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Radio and TV News TranscriptsThis guide pulls together information about news broadcast transcripts. A given transcript series may have a number of different sources and formats. After some introductory remarks titles are listed and described. Additional title suggestions and corrections are welcome. The sources fall basicially into three types. First, sources for transcripts of broadcasts and webcasts; second, materials provided by translation services; and third, archival sources. An example of the first type—the LexisNexis Guided News Search—is a full-text database service to which the Library subscribes. LexisNexis covers current events, including materials from the U.S. and foreign-language press, wire services, radio and TV news transcripts. Beyond what is found in Lexis Nexis there are numerous original ('the horses mouth' so to speak), regional and subject oriented services. Some with English Language content are mentioned below. Second, translation services—the U. S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) and the British Government's Worldwide Monitoring Service (BBC)—have a long history of cooperation. These two translation services, historically and current, are the main sources for English language coverage of local and regional media worldwide. Third, archives—Vanderbilt University's Television News Archives is the best known example. Searching InfoTree under News and Current Events yields a good updated list of potential resources. Be sure to note the "Subtopics" directory. InfoTree will offer some leads not mentioned below, but conversely the level of detail found below is not found on InfoTree or ALICE. Though not its mission, the Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), on-line since 1972, sometimes has foreign newspaper and wire service transcripts and can be useful for a subject approach. ABC (American Broadcasting Company)The Transcription Company collects and preserves, and also offers for sale, ABC Transcripts from approximately 1980 - current. Other sources include: Microform: ABC Public Affairs Broadcasts 1986 - Mar 1997. This set consists of written transcripts of ABC television news broadcasts. A quarterly printed guide, ABC News Index, (Micro PN4888.T4 A23x) indexes the above programs by subject and names of personalities being interviewed. The microfiche are filed by the title of the specific program in the microfiche periodical section. The production of the microfiche and printed index stopped after March, 1997. ABC News programs included are:
Online: Circa 1991 - current
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio National Australia)ABC Australia has links to recent transcripts and sells program tapes, etc.
BBC 9 P.M. NewsBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Home Service. 1939-1945. The Center for Research Libraries guide Radio Broadcasts and Scripts notes the center has approximately 60,000 pages of newsreader scripts for the 9 P.M. News on microfiche. Please consult the Interlibrary Loan Department on the fourth floor to borrow these materials. BBC SWB Summary of World BroadcastsBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service.The microfilm edition of the SWB, 1939 - 1997, contains summaries of foreign radio station transmissions compiled by the Monitoring Service of the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC.) Coverage began with five countries, but expanded reaching about 140. The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS,) the BBC Monitoring Service's United States counterpart started in 1941 and there has been close co-operation between the two services to co-ordinate resources and share material. For example, if one finds a summary in the SWB and more information is needed, a full text is usually located in the FBIS Daily Report or conversely a summary in the Daily Report will relate to a full text in the Summary of World Broadcasts. The SWB set is filed by title ("SWB") in the microform periodicals section; 758 rolls of microfilm (1939-1972) and 11,500+ microfiche, 1972 - 1997. Note that the microfilm reels are NOT in strict chronological order because of the different geographical series, the microfiche is even more confusing. Through most of its history the SWB has been divided into assorted geographic sections with size, frequency, and groupings varying. From 1939-1946 all parts were grouped in one series called the Digest of World Broadcasts. From 1947-1949 the SWB was divided into three parts (U.S.S.R and Eastern Europe; Germany and Austria; and the rest of the world) and in recent years five parts (former U.S.S.R; Central Europe, Balkans; Asia-Pacific; Middle East; and Africa, Latin America, Caribbean). There is no index to the series, but each issue has a full table of contents. Concurrent is the The Monitoring Report published from April 1940 to November 1996, which is a brief summary of the major items and trends of broadcasting. As we garner the information we will construct a finding aid for the microform.
