Complex sentence: She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in 1975 with a degree in speech and theatre and a minorin journalism, and got her broadcasting start as the sole newsemployee at an AM radio station near her hometown.
Split into simpler sentences: She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in 1975 with a degree in speech and theatre, and a minor in journalism. She got her start in broadcasting as the only news employee at an AM radio station near her hometown.