Susanne,

Here are some additional suggestions:

http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/about-archives
http://americanarchive.org/

Also, broadcasters used to publish year-end wrap LPs which usually contain the major stories for that year, although you have to be careful with permissions. Here are two examples from Westinghouse:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PERSPECTIVE-74-Aural-Review-of-1974-SEALED1975-2LP-NOT-FOR-SALE-WATERGATE/261726285808?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40130%26meid%3Da47df938d67f43b09abc874941a14add%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D371918818908

https://www.discogs.com/No-Artist-Perspective-76-An-Aural-Review-Of-1976/release/1765493

E-mail me off-list if you need additional help.

Good luck,

Marcos Sueiro Bal
Senior Archivist, New York Public Radio
646 829 4063

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You could also try GWU in Washington DC.  They have the Mutual News archive that covers those years.


> On May 15, 2017, at 11:52 PM, Paul Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Vanderbilt University in Tennessee has built up a large collection of news TV broadcasts, should you not be able to find the radio ones.
> https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/siteindex/1974-3
> 
> On 5/15/2017 3:13 PM, Susanne Mason wrote:
>> Dear Sound Archivists:
>> 
>> I am doing research for a historical documentary for which we need to obtain radio news reports recordings from March 1974 and March 1976.
>> 
>> There are three stories I’m looking for, two which were national news reports and can be from any station, and the third which is more likely to have been reported in Northern California or major cities in California.
>> 
>> I’ve already checked Stanford, and Hoover Institute, and am in the process of reaching out to a few other potential sources in California. I would appreciate any suggestions for potential sources in California and beyond.
>> 
>> Thank you for your help broadening my search.
>> 
>> Susanne Mason
>> Researcher
>> Austin, TX
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