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Kenneth Kager
Interviewed by: Burt Harrison
Public Radio Oral History Project
June 28, 1978
Kenneth Kager began his radio career in the mid-1930s as a writer and production assistant in Hollywood and Seattle. He was associated with the operation of radio station KUOW, Seattle, from the station's debut in 1952 until his retirement as station manager on June 30, 1978.
In this interview, Kager discusses the early history of KUOW and other radio operations at the University of Washington. He also talks about the activities of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, National Educational Radio and National Public Radio during the periods he served on the boards of directors of those organizations. Kager was on the original Radio Advisory Committee (RAC) to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and he discusses the development of the original CPB criteria for radio station grant eligibility.
Kenneth Kager died in 1992.
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
- educational radio
- National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB)
- National Educational Radio (NER)
- National Educational Radio Network (NERN)
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- public radio
