Carlton-Anthony Tampa Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Rowland, Lance
Publication Date
5-17-2011
Date
2005-11-09
Abstract
Oral history interview with Vicki Santa, station manager for WMNF-FM, a community radio station in Tampa, Florida. Santa came to Tampa in 1972, graduated from the University of South Florida, and then moved to Gainesville for a few years. She returned to Tampa in 1979 just as WMNF-FM was going on the air, and she soon became a contributor. In the early 1980s she started volunteering at the station and answering the phone during fundraising drives. Santa started working at WMNF in 1998, leaving her longtime job in construction, when the station was looking for a development director. In 2000 she became the interim station manager and then the station manager. In this interview, she describes her job responsibilities, with particular emphasis on fundraising, volunteers, concerts and community involvement, ratings and audience size, and programming. Santa was the station manager until 2008, when she stepped down due to health problems; she died later that year.
Keywords
Radio stations, Radio broadcasting, Community radio, History, Politics and government, Manners and customs, Florida, Tampa (Fla.)
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories; Online audio
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
U11-00111
Recommended Citation
Santa, Vicki; University of South Florida--Libraries--Oral History Program; and University of South Florida. Library, "Vicki Santa oral history interview" (2011). Carlton-Anthony Tampa Oral History Project. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/carlton_anthony_ohp/4
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