16.26 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (22 tall document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Manuscripts
Date:
1988-1989
Descriptive Entry:
These records consist of audiotapes run by National Public Radio and Longhorn Radio Network, as well as unedited masters of tapes for Radio Dialogue. Also included
are transcripts for some of the broadcasts. All recordings are in 2-track mono.
Historical Note:
In 1978 the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) entered into a contract with the Longhorn Radio Network at the University of Texas to participate
in a public affairs consortium series of radio programs called "Focus." The Wilson Center produced the broadcasts on a variety of timely topics concerned with politics and
current issues.
This arrangement lasted until 1983, when the Wilson Center began to produce its own series of radio broadcasts called Radio Dialogue. Occasionally, these programs were
also broadcast by National Public Radio or Radio Smithsonian. Deputy Director Prosser Gifford was the moderator, aided by Eugenie Beth Skarstrom, who served as Radio Coordinator,
1984- . George Liston Seay became moderator of the Radio Dialogue series in 1988. He served in this position, 1988- .
