KOAC (Corvallis, OR)

Administrative History/Information:

• On December 7, 1922, Oregon Agricultural College was granted a license to broadcast on radio station KFDJ
• First broadcast: January 23, 1923
• Call letters changed to KOAC: 1925
• Early programming included:
  • lectures
  • music and student variety programs
  • reports of athletic events
  • annual commencement exercises
• until 1932, part of Oregon Agricultural College
• KOAC-TV established: 1957
• In 1981, the State System of Higher Education divested its radio and television stations. The stations became Oregon Public Broadcasting

Related Collections:

• Burt Harrison Papers - Interviews
  • Robert C. Hinz
  • James M. Morris

Reading Room

Morris, James M. The Remembered Years: A Personal View of the 50 Years of Broadcasting, Radio and ETV, That We Call KOAC, Corvallis..... Corvallis, OR: Continuing Education Publications, 1972. HE 8698 .M6

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