The SWB was absorbed into BBC's International Reports in March 2001 (see BBC Worldwide Monitoring). BBC Worldwide Monitoring ServiceThe BBC produces the International Report which absorbed the Summary of World Broadcasts, and there is no paper equivalent; see below. All the BBC Worldwide Monitoring Service's daily news service material since 1979 is available through LexisNexis Guided News Search. However, finding BBC Worldwide Monitoring is elusive, so follow these steps:
The Monitoring Service of The British Broadcasting Corporation systematically listens to broadcasts from 120 countries, 7/24, and deals with over 50 languages, monitors over 2000 radio, TV, press, Internet and news agency sources for news, information and comment. In monitoring, the BBC emphasizes information from countries for which other news sources are not readily available. It does not cover the United States, Canada or the U.K. BBC Transcripts:Apparently conditions are not very promising for free access to the other-than-live BBC transcripts themselves but BBC's websites can offer promising leads for those able to take advantage of them. The BBC Written Archives Centre holds files, scripts and working papers from the BBC's formation in 1922 to the 1980s, together with information about past programs and the history of broadcasting. The site may help in research, but of-site access to materials and transcripts is not offered. Exploration of the British Film Institute (BFI) site may provide leads, information about, or access to BBC television material (all since August 1990). The National Sound Archive has preserved recordings of BBC radio broadcasts, but does not distribute them, nor does it offer remote access to its catalog, but browsing the Archive's Web site can be useful in your research. British Pathe Ltd.Though not radio, or television, British Pathe is a media company which produced cinema newsreel until 1970 at which point it had accumulated 3500 hours of filmed history amounting to over 90,000 individual items. This site is digital archive where one can preview (text and images and motion downloads) of items from the entire British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. One can keyword search, or advance search the database. After locating an item you may want to "preview film" first, especially if you are on a regular phone line. If you want a free low resolution clip, click the appropriate 'download' button. You will need to register, then file can be downloaded. To play, the clips require Windows media player, or MAC, (Windows Media 8 files, WMV). A fasinating site, higher resolution copies can be purchased. C-SPAN, (Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network)C-SPAN home. A good number of recent programs are available for viewing on the site. Videotapes of most C-SPAN programs are available for purchase from the C-SPAN Archives. Also see www.c-spanstore.com. Transcripts of "Booknotes" programs are available on-line at Booknotes. C-SPAN does not transcribe other programming. CBC News, (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.)CBC home (Société Radio-Canada). The CBC Archives offers a growing collection of digitized radio and television selections dating back to 1936. The site has just started and new material is being added each week, materials are indexed. Recent news stories (Jan 17, 2001 to present) can be found on CBC News Online. LexisNexis Guided News Search has coverage CBC. Radio Transcripts. "Ideas" from October 8, 1982 through September 1997. CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System).The CBS Website has transcripts and more from approximately Jan 2000 - current; one can browse or try the (advanced search) option; other sources include: Microfilm: 1977 - Sept 1988, Columbia Broadcasting System Monitoring Service Reports from 28 Aug 1939 - 23 May 1945. This set of reports of foreign broadcasts monitored by CBS and microfilmed by the Library of Congress are available from the Center for Research Libraries, please consult with the Interlibrary Loan Department. Online: Feb 1990 - current
CNNLexisNexis Guided News Search has some CNN materials, but not sure of coverage. The program Live This Morning (Morning News) is covered from July 8, 1992 through November 15, 2001 (ceased). Current Awareness, video/audio linksGary Price's Current Awareness Resources via Streaming Audio and Video is a compilation of links to audio and video access to broadcast media enabling the user to monitor current events live. You may want to browse this list to run across archival sources, specific programs, and other goodies. Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)From 1941-1945 the Commission issued mimeograph reports daily of short wave broadcasts, all were translated into English. These are cited in the Center for Research Libraries guide Radio Broadcasts and Scripts, consult the Interlibr ary Loan Department, 2nd floor, to borrow these. The FBIS Daily Reports of Foreign radio broadcasts (below) are more extensive.Foreign Broadcast Information Service (U.S. FBIS)From 4 Sept 1941 - Sept/Oct1996 the FBIS published assorted series and area editions of Daily Reports translations from foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions and sometimes from periodicals and newspapers. In 1996 all FBIS publications were combined and issued on CD-ROM as FBIS Publications. From 1953-1995 the Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS), an