Guide to the August G. Hiebert papers
1964-1999
Collection number: HMC-1429.
Creator: Hiebert, August G.
Title: August G. Hiebert papers.
Dates: 1964-1999.
Volume of collection: 3.0 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: The papers of an early television and radio broadcaster in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Biographical note:
August “Augie” G. Hiebert was a pioneer of broadcast radio and television throughout Alaska. Born in 1916 in Washington, Hiebert earned his ham radio license at age 15. He moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1939 to assist Austin E. “Cap” Lathrop in the set-up of Fairbanks’ first radio station, KFAR. While experimenting with facsimile transmissions, Hiebert stayed on top of wartime transmissions and was the first in Alaska to hear of the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the end of World War II, Hiebert moved to Anchorage to start the KENI radio station. He married Patricia Stadler (with whom he had four daughters) in 1947. In 1953, Hiebert founded Northern Television, Inc. He began broadcasting the KTVA television channel in Anchorage that same year and added the KTVF channel in Fairbanks in 1955. Hiebert went on to start Alaska’s first FM radio station, KNIK, while also acquiring the AM stations KBYR and KFRB. Hiebert pushed for establishing satellite communications in Alaska, earning him the Anchorage Gold Pan Award in 1969. Alaskans watched the Dallas Cowboys play the San Francisco 49ers on KTVA in 1971 as their first live telecast from outside Alaska. When not working in broadcasting, Hiebert served on the UAA Journalism Department Advisory Council and the U.S. Air Force Alaskan Command Civilian Advisory Board. Hiebert sold Northern Television, Inc. in 1997. He died in 2007 in Anchorage.
Collection description:
This collection contains Hiebert’s files from his work at Northern Television, Inc. and his various radio stations from 1964 to 1999. It includes correspondence with reporters, broadcast conglomerates, and Alaskan organizations, board meeting minutes, and administrative records.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the original order in which it was donated to the Archives. Folder titles are provided by the creator unless in brackets.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Use restrictions: Some files may contain personally identifiable information such as social security numbers. Researchers must redact this information in any use or copying of the materials.
Rights note: Archives holds copyright to collection materials created by August Hiebert.
Preferred citation: August G. Hiebert papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
Tower, Elizabeth. Anchorage: From its Humble Origins as a Railroad Construction Camp. Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1999.
“August Hiebert’s Obituary.” Anchorage Daily News, 21 September 2007.
Acquisition note: The collection was donated to the Archives by Hiebert’s daughter Catherine in 2018.
Processing information: This collection was described Becky Butler in 2023.
Container list:
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 1/1 | ALCOM Advisory Board | 1965-1979 |
| 1/2 | Air Force Association | 1968-1971 |
| 1/3 | Air National Guard | 1969-1974 |
| 1/4 | Alaska Airlines | 1974-1977 |
| 1/5 | Alaska Airlines Community Advisory Bd. | 1975 |
