College Bowl national quiz show- NBC 1969

January 1, 2022 4:33 AM

I'm trying to locate the NBC broadcast of the 1969 College Bowl Quiz show (episode #366) between University of Illinois and Colgate. The original tape was apparently lost in a flood, but perhaps some affiliate or individual out there somewhere has a recording. As an example, here is the one from three years earlier. Does anyone have any leads on this? Thank you.
posted by SepiaShepherd to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

FCC regulations require local stations to keep only 1 year’s worth of archived materials, and most stations only save their own news, not national shows. You could try the libraries or archives for those two colleges. 1969–probably shot on 2 inch video tape, and no home recording devices. NBC purged a lot of stuff in the 70s.
posted by Ideefixe at 11:08 AM on January 1, 2022 [1 favorite]

Have you checked with the libraries at University of Illinois or Colgate? They may have preserved it as part of their university history.
posted by AzraelBrown at 11:38 AM on January 1, 2022 [1 favorite]