Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection

Collection — Box: 1997-094

Identifier: AR-2023-009

Staff Only

Bayard Stockton, 1989

Content Description

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) community affairs radio interviews digitized from audiocassette copies 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 (1930-2006), 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 became 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. The Good Companions program ended its three-year run in 1986 when radio station KMGQ-FM Goleta was sold.

Extent

104 Electronic files

107 Cassettes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) 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.

Arrangement

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection is arranged in twenty-three (23) series:

1) Santa Barbara Actors

2) Santa Barbara Agriculture

3) Santa Barbara Artisans

4) Santa Barbara Business

5) Santa Barbara Channel Marine Resources

6) Santa Barbara Crime

7) Santa Barbara Chefs

8) Santa Barbara Cultures

9) Santa Barbara Education

10) Santa Barbara Humanitarianism

11) Santa Barbara Interpersonal Relations

12) Santa Barbara Mass Media

13) Santa Barbara Musicians

14) Santa Barbara Natural Disasters

15) Santa Barbara Painters

16) Santa Barbara Performing Arts

17) Santa Barbara Politics

18) Santa Barbara Public Health

19) Santa Barbara Science

20) Santa Barbara Survivors

21) Santa Barbara Travel

22) Santa Barbara Women

23) Santa Barbara Writers

Other Finding Aids

Bayard Stockton's Good Companions Program Guide is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oB8c9DS-luQbMKlh1o2optD2rM7p1vlP/view

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show audio tapes were donated by Bayard Stockton to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum in 1997.

Processing Information

The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection was processed by Chris S. Ervin CA in July and August 2021. The audiocassette tapes were digitized by California Revealed during the 2021/2022 grant cycle and are hosted by California Revealed and Internet Archive. The digital versions were quality-controlled by Chris S. Ervin CA in February 2023.