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If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson.

Program Title:
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ0560
pbcoreAssetType: 
Program
pbcoreAssetDate: 
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL): 
1978-08-uu
dateType: 
created
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL): 
{1978-08-16, 1978-08-23}
dateType: 
broadcast
Date Recorded on: 
ca. Aug. 1978.
Date Broadcast on: 
KPFK, Part 1: 16 Aug. 1978; Part 2: 23 Aug. 1978.
Station: 
KPFK
Item duration: 
2 reels (90 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, stereo.
Keywords: 
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Tompkins, Angel.
Skotnes, Pearl.
Polakoff, Beverly.
Anderson, Susan.
Women in advertising.
Women in television.
Television -- Psychological aspects.
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
Description: 

A documentary about the image of woman in TV advertising and programming in two parts. The first part of the program deals with the happy homemaker. who is busy, cautious, satisfied, plagued by modern maladies, and an ideal consumer unit. The second part of the program considers the ideal beauty, wherein women are either portrayed as beautiful objects or gray-haired grandmothers. Contains several clips from actual television shows and commercials, as well as satirical vignettes produced for the program. Includes interviews with Angel Tompkins, actress and member of AFTRA's Women's Committee; Jerry Mander, author of the book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television; Becky Bailin, feminist media critic; Boots Jones, president of the Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting; Rhoda Williams, actress, Western Region Chair of AFTRA's Women's Division; Eliza Ross, actress and audience developer for local theater; Nicholas Johnson, former FCC commissioner and author of How to Talk Back to Your Television (from a 1970 speech); and Janet Dodson reading from a report from the US Commission on Civil Rights. Produced by Susan Anderson of KPFK, with assistance from Angel Tompkins, Pearl Skotnes, Beverly Polakoff and Tim McGovern.

Genre: 
American Women -- Beauty and body image
pbcoreInstantiation: 
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P01
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
1978-08-uu
instantiationPhysical: 
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation: 
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: audio
instantiationPart: 
instantiationPart: 
1
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P01_01
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560A
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions: 
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration: 
00:44:29
instantiationAnnotation: 
Previously numbered KZ0560.01.
instantiationPart: 
2
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P01_02
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560B
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions: 
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration: 
00:40:00
instantiationAnnotation: 
Previously numbered KZ0560.02.
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2015-07-20
instantiationLocation: 
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDigital: 
audio/x-wav
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: preservation
instantiationPart: 
instantiationPart: 
1
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_D01_01
PRA item ID: 
PRA_NHPRC1_KZ0560_0A_000_00
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDuration: 
00:44:02
instantiationFileSize: 
455,132,000
instantiationPart: 
2
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_D01_02
PRA item ID: 
PRA_NHPRC1_KZ0560_0B_000_00
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDuration: 
00:39:53
instantiationFileSize: 
412,267,000
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P02
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
2012-04-uu
instantiationPhysical: 
CD
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationGenerations: 
Copy: access
instantiationPart: 
instantiationPart: 
1
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P02_01
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560A
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
00:44:02
instantiationAnnotation: 
Previously numbered KZ0560.01.
instantiationPart: 
2
Total parts: 
2
instantiationIdentifier: 
7491_P02_02
PRA item ID: 
KZ0560B
Instantiation title: 
If I can't sell it, I'll keep sitting on it before I'll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
00:39:53
Contributor: 
Susan Anderson
Role: 
Producer
Contributor: 
Pearl Skotnes
Role: 
Assistant Producer
Contributor: 
Angel Tompkins
Role: 
Assistant Producer
Contributor: 
Beverly Polakoff
Role: 
Assistant Producer
Contributor: 
Tim McGovern
Role: 
Assistant Producer
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1978.
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information: 
Grant ID: 
NHPRC: American Women Making History (1963-1982)
Shipping Batch Number: 
Batch 5
Box and labels scanned: 
2015-06-26
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?: 
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed): 
2015-06-26
Possible restriction issues: 
No
Sensitive language: 
No
Date first level cataloging completed: 
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Location on PRA drive: 
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date: 
2015-09-03
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials: 
JG
Audio file QC (Pass One) notes: 
Parts A and B both contain many clips of TV shows and ads. Contains pre-recorded music. Jerry Mander's interview recorded at low levels.
Post dig--dup, numbering issue, etc.: 
Post dig--Complete songs in intro/outro: 
Post dig--Mostly pre-recorded music: 
Post dig--Contains reading of published materials: 
Post dig--Other rights issues: 
Post dig--Major audio issues: 
Post dig--Editing required for bcast: 
Post dig--Minor audio issues (see notes): 
CD plays: 
Second Level Cataloging completed Date: 
2015-09-03
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials: 
JG
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment): 
Reels Rewound: 
Production CD (copy) created: 
Reel removed for contamination: 
No
Plastic insert put in box: 
Reel sent to Univ. Maryland: 
Post dig options: 
Other rights issues
storeItem: 
If I Can\'t Sell It, I\'ll Keep Sitting on It Before I\'ll Give It Away (CD)
View Folio here (at Archive.org): 
KPFK Folio, August 1978, p. 9
American Women Grant Project
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