William S. Hedges Papers

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William S. Hedges Papers

1917-1976 and undated (majority 1917-1918, 1966-1976)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/4923

William S. Hedges (1895-1978) was one of the primary architects of American Broadcasting. During his career in broadcasting he established station WMAQ, the radio department of the Chicago Daily News(1922), co-founded the National Association of Broadcasters (1923) and served as its president and its director and chairman of the executive committee (1928-1930). Through his work on the Broadcast Pioneers History Project in 1964, Hedges was responsible for assembling the core collection of the present Library of American Broadcasting. The collection documents Hedges' career, particularly in regards to the Broadcast Pioneers History Project.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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WMAQ (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)

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Crosley Radio Corporation

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WSAI (Radio station : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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WLW (Radio Station : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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National Association of Broadcasters

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Washington, D.C. association. From the description of Papers, 1965-1975. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36587257 ...

Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting

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The Library of American Broadcasting was founded as the Broadcast Pioneers Library in 1972, in space donated by the National Association of Broadcasters. It was the brainchild of retired NBC executive William S. Hedges. The Library expanded rapidly in its first two decades, but faced space and budget problems. In October 1994, it moved to the University of Maryland Libraries, where it is now part of the Special Collections in Mass Media and Culture, located in UMD's Hornbake Library....

Hedges, William S. (William Saxby) 1895-1978

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Radio executive, journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of William Saxby Hedges : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513565 Broadcasting executive, President of WMAQ, Chicago, IL; President of National Association of Broadcasters, 1928-1930; General Manager of KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA; Manager of WLW and WSAI, Cincinnati, OH; Vice-president of Crosley Radio Corporation; Vice-President of N...