Abstract
The Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada (1988-2023) contains digitized broadcast commercial television shows about various topics related to Las Vegas, Nevada that were recorded by Scott Rayer as his way of "airchecking" television content he enjoyed about Las Vegas, Nevada. The television programs represent a broad range of genres including entertainment, news, documentary, and talk shows on local and national television networks.
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The Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada (1988-2023) contains digitized broadcast commercial television shows about various topics related to Las Vegas, Nevada that were recorded by Scott Rayer as his way of "airchecking" television content he enjoyed about Las Vegas, Nevada. Airchecking is a broadcast industry term that refers to a recording of a broadcast from radio or television created for archival purposes. The television programs represent a broad range of genres including entertainment, news, documentary, and talk shows. Television shows include programming that aired on local networks such as CCTV-4 Clark County TV, KLAS-TV, and Vegas PBS. The majority of programs represented in this collection includes television shows that aired on The Discovery Channel, History Channel, and the Travel Channel.
Access Note
Collection is available for research. Digital files are accessible onsite only due to copyright restrictions.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by topic.
Biographical / Historical Note
Scott Rayer is a radio and television broadcast enthusiast who has been regularly recording (known as airchecking) broadcast radio and TV shows since the 1980s. His interest with television shows about Las Vegas started in the 1970s with the
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Scott Rayer, email message to curator Aaron Mayes, October 10, 2023.
Preferred Citation
Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada, 1988-2023. MS-01130. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1vr26
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Scott Rayer in 2023; accession number 2023-066.
Processing Note
In 2023, Tammi Kim processed the collection and input the inventory and notes created by donor Scott Rayer into ArchivesSpace. Digital files were transferred off of an external hard drive, filenames were edited, and access copies were arranged into topical folders.
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Appraisal Note
Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the history of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.