Karen Leggett WMAL audio tapes

Karen Leggett worked as a news reporter, broadcaster and newsmagazine host at WMAL Radio in Washington, DC from 1976-1993. These tapes document stories she covered during her years at WMAL Radio. Leggett covered major events and feature stories such as national elections, political conventions and inaugurations, the National Women’s Convention in Houston (1977), the Iran hostage crisis and its aftermath in Washington, and the Olympic torch relay to Lake Placid (1980). This collection consists of audio cassettes and reels of Leggett's reporting, including the Iran Hostage Crisis, the Olympic Torch run from Yorktown, PA to Lake Placid, NY, the inauguration of President Clinton in 1993, and other featured and special reports.