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On June 5, 2007, The Museum of Television & Radio changed its name to The Paley Center for Media. All references to events on these pages reflect the institution's name at the time of the event.
Many of the honorees have participated in panel discussions at the Center over the past twenty years to discuss their careers and work. Wherever possible we are offering excerpts from those discussions. The full programs of all the excerpts are available at the Center in New York and Los Angeles.
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Barbara Schultz on her career
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Rosie Shuster on her career
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Lesley Stahl discusses the beginnings of her journalistic career when she discovered her calling in her late twenties.
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Susan Stamberg began her radio career as a producer at a local Washington, DC, station. In this clip she talks about what was expected from her after college and why she decided to become a producer.
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Pioneering disc jockey Alison Steele recalls how she created her legendary “Nightbird” character after being assigned the overnight shift on progressive rock station WNEW-FM in New York.
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How did Martha Jean become “The Queen”? Here, Martha Jean Steinberg remembers her early years at WDIA in Memphis and how she got her nickname.
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In a conversation with Loring Mandel conducted at the Museum in 1987, Lela Swift describes the experience of trying the break the glass ceiling during the early days of television.
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Here Betty Thomas discusses why directing Dream On was such a unique experience.
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In this excerpt from a tribute to That Girl, Marlo Thomas reveals why she took on the responsibility of producing That Girl, and also discusses Lucille Ball’s business acumen.
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In the 1930s, Dorothy Thompson made a name for herself by decrying the rising power of Adolf Hitler. Here, in a broadcast from September 1, 1939, she gives her reaction to Germany’s invasion of Poland.
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