BMI Program Clinic: New Orleans, Louisiana, part 1, May 3, 1957

Clinic at New Orleans, Louisiana (Brennan's, located in French Quarter). Recorded May 3, 1957. Call to order, Frank H. Ford, manager, KENT, Shreveport, Louisiana. Remarks include reference to scarcity of radios, as opposed to televisions, in hotel rooms. Radio's relationship to television. Justin Bradshaw, BMI, clinic chair. Louis M. Basso, general manager, KSIG, Crowley, Louisiana. Topic: Local news. Rural, small market. Ethnic programming. French-language... (Creole; Cajun). Editorializing on air. Reaching young listeners (teenagers) with news at 25 and 55 minutes past hour. Gloria Brown, women's editor, KYW, Cleveland, Ohio. Topic: "The Lady Killers: A One-Act Mystery." Programming for women's audience. Notes equal pay laws in only 16 states in U.S. Status of women in broadcasting.