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Say Brother; Candid Look at Boston's Largest Black Radio Station, A; Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace
Part of Say Brother.
12/10/1976
In this clip Barbara Barrows interviews Gretchen Wortham after her recent appointment to Station Manager of WILD Radio, who discusses the role of minority women in management positions and the difference in respect and responsibility accorded to White counterparts. Overall the program focuses on Gretchen Wortham's recent appointment to Station Manager of WILD Radio, Boston. Host Barbara Barrow and Wortham discuss the personal and professional events that led to her appointment, equal employment and FCC regulations, listener/viewer feedback, women in the workplace, African American radio programming, advertising, and other issues related to WILD. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with anchors Eric Sampedro and Leah Fletcher, an excerpt from a film on early indigenous peoples in North America, and the "Community Calendar." Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Candid Look at Boston's Largest Black Radio Station, A
- Program Number
709
- Title
Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focuses on Gretchen Wortham's recent appointment to Station Manager of WILD Radio, Boston. Host Barbara Barrow and Wortham discuss the personal and professional events that led to her appointment, equal employment and FCC regulations, listener/viewer feedback, women in the workplace, African American radio programming, advertising, and other issues related to WILD. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with anchors Eric Sampedro and Leah Fletcher, an excerpt from a film on early indigenous peoples in North America, and the "Community Calendar."
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Affirmative action programs
- Civil rights
- African American women
- Segregation
- Businesswomen
- African Americans in radio broadcasting
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- Sex discrimination against women
- African American radio stations
- Wortham, Gretchen
- WILD (Radio station : Boston, MA)
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Assembly)
- Balhatchet, Tom (Audio Editor)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Wilson, Bob (Stage Manager)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Assembly)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
- Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
- Plausse, John (Lighting)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
- Correia, Dennis (Video)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Songai, Jahid (Intern)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Holden, Dick (Camera)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Floyd, Michael (Camera)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Candid Look at Boston's Largest Black Radio Station, A; Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace,” 12/10/1976, GBH Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2B7274673CE141758A543D6705A0EB3D.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Candid Look at Boston's Largest Black Radio Station, A; Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace.” 12/10/1976. GBH Archives. Web. April 20, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2B7274673CE141758A543D6705A0EB3D>.
- APA: Say Brother; Candid Look at Boston's Largest Black Radio Station, A; Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2B7274673CE141758A543D6705A0EB3D