15998. Richard Yoakam Tribute Dinner (1:06:59)

Date:
1998-06-13
Main contributors:
Yoakam, Richard, Beckley, Ken, Nims, Ernie, White, Legene, Enberg, Dick, Gutowsky, John Gordon, Pauley, Jane, 1950-, Jones, Phil, Smith, Steve, Angotti, Joe, Klein, Keith, Schultz, Marilyn, Butte, John
Summary:
Richard Yoakam Tribute Dinner Radio-TV Collection Department of Telecommunications held a tribute dinner for Richard Yoakam to commemorate the start of the Richard Yoakam Technology Fund. The dinner was held in the Radio-TV studio and recorded. June 13, 1998 00:30 Music starts, wide shot of RTV studio w guests 00:45 Ken Beckley at the lectern, Yoakam sitting at a table to his left John Gutowsky & Ken covering an IU football game for Yoakam to critique Beckley says he was describing queen and court at halftime Yoakam said “Jesus Christ Beckley, I asked you to cover a football game, not a fashion show.” 02:16 -that ended my sports career -Ernie Nims, Bill Orwig, and Bill Cameron 03:02 Ernie Nims, at lectern speaking (Chip Drake in audience) 06:23 (Mary Bob Yoakam in audience) 06:50 (Legene White in audience, she set up the event) 07:30 Legene White at lectern, Dept. of Telecommunications Alumni Affairs She thanks the alumni committee 09:40 Legene introduces Telecommunications Faculty & staff 10:57 (Margaret Joseph & Barrie Zimmerman in audience) 11:05 (Betsi Grabe & Eric Bucy in audience) 11:40 Legene introduces School of Journalism faculty (Dan Drew, Will Counts in audience) 14:00 Ernie Nims back at lectern 14:50 Nims talks about sports remote w/ Dwight Smith -don’t say what you don’t want on air 16:02 Next up are tributes on tape for Yoakam 16:55 Dick Enberg audio tribute to Richard Yoakam -they both arrived in 1957. Yoakam changed his life -hanging out at Nick’s -hero is someone I would like to be 19:30 John “Gordon” Gutowsky, NBC Sportscaster audio tribute 21:10 Jane Pauley video tribute to Yoakam from NBC Time & Again Studio -she says she started the phrase “bad hair day” -crazy makeup when she worked at WISH-TV, w/ chroma key -Thanks to Yoakam for helping her get to NBC New York 23:26 parody video of Bill Clinton honoring Yoakam 24:42 Phil Jones, CBS Correspondent video tribute -I wouldn’t be at CBS without you -teacher and even agent, and good friend 26:00 Steve Smith, KHOU TV news anchor in Houston video tribute -thank you for my career 30:10 Joe Angotti, NBC News, Class of ’61 talking from lectern -couldn’t make it to Yoakam’s retirement because of Tiannamen Square 32:16 watching “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” movie while a grad student, so Joe had his own party & invited Dick & Mary Bob Yoakam -I wish your news judgment was as good as your party judgment -worked at WMAQ in Chicago. He met Keith Klein there 34:40 Keith Klein, Cook Group PR, talking from lectern, Class of ‘66 -talked about Arnie Hahn (sp ?) who they worked with -Byron Smith -Flash documentaries, (shot of Byron Smith in audience) 39:40 -talking about Adlai Stevenson death and getting a recording 40:45 -Yoakam throws a milkbone at Klein and told him to chew on it. 41:41 talking about Dwight Smith covering Gary mayor race w/ Hatcher (Dwight Smith in audience) 43:00 Bill Orwig & Ernie Nims doing IU basketball games 44:40 covering Little 500 race w/ telex 45:50 Marilyn Schultz was in the pace car w/ wireless transmitter But signal got crossed w/ construction crew building library 47:10 Huntley-Brinkley Report -Marilyn Schultz working on newscast 49:00 Marilyn Schultz & Playboy Playmate 49:30 Marilyn Schultz, UT-Austin Professor at lectern for tribute -got first job at NBC thru Russ Tornabene -Vietnam war protests. Student shaved his head and had an American flag around his naked body, Yoakam asked him if he got glasses 51:40 -facts & truth of story aren’t always the same 52:00 Yoakam has always been a technological visionary -Tell them a story.. no matter what you’re doing 53:30 John Butte, Ohio News Network at lectern for tribute, Class of ‘70 57:03 -looking for files from his Yoakam’s classes for memories -can’t find his notes 1:00:00 -Yoakam’s stories taught him everything -news religion -preacher in the church of news -the stuff of news & journalism 1:02:45 TAPE ENDS -during Butte talk

