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Title
Allen, Charles
Description

Charles Allen graduated from ASU in 1960; worked at KAET for four years; moved to Allentown PA; worked in Hollywood for 14 years; returned to KAET in 1980; and retired in 1995 as the third Director of KAET. His interview is divided into three videos: Early Years, ASC/U Years, and KAET Years. There are stories about the name change, the Tempe campus (size and faculty), Kay Gammage and Al Michaels. There are ten Hollywood stories many involving well know Hollywood personages. As Program Director of KAET, Allen recounts two memorable programs: the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Sandra Day O’Conner and the live coverage of an open heart surgery.

Date Created
2012-02-02
Contributors
Topical Subject
Extent
127 minutes
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
ASU Retirees Association (ASURA) Video History Project Interviews
Table Of Contents

Following are three Tables of Content, one for each of the three sections of the interview. EARLY YEARS 1938–1964 (51:51) 1. INTRODUCTION @ 0:0:00 2. PRE-ASU YEARS 1938-1957 2a. Growing Up in Phoenix @ 0:02:19 2b. High School @ 0:11:42 2c. Early Radio Experiences @ 0:14:00) 3. ASC/U STUDENT YEARS 1957-1960 3a. Entering ASC/ASU @ 0:15:21 3b. The Sewer Club (Name Change) (Kay Gammage) @ 0:17:03 3c. The Diamond Jubilee @ 0:18:45 3d. Selling Frat House (Tempe Campus) (Kay Gammage) @ 0:20:34 3e. 1959 Ford Skyliner Fire @ 0:25:37 4. THOUGHTS ABOUT STUDENT LIFE & ASU 4a. ASU Faculty (Tempe Campus) @ 0:28:54 4b. Early Influencers (Kay Gammage) @ 0:30:27 5. KAET 1960-1964 @ 0:34:05 5a. The Call Letters @ 0:35:29 5b. Collecting Tapes from AZ State Radio Network Affiliates @ 0:36:48 5c. Directing and Producing Programs @ 0:39:27 5d. The Cask of Amontillado @ 0:43:44 5e. Wallace and Ladmo @ 0:46:34 5f. Al Michaels (Al Michaels) @ 0:48:57 NON-ASU YEARS 1964-1980 (48:17) 1. ALLENTOWN PA @ 0:00:08 2. HOLLYWOOD 2a. Moving to Hollywood @ 0:02:20 2b. Andersonville Trial @ 0:08:19 2c. Charles Bukowski Documentary @ 0:11:48 2d. Bicentennial Programing @ 0:13:32 2e. Steambath @ 0:16:15 2f. Jacques Cousteau @ 0:28:49 2g. James Mitchener @ 0:31:19 2h. Meeting of Minds – Steve Allen @ 0:34:02 2i. Nixon – Reagan @ 0:37:40 2j. Local Unit Project Successes @ 0:44:08 KAET YEARS 1980-1995 (27:15) 1. PROGRAM DIRECTOR @ 0:00:08 1a. KAET Aspirations @ 0:00:33 1b. Sandra Day O’Connor Supreme Court Nomination Hearings @ 0:03:50 1c. Live TV Coverage of Open-Heart Surgery @ 0:14:27 1d. Proposal for Live TV Coverage of Execution @ 0:18:15 1e. Proposal for Live TV Coverage of Sex Change Operation @ 0:21:42 1f. Kay Gammage and the Foundation PEOPLE (Kay Gammage) @ 0:23:03 2. GENERAL MANAGER OF KAET @ 0:24:56

Peer-reviewed
Open Access
No
Series
Administration
KAET
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51860
Preferred Citation

Allen, Chuck. Interview. 02 Feb. 2012. ASURA Video History Project. © Arizona Board of Regents. https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51860

Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
asu1
Note
Barry McNeill: Editor, John, McIntosh: Video & Audio recording, Dave Scheatzle: Director, Linda Van Scoy: Chair of Video History Project
The “Andersonville Trial” was a PBS a Television adaption of a Broadway play and appeared on May 17, 1970. The show is based on the 1865 trail of the commandant of the notorious Confederate Andersonville prison. A YouTube version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXKju6zM6CA
Charles Bukowski was a German-born American Poet, novelist, and short story writer. His work addressed the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels. – taken from Wikipedia on 2/14/2019 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer and director with a career in entertainment spanning over nine decades. He worked in every major facet of the industry including radio, theatre, television and film dating back to the Great Depression, and at 104 years of age is the oldest working Hollywood actor as of 2019. – taken from Wikipedia on 2/14/2019 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lloyd
“Steambath” is the second play by American author Bruce Jay Friedman. The play opened in June 1970 and closed in October. A PBS production in 1973 aired on only 24 affiliates. – taken from Wikipedia on 2/14/2019 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steambath_(play)
Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Ray (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. – taken from Wikipedia on 2/14/2019 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Hackford
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