Resources for Broadcast

Databases for finding News Transcripts

• Factiva - contains business and financial data on companies from around the world. It also provides access to current issues and an archive of over 10,000 + global publications including 600 newswires, Reuters, radio & TV transcripts, websites, company & industry information, market charting, etc. License terms restrict access to MU students, faculty and staff only.  
• LexisNexis Academic - Current news, business, corporate news and ethnic news.
• Vanderbilt Television News Archive - The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. These special reports and periodic news broadcasts cover presidential conferences and political campaign coverage, and national and international events such as the Watergate hearings, the plight of American hostages in Iran, the Persian Gulf war, and the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.

Directories for Broadcast Information

• Bacon's radio directory : directory of radio stations programming
  contacts. Chicago, Ill. : Bacon's Information, Inc. Jour Ready Ref HE8664 .B33 .
• Bacon's TV/cable directory : directory of TV/cable stations programming contacts.
  Chicago, Ill. : Bacon's Information, Inc. Jour Ready Ref. HE8700.8 .B33.
• Bowker's news media directory - TV & Radio Directory. New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker. JOUR Ready Ref. 2007. Over 16,800 radio and TV stations, Over 250 radio, TV and Cable Networks, Nielsen DMA and Arbitron Market Areas.
• Broadcasting & cable yearbook. New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker, JOUR READY REF. 2007 ed. Includes: Industry Overview, Broadcast Television, Cable, Radio, Programming, Technology, Professional Services, Associations, Events, Education and Awards, Government.
• Gale directory of publications and broadcast media.Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, Jour Ready Ref. 2007. Radio and TV stations listed by State.
• News media yellow book.New York, NY : Monitor Leadership Directories, Inc. JOUR READY REF. Summer 2007. For Broadcasting - Networks: All News Channels, Cable Networks and Programs, Radio Networks and Programs, Television Networks and Programs, News Bureaus for Radio Stations and Television Stations, Television Production Companies. Television Stations and Programs - Radio Stations and Programs - Programs - Independently Produced Programs. Non U.S. Media by Country.
• Radio advertising source.Wilmette, IL : Standard Rate & Data Service, JOUR Current Periodical Room, room 28 Neff Annex. Shelved Alphabetical under SRDS. - Contents: Three Year Broadcast Calendar, Market Profiles - Arbitron Metro Definitions, Market Statistics by Census Regions, Arbitron Metro Market Ranks, Arbitron Metro AQH Share, SQAD Spot Radio Cost Per Points, AM/FM Commercial Stations, Radio Stations arranged by State - Sales Representatives listed alphabetically - Networks - National Networks, Regional Networks, State Networks - Syndicators - Group Owners - Indexes of Radio Stations by Call letters, by State and by Format - Index to Advertisers.
• SRDS TV & cable source. JOUR Current Periodical Room, room 28 Neff Annex. Shelved Alphabetical under SRDS. Contents: Associations & Organizations, Broadcast Calendar, TV Markets - DMA Rankings by TV HH, DMA Rankings by Cable HH, DMA County Coverage, Glossary of Terms, Guide to Hispanic Market, Guidelines for SQAD Cost-Per-Points, Guide to Spot Cable Advertising - TV Markets A-M: Profiles and Rankings, Commercial TV Stations, Non Commercial TV Stations, Interconnects & Cable Systems, Regional Cable Networks - TV Markets N-Z: Profiles and Rankings, Commercial TV Stations, Non Commercial TV Stations, Interconnects & Cable Systems, Regional Cable Networks - TV & Cable Sales Ref Firms - TV Sales Rep Index alphabetical, TV Sales Rep Firms alphabetical. TV Group Owners and Cable MSOs - TV Group Owners alphabetical, Cable MSOs alphabetical. TV & Cable Networks - TV Networks alphabetical, National Cable Networks alphabetical, Regional Cable Networks alphabetical. Syndicators - Producers, Distributors and Representatives of Syndicated programing alphabetical. Out of Home - Introduction, In-Door alphabetical, In-Flight alphabetical, In-Store alphabetical, Movie/Theatre alphabetical, Other Specialized Media alphabetical, Sports/Fitness/Leisure Activities alphabetical. Latin America - TV & Cable listings alphabetical. Indexes - Alphabetical, By DMA, By State, Affiliation. Index to Advertisers listed alphabetical.
• Television & cable factbook.Washington, D.C. : Warren Publishing, JOUR REF HD9696.T46 T44 located in J-Library room 29 Neff Annex. Four Volume Set. TV Stations Volume: Section A:Applications pending for U.S. Analog Television Stations. Call Letters (U.S.), Construction Permits for Analog U.S. Television Stations, Digital Construction Permits and Applications Pending for U.S. Television Stations. Section B:Low Power Television/Translator Stations, Low Power Television/Translator Station Ownership. Section C - Charts: Affiliations by Market, Channel Allocations-UHF and VHF, Digital TV channel Allocations, Nielsen Geographic Regions Summary, Nielsen TV Household Estimates ranked by DMA, Nielsen TV Households by States and Counties, Parent/Satellite Stations, Television Stations on Air, TV Households by States and Counties, Unused Channel Allocations. Section D: Call Letters (U.S.), Cable Systems, Cable Community Index, Cable Owners. Section E: Brokerage & Financing Services, Management & Technical Consulting Services, Pay TV & Satellite Services, Program Sources & Services. Section F: Abbreviations, Cable Penetration State by State, Cable Systems by Subscriber Size, Cable System Totals by State, Channel Capacity of Cable Systems, Estimated Growth of the Cable Industry, Glossary of Cable Terms, Largest U.S. Cable Systems, Nielsen Cable TV Household Estimates alphabetical by DMA, Nielsen Cable TV Household Estimates by State.