Radio Bandung Collection
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Abstract
Radio Bandung was a weekly radio newsmagazine from 1991 through the late 1990s that aimed to deliver news and cultural information about Asian/Pacific/American communities and the Asian/Pacific geographic region to the general public. Domestic topics covered on the program included anti-immigration hearings, South Asian taxi drivers in New York City, the Native Hawaiian independence movement, and LGBTQ rights. International issues included AIDS activism in Southeast Asia, new film movements in China and Vietnam, and redress efforts over the forced sexual slavery of Korean women and girls by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II (euphemistically referred to as "comfort women"). The Radio Bandung Collection (dated 1986-1998) consists of materials documenting the program's regular activities, including typed and handwritten logs for individual programs, including show outlines, edit scripts, names of specific guests, and topics discussed; grant applications, grant progress reports, and other financial records; and materials related to Radio Bandung's workshop series to teach media skills to community members, including session outlines, equipment sign-out sheets, and technical manuals for radio production equipment. The collection also includes materials concerning the production of the documentary Silent Decades: Chinatown and McCarthyism, including press kits, drafts and transcripts in various stages, and editing documents. The collection documents the specific Radio Bandung program, as well as Asian/Pacific/American experiences concerning racism, discrimination, immigration, and ethnic identity. The collection demonstrates an effort from within the Asian/Pacific/American community to represent and analyze these community experiences.
Historical Note
Radio Bandung was a New York City-based weekly radio newsmagazine from 1991 through the late 1990s devoted to news and cultural information about Asian/Pacific/American communities and the Asian/Pacific geographic region to the general public. Radio Bandung began as a volunteer-operated project of Women's International Film and was broadcast in New York on WBAI/Pacifica Radio 99.5 FM. Domestic topics covered on the program included anti-immigration hearings, South Asian taxi drivers in New York City, the Native Hawaiian independence movement, and LGBTQ rights. International issues included AIDS activism in Southeast Asia, new film movements in China and Vietnam, and redress efforts over the forced sexual slavery of Korean women and girls by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II (euphemistically referred to as "comfort women"). Radio Bandung also offered training workshops in audio production intended to develop production and hosting skills for interested community members.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Original order is unknown.
Scope and Contents
The Radio Bandung Collection (dated 1986-1998) consists of materials documenting Radio Bandung, a weekly Asian/Pacific/American radio newsmagazine broadcast over WBAI 99.5 FM. Materials in this collection include typed and handwritten logs documenting the individual programs, including show outlines, edit scripts, names of specific guests, and topics discussed; grant applications, grant progress reports, and other financial records; and materials related to Radio Bandung's workshop series to teach media skills to community members, including session outlines, equipment sign-out sheets, and technical manuals for radio production equipment. The collection also includes materials concerning the production of the documentary Silent Decades: Chinatown and McCarthyism, including press kits, drafts and transcripts in various stages, and editing documents. The collection documents the specific Radio Bandung program, as well as Asian/Pacific/American experiences concerning racism, discrimination, immigration, and ethnic identity. The collection demonstrates an effort from within the Asian/Pacific/American community to represent and analyze these community experiences.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1990-1998, are expected to enter the public domain in 2118.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Radio Bandung Collection; TAM 746; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred to Tamiment Library in April 2018. The accession number associated with this transfer is 2018.048.
Custodial History
Tamiment Library has no information concerning the provenance of this collection. The collection was previously housed at the Fales Library and Special Collections, until it was deaccessioned and transferred to Tamiment in April 2018 due to its unknown provenance and the absence of a contract.
About this Guide
Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, this collection was described on the collection-level with a folder list. Original hanging folders were replaced with archival folders with original title information transcribed when available. No other arrangement, description, or physical interventions have taken place.
In October 2021, narrative description was edited to address inconsistent and harmful language regarding race and identity, as well as to more accurately describe and contextualize the experiences of Korean girls and women during World War II.
Researchers can access previous versions of the finding aid in our GitHub repository at https://github.com/NYULibraries/findingaids_eads/commits/master/tamwag/tam_746.xml.
