Records of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)

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Records of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)

1969-2012 (majority 1979-1989)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1596

The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB), founded in 1975, is a national membership organization of community-oriented, non-commercial radio stations, producers, and broadcasters. NFCB was formed by a group of community broadcasters who envisioned creating a program-sharing cooperative for community radio stations, which would come to be known as the NFCB Program Service. NFCB's early mission also included publishing legal and training manuals for affiliates, assisting stations in obtaining Federal Communication Commission licenses, and promoting minorities and women's participation in public broadcasting. The collection documents NFCB's administrative activities, its work with member stations and community groups, training and licensing work, and its advocacy work and radio awards programs. A significant portion of the collection comprises the audio reels and paper records of the NFCB Program Service, which promoted content sharing among community radio stations by collecting and distributing radio programs created by independent producers from across the United States.

94.25 Linear Feet; 4,000 Tape Reels (1/4" open reel audio tapes); 138 Sound Cassettes (compact cassette tapes )

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326564

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

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National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)

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The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a national, grass-roots, non-profit organization which has served non-commercial community-based radio stations since 1975. There are currently some 170 stations, producers, and organizations in the membership of NFCB, representing diverse communities from remote regions of Alaska to densely populated cities, in markets ranging from Native American reservations to large metropolitan areas. Community broadcasters...