| 1/6 | Alaska Communications System | 1964-1971 |
| 1/7 | Alaska Distributors | 1967-1972 |
| 1/8 | Alaska Education Broadcast Commission | 1973-1975 |
| 1/9 | Alaska Educational Public Broadcast Newsletter | 1968, 1973 |
| 1/10 | Alaska Methodist University | 1967-1973 |
| 1/11 | Alaska Press Club | 1965-1975 |
| 1/12 | Alaska Public Utilities Commission | 1972-1974 |
| 1/13 | The Alaska Railroad | 1973 |
| 1/14 | Alaska Statebank | 1975 |
| 1/15 | AUSA | 1965-1976 |
| 1/16 | Bechtel Corporation | 1974 |
| 1/17 | Major General John C. Bennett (Ret.) | 1973-1975 |
| 1/18 | Booth and Freret | 1968-1976 |
| 1/19 | The Honorable H. A. Boucher | 1973 |
| 1/20 | Dr. Wernher von Braun Fairfield Industries | 1973 |
| 1/21 | British Petroleum Company | 1974 |
| 1/22 | Broadcasting Magazine | 1964-1974 |
| 1/23 | Brookings Institution | 1969-1970 |
| 1/24 | Canadian Football | 1972-1973 |
| 1/25 | Captain Kangaroo | 1966-1974 |
| 1/26 | Carr’s Food Centers | 1968 |
| 1/27 | Bidwell-Hatfield-Neff | 1971-1973 |
| 1/28 | CBS Television Advisory Committee | 1979 |
| 1/29 | Anchorage Chamber of Commerce | 1966-1976 |
| 1/30 | Cigarette Commercials | 1970-1971 |
| 1/31 | Civil Air Patrol | 1969 |
| 1/32 | Civilian Affairs Board | 1974-1979 |
| 1/33 | Henry W. Clark Clark-Corcoran | 1965-1973 |
| 1/34 | Julius Cohen (Cohen & Dippell) | 1974 |
| 1/35 | COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation | 1972-1975 |
| 1/36 | Corporation of Public Broadcasting | 1970-1974 |
| 1/37 | RCA Tariffs | circa 1976 |
| 1/38 | Knauer-Satten | 1986-1990 |
| 1/39 | Campus Radio | 1988-1989 |
| 1/40 | CAC [Citizens Advisory Committee] 1990 + 1991 | 1990-1991 |
| 1/41 | CAC [Citizens Advisory Committee] 5/9/91 | 1991-1992 |
| 1/42 | CAC [Citizens Advisory Committee] 9/12/91 | 1991-1992 |
| 1/43 | CAC Nov 1992 | 1990-1994 |
| 1/44 | 3/89 N. American Dog Race Us NCAA Basketball | 1989 |
| 1/45 | Henry Hove vs NBC – Willard Scott 3/89 | 1989 |
| 1/46 | PAC – Mary Hale | 1989-1992 |
| 1/47 | FCC: Bill Kilpatrick FCC Trip | 1987-1989 |
| 1/48 | 50th – Corresp. AGHs 50th in Broadcasting | 1989 |
| 1/49 | CBS – MSC Conf. 2/15/89 Tempe | 1989 |
| 1/50 | Price Waterhouse 1989 | 1989-1990 |
| 1/51 | Price . Waterhouse | 1986-1988 |
| 1/52 | Price . W – Kaplan 1986, 87, 88, 89 | 1986-1990 |
| 1/53 | NTV Hostess House – Norma Goodman | 1965-1973 |
| 1/54 | NTV Public Service Logs, Hostess House 1972, 1973 | 1969-1973 |
| 2/1 | NTV FCC Exhibit, 1971, License Renewal | 1971-1973 |
| 2/2 | NTV MBS Notre Dame | 1968-1969 |
| 2/3 | TV Remote Pickup Filed 1973 NTV | 1973 |
| 2/4 | NTV Capt. Kangaroo – Walter Cronkite – New Sched | 1969-1970 |
| 2/5 | NTV KGMB Pending | 1969-1970 |
| 2/6 | NTV Screen Gems Features | 1967-1969 |
| 2/7 | NTV CBS-VTR [Programming?] Karle – Martha – Wood | 1969-1970 |
| 2/8 | NTV NBC 1/14-15/70 | 1969-1970 |
| 2/9 | NBC-TV Affil Relations 1967 – 1969 NTV | 1967-1969 |
| 2/10 | NTV ABC-TV – Programming Rate Info – Net Sponsors | 1970 |
| 2/11 | NTV ABC – Elton Rule -1969/1969-1970/Carmine Patti – 1970 | 1969-1970 |
| 2/12 | NTV ABC-TV – N.Y. 1965 thru 1968 | 1965-1968 |
| 2/13 | NTV ABC Record & Tape Sales | 1971-1973 |
| 2/14 | NTV Programming – CBS Advance Info DB info | 1969-1970 |
| 2/15 | NTV CBS 1/14 -15/70 | 1969-1970 |
| 2/16 | NTV CBS Radio | 1967-1969 |
| 2/17 | NTV Budweiser Beer | 1966-1973 |
