Godfrey, Donald G.

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GODFREY, Donald G.

GODFREY, Donald G. Canadian. Genres: Communications/Media, Writing/Journalism. Career: University of Washington, Seattle, faculty associate, 1969-72, lecturer, 1972-75, assistant professor of communication, 1976-81; University of Arizona, Tucson, associate professor of radio and television studies, 1981-83; Southern Utah University, Cedar City, associate professor of communication and coordinator of telecommunications, 1983-86; Arizona State University, Tempe, assistant professor, 1988-91, associate professor, 1991-95, professor of telecommunication, 1995-. KOET-Television, production director and local news anchor, 1966-68; KSVN-Radio, news director and news anchor, 1966-68; KEZI-Television, news reporter, 1968-69; KIRO-Television, production sound engineer, 1969-81; Philippine Imports, corporate communications director, 1986-87; media consultant to Corporate Communications. Publications: Reruns on File: A Guide to Electronic Media Archives, 1992; (with M.D. Murray) Television in America: Local Station History from Across the Nation, 1997; (with F. Leigh) Historical Dictionary of American Radio, 1998; Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television, 2001. EDITOR: A Directory of Broadcast Archives, 1983; (with B.Y. Card) The Diaries of Charles Ora Card: The Canadian Years, 1886-1903, 1993. Address: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.