auxiliary of the FBIS and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) produced the Daily Reports. In 1995 the contents of the Daily Report goes on-line as the World News Connection and as well on CD-ROM as FBIS publications. For details and indexing please see below. Microform & hardcopy: Paper FBIS Daily Reports are in the Government Documents Stacks, with the call number PREX 7.10. Holdings cover 1967 to 1977. Microfiche Daily Reports are in the Government Documents Reading Room, with the call number PREX 7.10. Holdings cover 1974 to mid-1996. The Daily Reports were issued in geographical series, please consult the Document Department's FBIS Daily Reports for more information on series and locations. The Transdex Microfiche Index indexes the Joint Publications Research Service from 1978 thru 1996. The JPRS published non-U.S.-originated materials translated from newspapers, journals, speeches, and broadcasts. The JPRS covers a wide range of topics, including agriculture, business and economics, politics, science, sociology, and technology. These are located in the Documents reading area, 5th floor, Microfiche Z404.C38. The Center for Research Libraries guide Radio Broadcasts and Scripts notes the center has a full microform set of this material (1941-1996). To borrow please consult the Interlibrary Loan Department, 2nd floor. However, note that much of this material and what older indexing there is can also be found in the Government Documents Department, 5th floor, and on-line. CD-ROM: The FBIS Index indexes the microfiche edition of the FBIS Daily Reports published between 1977 and 1996 In addition, CD-ROM containing full-text as well as indexing of the FBIS Daily Reports, (which becomes "FBIS Publications") 1996 - current, is also available Documents, 5th, please ask at desk. (Note the "WNC" on-line version.) World News Connection (WNC) is the on-line successor to the contents of the former Daily Reports published by the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS/JPRS) and is essentially FBIS in the web. Provided through the U. S. National Technical Information Service WNC started in 1995. The material is obtained from non-U.S. open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books. The content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events. LexisNexis Guided News SearchThe LexisNexis Guided News Search provides access to transcripts on-line from a number of news sources, mostly from 1997 to current, some later, some earlier. An advantage is that all can be searched at once. Note the "source list" tab, then browse or key in a title. At last check, the following titles were listed for news transcripts:
NBC: National Broadcasting CorporationLexisNexis Guided News Search has NBC news transcripts since 1997. The NBCNEW file contains transcripts from the following NBC News programs:
The NBC site has little in the way of transcripts, but might be useful in searching for materials over the past couple of years. Key in name of program, or 'transcripts' if you need to browse, into the site's search box. NPR: National Public RadioVerbatim transcripts radio news broadcasts. Transcripts from National Public Radio's three major news magazines (Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition) from January 1992 through current can be searched and accessed via the LexisNexis Guided News Search. At the NPR Audio Archive one can keyword search transcripts of NPR programming from 1996 - current. Most items can then be expanded into listening or the full story, text, and related materials. NPR sells most programming Tapes and printed Transcripts produced since September 1990. Public Television Transcripts (PBS)Written verbatim transcripts from television and radio news broadcasts. The PBS Website has transcripts from the 1970s - current. There are several searching avenues, but using the keyword search option is probably best unless you really know what you want. At this point one can usually print or download transcripts (or purchase program in some cases). Other sources include: Public Affairs/News Transcripts. Microfiche, Oct 1973-1995 (publication suspended,) this set contains the full written transcripts of PBS television news and public affairs broadcasts. Transcripts of PBS programs included are:
Printed guide: Public Television Transcripts Micro Coll Z695.1, indexes the above programs by subject and names of personalities being interviewed. The microfiche are filed by the title of the specific program in the microfiche "periodicals" section. National Public Television Transcripts from January 1992 through current can be searched and accessed via the LexisNexis Guided News Search. Television News ArchiveThe Television News Archive has abstracts of evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC from Aug. 5, 1968 to present, and CNN from Oct. 2, 1995 onward. Also includes abstracts special events such as presidential nominating conventions, Watergate, and the 9-11 terrorist attack. Maintained by Vanderbilt University. Actual materials can be rented or purchased. Voice of America (U.S.I.A.)The Center for Research Libraries guide Radio Broadcasts and Scripts notes the center has the Library of Congress set of microfilmed VOA radio program scripts from 1953-1980. To borrow, please consult our Interlibrary Loan Department, 2nd floor. The Voice of America News site has current materials. |
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