15999. Indy in the 50s (2:00:00)

Date:
1995
Main contributors:
Stoelk, Dave, Ahern, Mike
Summary:
Historical documentary about living in Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1950s Written and Produced by Dave Stoelk; Executive Producer: Michael Atwood; Videographer: Tim Swartz; Associate Producer: Amy Sterner; Original Music Composed and Produced: Tim Brickley; Chief Editor: Andrew Birkhead; Narrated by Mike Ahern; Associate Producers: Marshall Curry, Rick Maultra & Melissa Lingwall Swartz; Post Production: Mark O. Bradley & David Tarr; Videography: Frank Konermann & Sean Murphy Gilson; Production Coordinator: David DeMunbrun; Film Logging/Research: Kurt Christopher; Visual Research: Deborah Markisohn & Pete Bailey; Primary Research: Amy Sterner & Marshall Curry; Film Transfer: Tom Barker; Director of Photography: Karl L. Hall Koch; Dolly Grip: Tom Pielemeier; Assistant Director: Kent Smith; Audio/Rear Screen: Rodney Myers; Production Assistance: John O'Connor, Erik A.D. Sears, Bob Gill & Melissa Nash ---------- Indy in the 50s  Video (2:00:43)  Notes by Jessica VanAllen  Synopsis: This video is a a special narrated by Mike Ahern about Indianapolis in the fifties. We learn about the good and bad things that happened in the era after WWII, focusing on suburban life, segregation, youth, and technology.     0:03 video starts, montage of clips and interviews about Indianapolis  1:45 before the 50s, starts with clips and info about the motor speedway before it became famous, explains what life was like in Indy after the Great Depression and during WWII  3:27 moves into the 50s, Mike Ahern introduces special  4:45 mayor of Indy in the 50s talking to audience,  *5:07 goal and idea of the 50s and what the veterans wanted to come home to, veterans wanted to move out of small apartments, people couldn’t afford homes, suburban housing started up, assembly line of building  9:13 G.I. bill of rights, veterans could buy a house with no down payment  10:03 suburbia was colorful and bright, unlike the gray, drab city  10:45 jobs for veterans, General Motors, AT&T sets up shop in Indy, industry and jobs made out of farmland, farms become factories, Chrysler, telephones, growth in business industry and jobs, technology and suburbia, shopping malls  *16:23 problems in the 50s, segregation, not able to live in the Suburbs (deliberately blocked or didn’t have money), lived in the inner city  *17:58 polio in Indy, Eli Lilly rushes vaccines over the world, based in Indy  18:50 motor speedway    20:04 Michael Atwood and Jim Gerard talk  28:43 cars, functional and stylish, promised a new personality, built to look pretty  30:45 baby boomers, high school in the 50s  34:50 all Black high school, Attucks, more qualified and impressive teachers  36:13 teenagers defined themselves by their appearance, fashion became a big thing, clothes become a status symbol  38:38 after school activities, drive in, cruising  43:30 Butler sectional, event of the year, excused absence from school  45:00 Attucks high school competed in 1955, used to not be allowed to play against other schools because they were Black, they dominated against the other schools, Oscar Robertson  50:00 Atwood and Gerard talk again, trying to sell VHS tapes of the show  58:51 Cold War, fear of nuclear bombs, 1956 Nixon comes to Indy, Indy was on the home front of the Cold War, chapter founded at American Civil Liberties Union, leaning towards communist views, American Legion protests  1:01:25 Edward R Murrow does documentary on the issue, controversy over communism in Indy  1:03:58 summer in Indy, pools, skating, rollercoasters, baseball, hoola hoops  1:06:11 Indy 500, Jimmy Bryan  1:11: 38 first television broadcast was about Indy 500, TV comes to Indy, jobs created, WTTV  1:15:25 Debbie Drake, exercise, Kindergarten College  *1:16:08 all local television live, Howard Caldwell talks about TV in the 50s  1:17:10 Gilbert Forbes, Howard Caldwell, Bill Crawford  1:17:55 Indy radio, “Bouncin” Bill Baker  1:20:20 Atwood and Gerard talk again  1:29:13 Rock n Roll, Elvis, pressed his albums, Bill Baker got calls from Elvis, new style of music, jazz (Indiana Avenue)  1:35:05 downtown Indy, the circle, transportation, shopping, L.S. Ayres and Co.  1:45:27 away from downtown, Ayres in Glendale, everything moves to the suburbs, Castleton (population was 258 in the 50s)  1:47:52 the end, credits start    Website clips:  [Text Wrapping Break]  This clip was interesting to me because it explains the goal of many veterans when they returned home from war: to buy a house, get a job, and start a family.  5:07 IC: “I think there existed in the minds of many people…”  8:06 OC: “their next door neighbor… and their next door neighbor”  [Text Wrapping Break]  This segment talks about the main problems during the fifties, focusing on segregation and polio. It puts the era that Caldwell started to make a name for himself into focus.  16:23 IC: “The American dream came true…”  18:18 OC: “all over the world”  [Text Wrapping Break]  We learn about television in the fifties. Caldwell talks about his experience, and Ahern explains the early days of broadcasting in Indy, with Gilbert Forbes, Caldwell, and Bill Crawford.  1:16:08 IC: “Until channel 8 got ahold…”  1:17:46 OC: “come back and do the late weather” 

