Reminiscences of George R. Brown : oral history, 1981.

Biographical Note

Radio executive.

Scope and Contents

Broadcast news writing; format changes at WOR after World War II; television broadcasting and programming changes; relationship between WOR and Mutual Network; union work rules and their effect on network news coverage; philosophy and practice of news coverage at WOR; move from writer to manager of news operations: organization of network personnel, radio personalities: Bob (Elliot) and Ray (Goulding), Marianne Taylor-Young, program innovations, programming cutbacks, remote reporting.

Subjects

• Broadcast journalism.
• Brown, George R., 1911-1988.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Macy, Marianne, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories.
• Radio broadcasters--Interviews.
• Radio broadcasting.
• Radio stations, American.
• Radio supplies industry--Employees.
• WOR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

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