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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0061 | | TITLE: | Mike Goetze fonds | | CREATOR: | Mike Goetze | | DATE RANGE: | 1964 - 1995 | | EXTENT: | ca. 900 audio reels and other material
Includes 58 audio cassettes, 178 audio discs, 3 films, and 2.30 m of textual records. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Born in Bad Liebenverda, Germany, on October 2, 1944, Mike Goetz was smuggled out of then Russian-controlled East Germany by his mother Ericka Schoen, in 1946. After spending eight years of his life in West Germany, Goetze accompanied his parents to Vancouver, Canada, where he learned the English language and had an interest in broadcasting sparked when he began announcing baseball games.; ; Following graduation from John Oliver High School in 1963, Goetze sent letters to many radio and television stations in Western Canada and began his career shortly thereafter at CKSA TV in Lloydminister. He moved to CJVI, Victoria, in 1965, where he married Ingrid Bialowas in April, and to CFCW, Camrose, in November of that same year.; ; Goetze contributed in a major way to the growth of CFCW. When he began, he had the title News Director but it was strictly a one-man newsroom. His newsroom and staff grew substantially over the 30 years he worked for the company. Mike Goetze mentored many well-known radio and television journalists and was among the first to hire female reporters and news presenters, helping to open the radio broadcast doors to many more women. By the time of his passing Goetze was News Director at 790 CFCW, Mix 96 FM and the Executive Director of the Edmonton Oilers radio broadcasts. Mike Goetze passed away suddenly of a heart attack on July 25, 1995, and is survived by his wife Ingrid and their two daughters Mercedes and Shannon. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | Mrs. Ingrid Goetze donated these records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta after the death of her husband on October 13th, 1999. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of off-air recordings that Mike Goetze made of programming on CFCW which he found to be of particular interest on both a personal and professional level. Some of the material was not taped off-air but compiled by Goetze to be used in future broadcasts or for personal research. The fonds consists of the following series: Specials series; News Programming series; Miscellaneous People Programming series; Advertising series; Chester Ronning series, and: Background Information series. Goetze arranged the majority of these records in series as he was preparing to move the records when they came into the custody of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. This original arrangement has been retained wherever possible. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Biographical sketch taken from "Spirit of Mike Goetze lives in Provincial Archives", The Camrose Booster, September 21, 1999, page 8. | | RELATED SERIES: | PR0061.0001 (Chester Ronning series)
PR0061.0002 (Background Information series)
PR0061.0003 (Advertising series)
PR0061.0004 (Miscellaneous People Programming series)
PR0061.0005 (News Programming series)
PR0061.0006 (Specials Programming series)
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