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Collection Structure Sig Mickelson papers >  Sound recordings of Waldemar Schulz, Keith Bush, and George Urban from June 1981
Item Title Sound recordings of Waldemar Schulz, Keith Bush, and George Urban from June 1981
Collection Title Sig Mickelson papers
Date Created June 23, 1981
Description Schulz, Waldemar, head of RFE unit of German Employees Union, member of Works Council. 23 Jun 1981. In this monologue, Schulz describes how he came to work at RFE and the union. He explains why he joined both, his duties in the union, working conditions at RFE, and how the union advocated for needed insurance and higher pay. Bush, Keith, director of the research department of Radio Liberty. 23 Jun 1981. This interview covers a wide range of topics. It begins with Bush's biography: his educational background and how he came to work at Radio Free Europe. It moves to changes he's seen in the organization over the years. He says the biggest is the emphasis on nationalities, with another noticeable change being the types of programming moving away from the timeless to the topical. The interview moves to the topic of RL employees' familiarity with the covered nations, which includes the scope of RL's programming--with an emphasis on health news. Mickelson concludes by inquiring about the non-Russian Soviet republics, where RL gets its researchers, and how Bush hopes to expand the research division. Urban, George, member of RFE Program Service based in London 24 Jun 1981. After recalling Urban's biography, this interview focuses on how Radio Free Europe's reaction to the various forms of communism and various topics informs the impact it has. Included, but not limited to, in this is the Hungarian Revolution, Czech events, what the listener heard, ecology as a broadcast topic, and CIA involvement.
Language(s) English
Format Sound Recording
Hoover ID 82074_a_0003893
Record Number 82074.15
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9x0nb3wc
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