KRAB-FM Radio Station (Seattle, Wash.)

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KRAB was founded by Lorenzo Milam and operated by the Jack Straw Foundation in 1962. Milam managed the station until 1968. The station was commercial-free and listener-supported and broadcast a range of programming. On the day of KRAB's first broadcast, its transmitter blew up and was rebuilt. The station produced several different music programs which were also distributed by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. KRAB went off the air in 1984.

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contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Ba Benzele Pygmies, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Sunda, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Ethiopia: In Amharic and Somali, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Blues and dixieland with Bob West, part 2, 1968 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | After six years of KRAB, part 6, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Mbira, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Indian music, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Javanese Gamelan, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Liberation songs of Angola, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Javanese Gamelan, part 3, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Burmese and Indian music, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Malagasy Republic, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Roger Perkins with Nancy Keith, 1963 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | The Radio Letters, circa 1970 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Ethiopia and its music, 1976 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Javanese Gamelan, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Furry Lewis at KRAB, part 2, May 20, 1968 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Interview with Booker White, part 3, undated. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Interview with Booker White, part 2, undated. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Mozambique, November 25, 1967 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Interview with Booker White, part 1, undated. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Ba Benzele Pygmies, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Mbira, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Javanese Gamelan, part 4, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Republic of Guinea, October 25, 1967 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | La Bomba, August 26, 1965 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Niger: La musique des griots, part 2, December 20, 1969 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Burmese and Indian music, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Moslem Africa, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Algerian classical nouba, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Tuareg, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Indian music, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Ancient far east stringed instruments, June 30, 1979 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Sunda, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of Mali, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Furry Lewis at KRAB, part 1, May 20, 1968 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Niger: La musique des griots, part 1, December 20, 1969 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Music of the Tuareg, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Blues and dixieland with Bob West, part 1, 1968 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Korean court music, part 1, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
contributorOf National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) records | Audio Materials, 1975-1986 | Korean court music, part 2, undated University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
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