The HistoryMakers video oral history with Paul Berry.

Broadcast journalist Paul Berry was born on February 15, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1961 and graduated from the Department of Defense Information School. He then served with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service and established the first independent FM radio s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Berry, Paul, 1944- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Berry, Paul, > 1944- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Broadcast Journalist.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 39 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Paul Berry
Paul Berry
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Broadcast journalist Paul Berry was born on February 15, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1961 and graduated from the Department of Defense Information School. He then served with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service and established the first independent FM radio station in South Vietnam. In 1969, Berry was hired as an anchor and reporter at the ABC-owned WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. In 1972, he joined ABC-7 in Washington, D.C. as a senior news anchor. Berry left the news desk in 1999 to become the host of Washington, D.C.'s The Paul Berry Show and Radio America Network's Home & Family Finances. In addition, Berry headed the media consulting business Paul L. Berry & Associates, LLC, and founded the R & B Travel Agency. He also served as commissioner for Maryland Public Television and on the boards of Ford's Theatre and numerous other organizations.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:04:00:39
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2014 January 29.
Source of Description:
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