines 15-20 (bowler) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Hawkeye Hoop (Junior bowling) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
J.R. Bowlers II (junior bowling profile, Cedar Rapids) |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Mike Durbin-guest, Gary Skidmore-host |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Chris Sickenkel |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Junior's 16:38 (Pinpoints- bowling show) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Dave Hinman (Tape #1), Earl Anthony (bowler), |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Andy Varipapa (trick bowler) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Sacks and Stuff (football?) |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Down with Ohio State |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Baur #5 (Iowa State vs. Iowa Hawkeyes football) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Harold; 22 (football) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Gonderisms and Big Mac Sucks (Iowa football) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
North [illegible] (Camp Randall, Madison, |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Phil & Steve (skiing) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Ski watch 2 cuts |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Kayaking |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Tait Cummins |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Rappaport Horn Drop-ins |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Federal Crop Insurance |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Tex Parnham neighbor |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Jamie Farr (MASH actor, Klinger) |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Orville Redenbacher interview Runs 10? Min? [popcorn] |
|
10.5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
William L. Shirer! 50min. (author of The Rise and Fall of |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Cedar Rapids Harmonizers band interview |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
The Carpenters interview (Made in America album) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
The Carpenters interview (Made in America album)- |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT R-018 |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Rodger Wittaker, Gary Edwards |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Ortha Harstad Remember Raw tape |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Larry Shepard-Ottumn "Remember/ UMT"- 30s-40s |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Leo Greco & Johnny Ketelsen; show 13:00 Q "you bet, OK |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Brad Smith, Smithfield Recording Studio, Inc. |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Duke Ellington "Satin Doll" 2:27 |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Gary Nassif; #1 "How about you" (w/greeting); |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Wayne Koolie about 6min; Q:Project 600! |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
"Vote for Me" 2:55 (song about presidential candidates) |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Chicken (Cluclen?) State Fair chicken clucking champion |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
The function of communication |
|
5" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Armstrong's 97th Anniversary, TV (3) :30s |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Appel For Congress "Claude Pepper" 30 seconds |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
CBS Special Report [12 min] Death of Arthur Godfrey |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
Bruce Morton CBS |
|
7" Reel |
Broadcasts |
WMT R-039 |
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Container Listing
Format |
Series |
Content |
Date |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
The Sounds of 50 Years |
1972 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"School Days" |
1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Automobiles" |
1/24/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Automobiles" |
1/24/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
Courtship |
1/31/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
Comedy Store Looks At Doctors |
3/7/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Great Moments in History/ Humor in the Presidency" |
3/14/1983, 3/21/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Baseball" |
4/11/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Animals and Pets" |
6/6/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Jack Benny Special" Pt. One |
6/13/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Jack Benny" Part II |
6/20/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Farmers & Country Life" |
6/27/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Show Biz, Part I" |
7/11/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Show Biz, Part II" |
7/18/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Kids" |
7/25/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Telephones" |
8/29/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Automobiles II" |
9/5/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Space" |
9/12/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Bergen Special" |
9/19/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"City Life" |
10/3/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Sports" |
10/10/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Halloween" |
10/24/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Funny Ladies" |
10/31/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Funny Ladies" |
10/31/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The Bickersons/ |
11/7/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Food" |
11/14/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Bill Cosby" |
11/21/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Music" |
11/28/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"W.C. Fields" |
12/5/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Christmas, Part I" |
12/12/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Christmas Part II" |
12/19/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Year in Review" |
12/26/1983 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Mothers" |
1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Mystery & Adventure" |
1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Psychiatry" |
1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Salesmen" Jack Carney's Comedy Show/ |
1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Doctors" |
1/2/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Cops & Criminals II" |
1/9/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Comedy Teams" |
1/16/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Money II" |
1/23/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Old West II" |
1/30/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Dating and Romance" |
2/6/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Smothers Brothers" |
2/13/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"History" |
2/20/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Radio" |
2/27/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Eating Out" |
3/5/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Health" |
3/12/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Movies" |
3/19/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Work" |
3/26/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Family Life" |
4/2/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Baseball" |
4/9/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Television" |
4/16/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Psychiatry" |
4/23/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Most Requested" |
4/30/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Pets and Wild Life" |
5/14/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Country Life" |
5/21/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Marriage" |
5/28/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
Reiner & Brooks/Nichols & Maye |
6/4/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
Vacation |
6/11/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"City Life" |
6/18/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"High Seas" |
7/9/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Kids" |
7/16/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Airlines" |
7/23/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Show Biz" |
7/30/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Autos" |
8/6/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Court" |
8/13/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Telephones" |
8/20/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"School Days" |
8/27/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Comedy Oddities" |
9/1/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Football" |
9/3/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Salesmen" |
9/10/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Mystery & Adventure" |
9/17/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Space" |
9/24/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Unusual Occupations" |
10/1/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"George Burns" |
10/8/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Military" |
10/15/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Halloween" |
10/22/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Sports & Sportsmen" |
10/29/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Presidency" |
11/5/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Funny Ladies" |
11/12/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Nightclub Comics" |
11/19/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Allen Shurman/Hudson Landry" |
11/26/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Allan Sherman/Hudson & Landry" |
11/26/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Food" |
12/3/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Christmas Pt I" Jack Carney's Comedy Show/Spot |
12/10/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Jack Carney Tribute" |
12/24/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Radio" |
12/31/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Radio" |
12/31/1984 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Doctors" |
1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Doctors" |
1/14/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Cops & Criminals" |
1/28/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Dating and Romance" |
2/11/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The Movies" |
2/18/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Work" |
2/25/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Family Life" |
3/11/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Television" |
3/18/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Pets and Wild Life" |
3/25/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Baseball" |
4/15/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Music" |
4/22/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"City Life" |
4/29/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"History" |
5/13/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Love and Romance" |
6/3/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Travel & Vacations" |
6/10/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Country Life" |
6/17/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Psychiatry" |
6/24/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Politics" |
7/1/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Show Business" |
7/8/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Salesmen" The Comedy Show/ |
8/12/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Mystery and Adventure" |
8/26/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"School Days" |
9/2/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Comedy Curiosities" |
10/21/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Christmas Pt I" |
12/9/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Christmas Pt II" |
12/16/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Year in Review" |
12/23/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Medicine" |
12/30/1985 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Money" |
1/6/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Great Comedy Teams" |
1/13/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Cops & Criminals" |
1/20/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Old West" |
1/27/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Work" |
2/3/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Love and Romance" |
2/10/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The Movies" |
2/17/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Restaurants" |
2/24/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Pets and Wild Life" |
3/3/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Music" |
3/10/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Classics" |
3/17/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"High Seas" |
3/24/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Spring Cleaning" |
3/31/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"City Life" |
4/14/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Country Life" |
4/21/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"History" |
4/28/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The English" |
5/19/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The Military" |
5/26/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Health & Diet" |
6/2/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Travel & Vacations" |
6/9/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Marriage" |
6/16/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Show Business" |
6/23/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"America" |
6/30/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Parenting' |
7/7/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Automobiles" |
7/14/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The 60's" |
7/21/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The 70's" |
7/28/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"The News" |
8/4/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Salesmen" |
8/11/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Radio" |
8/18/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"School Days" |
8/25/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Mystery and Adventure" |
9/8/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"Storytelling" |
9/15/1986 |
LP (12") |
Comedy |
"History" |
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LP (12") |
Comedy |
Startrak Profile |
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LP (12") |
Comedy |
Startrak Profile |
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Other Finding Aids
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