Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Related Archival Materials
Acquisition
Conditions Governing Use
Scope and Content
Biographical note
Title: Ralph Story outtakes and television programs
Collection number: 0249
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
261.0 linear ft.
286 film reel boxes, 1 banker's box
Date (inclusive): 1964-1972
Abstract: The collection includes outtake reels from the television show
Ralph Story's Los Angeles and footage (some including sound) from the 1971-1972 season of the show
Story in Hollywood.
creator:
Story, Ralph
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Ralph Story outtakes and television programs, Collection no. 0249, Regional History Collections,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Related Archival Materials
The Ralph Story papers, 1940-2007. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division. Collection number:
867.
Acquisition
The collection was given to the University of Southern California by Ralph Snyder Story on December 17, 1991.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to use film must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Scope and Content
The collection includes the outtake reels created during the production of the televsion show
Ralph Story's Los Angeles. Also included in this collection are 130 reels of outtakes or roughly 55,000 feet of edited and unedited color film and
18,000 feet of Mag-trak sound used for the production of the 1971-1972 television series
Story in Hollywood.
Biographical note
Ralph Story was born Ralph Bernard Snyder on August 19, 1920 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From an early age, Story was involved
in broadcasting, working as a part time radio announcer during high school and college. Story dropped out of college to pursue
a career in radio full time but his plans were put on hold when he joined the Air Force during World War II. Story served
as a flight instructor and P-51 Pilot, flying 63 missions over Europe during the war.
After the war, Story resumed his career as a radio announcer and program director working in Buffalo, New York for CBS radio
affiliate WGR. In 1948, Story was transferred to Los Angeles where he was assigned the duties of program director and morning
DJ at KNX. Subsequently, he changed his last name from Snyder to Story after the suggestion of the station's managers.
The popular segment developed into a local program about people and places in Los Angeles called
Ralph Story's Los Angeles.
Ralph Story's Los Angeles was a half-hour television program broadcast on KNXT in Los Angeles from January 14th, 1964 to November 23rd, 1969. During
that time, 249 programs were created from 660 segments filmed mostly in and around Los Angeles. The program immediately became
the top-rated local program in Los Angeles and remained in that lofty position until its finale in 1969.
Story in Hollywood aired on KABC from 1971-1973, and featured episodes about different aspects of Hollywood, including stunt women, extras,
autograph collectors and celebrity photographers.
In the 1970s, Story became the co-host of
AM-Los Angeles, a morning news show that was the predecessor to
Good Morning America. Story stayed in Los Angeles once the show moved to New York City. He continued working in the industry until the mid-1980s
when he retired and moved with his wife to Los Olivos. In 1984, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded Story
their highest honor, the Governors Award. Ralph Story died on September 26, 2006 from emphysema.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
ABC Television Network. -- Archives
KNXT (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
Story, Ralph -- Archives
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Archival resources
Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Outtakes
Television personalities--United States--Archival resources
Television series--Archival resources
Television--Archival resources