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How we survived in UHF television : a broadcasting memoir, 1953-1984 / Kitty Broman Putnam and William Lowell Putnam.
- Title
- How we survived in UHF television : a broadcasting memoir, 1953-1984 / Kitty Broman Putnam and William Lowell Putnam.
- Author
- Putnam, Kitty Broman.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HE8700.8 .P88 2012 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Putnam, William Lowell.
- Description
- vii, 234 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This personal narrative is co-authored by William Lowell "Bill" Putnam and Kathryn Elizabeth "Kitty" Putnam. Bill and Kitty recall how they labored for survival during the "dozen lean years" between 1952 and 1964, and the events along their way to leadership in analog television. Included are several poems by Bill, and recipes created for Kitty's cooking show"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Getting started in television -- Actually building a station -- Lowering our frequency-overnight -- Parentheses -- Building a local audience -- Those magnificent Irishmen -- Building a network relationship -- Building advertiser support -- Not all work-boys will be boys -- Onto the national scene -- Editorials in the "fairness" era -- Dealing with the FCC -- Building the broadcast industry-Kitty's station -- Glimpsing the future -- The seven dwarfs -- A poetic heritage comes out.
- ISBN
- 9780786466665 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786466669 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011039670
- OCLC
- 732960090
- SCSB-10856079
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library