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Title
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Faces of the Past: Don't Touch That Dial
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Description
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Photos and bios of John Harrington and Bette Hayes, local television personalities of Kansas City's past. Description of Harrington as a WDAF-TV news reporter during the Cold War era, working on both local and national news stations, and with reporters such as Robert McNeil of the McNeil-Lehrer Newshour. Description of Hays "as queen of the local daytime TV from 1952-70" on WDAF-TV women's programs.
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Don't Touch That Dial
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Photo and bio of Johnny Dolan, "one of the top names in local radio" from 1965 to 1977 for WHB, "[c]alled the 'Dick Clark of Kansas City,'" then from 1978 to 1985 becoming "the Kansas City Kings' radio voice" for KMBZ and KC 95, following the team to Sacramento, California, in 1985.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Faces of the Past: Don't Touch That Dial
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Photo and bio of Torey Southwick, former host of local children's and juveniles' television shows (on KMBC-TV, KMBZ-TV, and KCPT-TV) from 1956 to 1972, using a sidekick puppet called "Ol' Gus."
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Don't Touch That Dial
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Photo and bio of Harold Ensley, "the 'Sportsman's Friend,'" in "his 37th year of TV, still fishing, hunting, camping. ..and talking," starting "at KIMO Radio in Independence in 1951" and becoming nationally known, residing in Overland Park, Kansas.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Faces of the Past
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Photo and biographical sketch of former federal representative of Missouri Richard Bolling, serving 24 years in Congress starting in 1948, visiting Kansas City occasionally in his semi-retirement for academic purposes.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
