Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection

Collection — Box: 1997-094

Identifier: AR-1997-001

Staff Only

Content Description

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred seven (107) audiocassette tapes of interviews from the "Good Companions" radio show hosted by Bayard Stockton on station KMGQ-FM Goleta. The collection includes tape index sheets for some of the interviews.

Dates

Broadcast: 1983 - 1986

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.

Biographical / Historical

Bayard Stockton, the "Good Companions" program host, started his career as a Cold War spy for the CIA in post-WW II Europe. In the 1960s he worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsweek. He also authored three books. Stockton moved to Santa Barbara in 1980 where he got involved in the community. Over the years, he was known as a radio personality, a teacher, writer, lecturer, media hound, political watchdog, and staunch supporter of causes.

Extent

107 Cassettes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred seven (107) community affairs radio interviews aired on KMGQ-FM Goleta and conducted with a wide variety of well-known people on current events such as the arts, social issues, the environment, education, agriculture, politics, science, and history.