Protestant Radio and Television Center records
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteThe Protestant Radio and Television Center was founded in 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia through a collaboration between the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Episcopal Church. The center produced a number of religious radio and television programs, the most famous of which was "The Protestant Hour", a combination of hymns, choral music, and sermons by prominent church leaders. At its height, during the 1950s and '60s, nearly 600 radio stations across the United States as well as the armed forces network broadcasted "The Protestant Hour." In 1984, "The Protestant Hour" won a Peabody award for broadcasting excellence. The PRTVC was highly influential and successfully managed to bring religious programming into the mainstream. Scope and ContentThis collection contains administrative files, historical files, financial reports, and correspondence from the Protestant Radio and Television Center. Also contained are photographs and historical information about programs produced by the PRTVC such as "The Protestant Hour" and "Perspectives." The series included in this collection are: 1. Photographs, 2. Alphabetical Files, 3. Chronological Files, 4. History By Years, 5. Protestant Hour, 6. Channel One, 7. Perspectives, 8. General Files. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationProtestant Radio and Television Center records, ms4011, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/prtvc/bmac-coll |
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