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Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Happy Fats, Eddy "Raven" Futch;
01:15 - Aldus Roger's show; Cajun Bandstand Show, Saturday Hop, Lil Bob's Show, Rockin' Sidney's Show
02:20 - Feuds between bands
03:20 - Pressure to be profitable;
04:10 - Music shows dying out in the 70s, studio issues and switching to remote broadcasts for these types of shows;
news programming

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Interview with Tom Pears and Laura Pears(cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Laura Pears on Tom Pears' desire to represent the locals on TV;
01:20 - Naming of the "Passe Partout" morning show;
02:00 - Local politicians;
04:30 - Early local programming and the pivot away from a local focus after a management change;
07:25 - Jim Olivier;
08:00 - French and English music programming - Pears added in some nationally produced music English music programming post "Passe Partout";
10:15 - The Plant Lady - segment on "Passe Partout";
12:00 - Floyd Cormier was replaced by Jim Olivier;

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Interview with Tom Pears(cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

01:50 - Declouet family sold KLFY to Texoma;
03:50 - Pears and Bill Patton worked together at KVOL;
05:40 - Baseball broadcasts - Bill Patton was the announcer;
07:35 - Merchants weren't buying ads, they were having trouble keeping the FM transmitter on frequency, station closed;
08:30 - Somebody else put the station back on the air about a year later, then ended up selling the station after a few years;
09:30 - KVOL's long-range reach;
12:15 - KPEL and KXKW Stations;
14:00 - KPEL Radio was originally KLFY Radio;

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Interviews with Marvin Ducote and Tom Pears

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Interview with Marvin Ducote:
00:00 - Attitude of the public towards hippies and protesters;
00:55 - atomic safety;
01:30 - Would attend 2-3 lectures on various subjects per week during basic training;
03:44 - Basic training with a Lithuanian serviceman;
06:00 - First got a television in the 60s, his mother probably got one by 1954;
06:30 - French/local programming on television;

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Interview with William Patton (cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - arrival at USL - August of 1956;
00:50 - Academic atmosphere at USL at the time of his arrival - "Open and exciting campus";
02:00 - Dr. Bernard Bienvenu - Management Dept - Complained about being intimidated about McCarthyism;
02:50 - Simpson finished his PhD at Berkeley - was instructed to sign an oath saying he was not he was not and will never be a member of any organization which is on the Attorney General's list. Was forced out for refusing to sign; Simpson was a member of the Methodist Church - The Church was on the AG list.

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Interviews with Judge Allen Babineaux (cont.) and Mathé Allain

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Interview with Judge Allen Babineaux (Continued);
00:00 - William explains why some people didn't like Dudley LeBlanc - Says he was a salesman, was the head of the Anti-Long movement;
02:45 - Arceneaux / LeBlanc dynamic. LeBlanc was more in-touch with the working class people of the area. Both promoted French in the area;
05:45 - Discussing the idea that LeBlanc was using the Cajun culture for personal gain;
06:30 - Association for Louisiana Acadians formed by Dudley, Evangeline Girls;
07:30 - Communism in Acadiana, Acadiana Neuf Group;

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Interview with William Patton

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Gunsmoke in French - dubbed in French for broadcast in Canada
02:30 - Sponsors eventually stopped supporting French broadcasts
03:30 - French versus English speaking audiences;
06:00 - Origins of the term "Acadiana;" - An invoice from GE had a typo, Acadiana instead of Acadian, they then started using it on the air;
10:00 - Acadiana Travel was the first business to use the term "Acadiana"

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Interview with William Patton

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:20 - Background and education - Was working in radio on KVOL part time before finishing college in 1947;
01:30 - Was broadcasting baseball games on KVOL FM (See Patton Collection for recordings of William announcing a baseball game);
02:20 - KLFY radio went on the air on Jan 2, 1950;
02:50 - There was very little French programming on KVOL - Al Terry had a show, but he wasn't using much French, Dudley LeBlanc's show was probably the only one, there may have been some early morning news in French;
04:25 - Discussing when and where he worked;

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Interviews with Mathé Allain (cont.); William Patton

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Mathé Allain:
00:00 - Discussing the music used for the bicentiannial celebration - Lacked local music;
02:00 - Louise Olivier;
04:00 - Involvement with CODOFIL;
05:00 - Conversations about preserving French in Louisiana;
07:10 - James Domengeaux's vision for CODOFIL - "Teaching Cajun French would be like teaching Redneck English;"
09:40 - Early French teachers had no teaching materials in Cajun French; Most school administrations weren't supportive;
11:45 - Discussing the successes of CODOFIL;

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