Online collection: 1980s radio show about UFOs etc ("Open Mind")

When looking into a suitable platform to host Wendy Connors' collection of rare UFO audio recordings, I came across other audio material on the archive.org website which I haven't seen previously seen mentioned on ATS.

I thought it worth posting a quick thread to highlight one item I came across:
a collection of "Open Mind" shows from the 1980s.

The collection can BE FOUND HERE.

The KABC radio station broadcast the "Open Mind" show, hosted by Bill Jenkins, in the 1980s.

Most of the websites that refer to the "Open Mind" show indicate that it was a 1980s precursor of Coast to Coast A.M. It covered topics such as UFOs, Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation and Free Energy.

Bill Jenkins interviewed quite a few researchers whose names are still fairly well recognised within ufology, including Leonard Stringfield (known for his research into UFO crashes), Bill Moore (known for his early research on Roswell and his later his statement at a MUFON conference that he had been taking part in disinformation activities against Paul Bennewitz with AFOSI agent Richard C. Doty), Larry Fawcett (known for his research and writings on FOIA documents relating to UFOs) and Fred Steckling known for his claims about alien bases on the moon.

The laradio.com website has this entry in relation to Bill Jenkins:

www.laradio.com...

Jenkins, Bill: KGBS, 1967-68; KFWB, 1968-73; KFI, 1974; KGBS, 1974-76; KFI, 1976-77; KABC, 1978-91; KTLK, 2005. Bill hosted "Need to Know" on "K-TALK" weekends.

The shows at in the relevant collection of "Open Mind" shows from the 1980s include the following:

Andrija Puharich, M.D. - ELF Problem
Bill Jenkins - Past Life Therapy
Bill Moore - Roswell Crash, Phila Experiment
Bill Moore - UFO Report
Bill Spaulding - UFO Groundwatch
Bob Goldka - Nicola Tesla
Carey Williams - Reincarnation
Dale Walker - Crystal Skulls and Pictures Inside
Dianne Morrisey - Near Death Studies
Dianne Morrisey - OBEs, NDEs
Dr. Arthur Bernard - Dreams
Dr. Caragula - Thru the Curtain - Special Abilities of People
Dr. George Meek - Voices from the Other Side
Dr. Larry Boron - New Physics 1983
Dr. Larry Boron, Grace Cronie - New Physics, Hypnotic Regression
Dr. Marcel Vogel - Crystal Healing, Mind Power
Dr. Patrick Flanagan, Lee Holloway - Astrology, Energized Water, Air
Dr. Patrick Flannigan - Pyramid Power, Neurophone
Dr. Philip Berg - Kabala, Hidden Message in Scripture
Dr. Robert Beck - ELF Mind Control
Dr. Robert Beck - Psychotronics
Dr. Russel Targ, Charles Tart - The Mind Race, Psychic Research
Drs. Lee and Vivian Gladden - Threshold of Immortality
Drs. Lee, Vivian Gladden - Heirs of the Gods
Drs. Lee, Vivian Gladden - Linguistic Archaeology of Bible
Drs. Russ Targ, Judith Orloff - Remote Viewing
Drs. Valerie Hunt, Bob Beck - Aura and Electronic Healing
Edwin Slade - Alien UFOs
Edwin Slade - History of UFOs
Edwin Slade - The UFO Message
Fred Steckling - Alien Bases on the Moon 1982
George Green, Jason Rand, Deforrest Kelly - UFO Update
George Green, Wendelle Stevens - UFOs
Greta Woodrew - Aliens, Star Foundation
Greta Woodrew - Thunder on a Clear Day
Jerry Gross - Astral Projection
Jerry Gross - Astral Travel
Jerry Gross - Astral Travel, OBEs
Joe Newman - Free Energy Machine
John Bedini, Tom Bearden - Free Energy for All
John Bedini, Tom Bearden - Weather War, Free Energy Device Duplicated
John Bedini, Tom Bearden, Robert Beck, Steve Werth - Free and Negative Energy
John de Herrera - UFOs
Larry Fawcett - UFO Coverup Clear Intent
Lee Elders - Billy Meier UFO Case
Leonard Stringfield - Crashed UFOs
Leonard Stringfield - Crashed UFOs Again
Liz McAdams, Ray Bayles - Parapsychology
Marcel Vogel - Crystals, New Age Healing
Master Ho - Crystals
Nick Nosoreno - Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull Shows Past Events
Nick Nosoreno, Swift Deer - Crystal Skull, Star People
Open Forum - ELF Waves
Peter Hurkos - Master Psychic
Peter Manors, M.D. - Healing With Light, Sound
Robert Monroe - Far Journeys - OBEs
Robert Monroe - Journeys Out of Body
Robert Monroe - Out of Body Travel
Royal Rife - Killing Virii With HF Waves
Tom Bearden - Weather Modification by Scalar Waves
Tom Bearden - Weather War
Tom Bearden, John Bedini, Ike Muller, Steve Werth - Free Energy
Zecharia Sitchin - Sumer and The 12th Planet

The shows can be played online using the MP3 player on the top right of the relevant webpage:


Also, the shows can be downloaded individually or collectively. To download the full collection, click on the zip file option on the top left of the relevant webpage:


Some of the shows have also been uploaded to Youtube:

IsaacKoi
Some of the shows have also been uploaded to Youtube

There is great potential in video presentations based on this historical audio material. These rare recordings can be combined with visual materials such as photos, illustrations and maps. While its not part of the collection under discussion, the 1964 signing in Socorro, NM by Lonnie Zamora would be a nice case for this treatment.

Such a project would attract viewers who'd otherwise probably not listen. It could be a nice educational resource.

CardDown
There is great potential in video presentations based on this historical audio material. These rare recordings can be combined with visual materials such as photos, illustrations and maps.

I did some experimenting last week with converting MP3 files to videos for uploading to Youtube (for uploading the Wendy Connors audio collection). But it seemed fairly time consuming, or at least too time consuming to do for the hundreds of MP3 files in that collection.

I'll try to post a brief summary tomorrow of my experiments with a couple of different bits of software.