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WJJD - transfer Marshall Field to Field Enterprises, 1944-1945

 unspecified — Box: 116, Folder: 1599

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Legal and financial documents relating to the acquisition and sale of radio stations by Field Communications, the broadcasting arm of Field Enterprises, and materials pertaining to the establishment and operations of WFLD-TV. Field Enterprises acquired WFLD in 1966 and was overseen by Herman Kogan. The WFLD materials are made up of Kogan's files and contain correspondence, reports, minutes, advertising and marketing reports, and materials pertaining to the Newscope program, an innovative news show which broadcast from the newsroom of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Field Enterprises records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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