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  Soundstage: Woody Guthrie’s America

  American Way, Chicago, Studs Terkel

  Woody Guthrie tribute show taped in front of a live audience. The show combines Guthrie’s writings, read by Studs Terkel, with live performances of Guthrie’s songs. Fans of Guthrie will enjoy hearing his words read and his songs played. Studs Terkel does an excellent performance, reading poetry and Guthrie’s own words, so fans of Studs will also find this enjoyable. All song titles are guesses based on song choruses and checked against Guthrie’s songs on http://www.allmusic.com.

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  Radio Faces #1

  Chicago, Radio Faces, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice

  A program following several Chicago radio personalities and examining the business of radio in Chicago. The program contains footage of the personalities at work (both on the air and off the air) and follows some of them during their time outside of work. Other people interviewed include various station managers and executives and Chicago radio critic, Robert Feder. Some personalities featured include: WGN ‘s Bob Collins, WGCI’s Tom Joyner, WBEZ’s Dick Buckley, WXRT’s Terri Hemmert, WLUP’s Steve Dahl, Garry Meier, Kevin Matthews, and Jonathon Brandmeier.

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  [Chicago Slices raw : violinist Mihaela Ionescu-Ashkenasi]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage for the TV series Chicago Slices. This tape features: Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Mihaela Ionescu-Ashkenasi doing a duet with videographer Andrew Jones. Followed by interviews with people working at the building: Masons and dry cleaner Oscar Wassman from Milo Dry Cleaners.

• [MTV Stringer reports: Chicago]

  Uncategorized

  0:00 Story about the band Phil ‘n the Blanks.

• [Liberace]

  Uncategorized

  Clips from Liberace’s 1954 TV series. “Liberace’s Life Story” and “Liberace Shows His Home.”

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  US99 #1

  Radio Faces

  Skip Blumberg and Tom Weinberg visit the US 99 studio in Chicago to interview their program director and one of their DJs, Big John, for the TV show Radio Faces

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  [Chicago Slices raw : folk singer, dogs, Skip walking train, Swap-O-Rama]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage shot for the TV program Chicago Slices. This tape features a variety of footage, including: Folk singer, dogs, Skip walking train, Swap-O-Rama.

• Mahalia Jackson: The Power And The Glory

  Studs Terkel

  Biographical documentary on Mahalia Jackson. Studs Terkel, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer, Brother John Sellers, and George Avakian are interviewed. Previews for two other documentaries (“Say Amen, Somebody” and “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Historical Perspective”) precede program. Jackson program begins at 5:36.