| 2/18 | NTV Alaska Airlines | 1973-1975 |
| 2/19 | NTV Elections – 1976 Aug Pri., Nov 2 Gen. | 1976 |
| 2/20 | NTV NFL – 1976 + Seahawks | 1976 |
| 2/21 | NTV ARB-TV – 1973-74 Anc – Fbx | 1973-1974 |
| 2/22 | Std Oil Co – Sports | 1967-1968 |
| 2/23 | Publicity File – ABS inc. letters | 1974 |
| 2/24 | Publicity File – KBYR | 1973-1975 |
| 2/25 | Publicity File – KTVA-TV | 1974-1975 |
| 2/26 | Adam Young-VTM, Inc. San Francisco | 1965-1975 |
| 2/27 | Adam Young-VTM, Inc. New York | 1965-1979 |
| 2/28 | Adam Young Incorporated Detroit, Michigan | 1968-1971 |
| 2/29 | Adam Young-VTM, Inc. Los Angeles | 1965-1976 |
| 2/30 | Alaska Radio TV Sales | 1965-1976 |
| 2/31 | Jack Masla & CO Inc. Atlanta Georgia | 1972 |
| 2/32 | Jack Masla Company, Inc. Chicago | 1972-1974 |
| 2/33 | Jack Masla Company, Inc. New York | 1972-1975 |
| 2/34 | Adam Young-VTM, Inc. Chicago | 1965-1977 |
| 2/35 | Adam Young, Inc. Dallas, Texas | 1971, 1976 |
| 2/36 | Hughes Television Network | 1972-1973 |
| 2/37 | MCA TV | 1967-1974 |
| 2/38 | Sports Network Incorporated | 1967, 1970 |
| 2/39 | Art Moore & Associates – (Portland) | 1973-1976 |
| 2/40 | Art Moore & Associates – Jack Clarke (Seattle) | 1973-1977 |
| 2/41 | Std. Oil Project Recco Letters, etc. School [Broadcast?] | 1967-1968 |
| 2/42 | Anchorage Career Center | 1968 |
| 2/43 | Pro Football – Baseball – S.F. – Radio – Bill Shaw – Bob Hansen | 1967 |
| 2/44 | Pro Football 1966-67 | 1966 |
| 2/45 | U.W. Football | 1966-1969 |
| 2/46 | N.B.C. James Ekman | 1966-1975 |
| 2/47 | N.B.C. Bill Kelly | 1970-1971 |
| 2/48 | National Broadcasting Company General | 1968-1975 |
| 2/49 | NBC-TV Programming | 1965-1966 |
| 2/50 | NBC-TV Pending | 1967-1968 |
| 2/51 | NBC Radio Pending | 1967-1968 |
| 2/52 | L.A. Project ABC- | 1967 |
| 2/53 | George Harvey Video Tape Equip | 1965-1966 |
| 3/1 | 7 Arts – Features – Bonded – TV, Inc | 1967-1968 |
| 3/2 | Alaska Broadcasting System List of Six Stations | circa 1974 |
| 3/3 | General Foods – Pending | 1965-1966 |
| 3/4 | Lever – Special Promo | 1965-1966 |
| 3/5 | Protocol [Education] | 1999 |
| 3/6 | FBX Flood 1967 | 1967 |
| 3/7 | [Correspondence] | 1991-1995 |
| 3/8 | Misc. Correspondence/Info | 1967-1990 |
| 3/9 | [Stockholder reports] | 1981-1982 |
| 3/10 | Stockholders Report 1981 | 1981 |
| 3/11 | Stockholders Report 1982 [use restrictions due to SSNs] | 1982 |
| 3/12 | Stockholders 1983-1984 | 1983-1984 |
| 3/13 | Second Amended & Restated Articles of Incorporation of NTV 11-16-70 + Bylaws (Copies) | 1973, 1997 |
| 3/14 | Articles of Inc. Bylaws 1973 | 1973 |
| 3/15 | Stockholder – Mailing List 1966 | 1965-1974 |
| 3/16 | [Stockholder correspondence] | 1966-1968 |
| 3/17 | [Stockholder correspondence] | 1974-1996 |
| 3/18 | Alaska Video Center – Stockholders Meeting | 1984 |
| 3/19 | Board Meeting 3/15/83 | 1982-1983 |
| 3/20 | Board Mtg – 4/19/83 | 1982-1983 |
| 3/21 | Board Meeting 12/12/83 | 1983 |
| 3/22 | Ownership Report – FCC 1988 Renewal | 1988-1996 |
| 3/23 | Stockholders Meeting 4/18/83 | 1983 |
| 3/24 | Ownership Report – FCC | 1973-1997 |
| 3/25 | Stockholder Misc. | 1974-1997 |
| 3/26 | 1981 Stockholders Mtg | 1981 |
| 3/27 | 1982 Stockholders Mtg | 1982 |
| 3/28 | NTV Share Transactions [use restrictions due to SSNs] | 1983-1985 |
| 3/29 | Renner Stock [use restrictions due to SSNs] | 1997-1998 |
| 3/30 | Corporate File | 1969-1978 |