It was established in 1994 by Tracy E. Carman and Donald Worsham[1] as an archive for documents and important recordings related to the broadcasting industry.
[2] The Foundation has managed to acquire a large collection of items from both current and defunct producers including TM Studios, PAMS, JAM Creative Productions, Johnson & Siday, Futuresonic, FairWest, Wm Meeks Productions, Johnny Mann, Music Makers, Pepper/Tanner, Media General, Jodie Lyons (a/k/a Joseph Callaway Lyons - b.1/3/1930 Jacksonville, FL - d.1/10/2011 Georgetown TX),[3] Tom Merriman, Tony Griffin Productions, Thompson Creative Productions and many others.
It is the Foundation's goal to acquire as much of these materials as possible to facilitate the availability of these items for research and other purposes.
Multiple warehouses containing thousands of reels, DATs CDs, Cassettes and even transcription disks is maintained by the Foundation in Indian Orchard, Springfield, Massachusetts.
WIOM runs an Adult Contemporary format targeting the neighborhood of Indian Orchard.