How we survived in UHF television
Subtitle: a broadcasting memoir, 1953-1984
By: Kathryn Flynn Putnam and William Lowell Putnam
Contributors: Putnam, William Lowell
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780786466665
Subjects: Television broadcasting; Television journalists; Biography
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Getting started in television; title: Actually building a station; title: Lowering our frequency-overnight; title: Parentheses; title: Building a local audience; title: Those magnificent Irishmen; title: Building a network relationship; title: Building advertiser support; title: Not all work-boys will be boys; title: Onto the national scene; title: Editorials in the "fairness" era; title: Dealing with the FCC; title: Building the broadcast industry-Kitty's station; title: Glimpsing the future; title: The seven dwarfs; title: A poetic heritage comes out.