16000. Marilyn Schultz, BS'67, MA'90, PhD'93 (02:26)

Date:
2019
Main contributors:
Schultz, Marilyn
Summary:
Marilyn R. Schultz was a pioneer in broadcast journalism, dedicating herself to the fight for women's rights in the industry and, later, to educating future journalists as a college professor. Schultz, who died in 2010, earned three IU degrees: a bachelor's in radio and television in 1967, a master's in telecommunications in 1990 and a doctorate in mass communication in 1993. She began her career at NBC News in New York City, where she worked for nine years. Affectionately referring to her by her nickname, "Schultzie," former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw recalled Schultz's impact on women in journalism in a traditionally male-dominated environment. "First there was the name — "Schultzie," Brokaw said at the time of Schultz's death. "If that didn't get your attention, her attitude did. Schultzie worked in the newsroom when it was an all-white-male den of machismo, cigar, pipe and cigarette smoke, bawdy manners and profane speech. What everyone quickly learned is that Schultzie didn't need any of those props to hold her own. "Now our newsrooms are fully integrated, but the first steps so long ago were Schultzie's — and she wasn't tiptoeing then or any time since." Schultz took on the role of lead plaintiff and spokesperson for a class-action lawsuit representing 700 women against NBC. The suit, which lasted seven years, aimed to bring equal pay and opportunity to women at the company. As a result, more than 1,000 women received back pay, and women gained access to jobs previously unavailable to them. The Washington Press Club Foundation would later name Schultz one of its 16 "American Women Who Changed the Face of Journalism (1965-1995)." "It didn't take long to discover that she didn't just talk about changing the culture of NBC News, she acted to bring change about," said Wallace Westfeldt, Schultz's former boss and then-executive producer of NBC News, in 2010. Schultz moved to Washington, D.C., to work as an on-air reporter for affiliate WRC-TV. There, she covered events such as the 1972 election, the Apollo 12 launch and Watergate. In 1984, she moved to Indianapolis to work as a producer for NBC affiliate WTHR-TV. There, she covered the Mike Tyson trial and the Ryan White case, among other stories. In the late '80s, Schultz returned to IU to pursue her master's, and later her doctorate. She accepted her first teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin, where she taught for nine years as an assistant professor and then broadcast journalism head. From there, she took a position at St. Edward's University in Austin, where she continued to educate students for eight years until the time of her death. The university established the Marilyn Schultz Memorial Scholarship for students studying media arts. "Marilyn once said that 'teaching is the most important work I've ever done,' which was obvious from her interactions with her students," said Father Lou Brusatti, then-dean of the School of Humanities at St. Edward's University, in Schultz's obituary. "She was a motivation and inspiration for her students and colleagues."