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KMYR The Public Affair: "Vinyl Chloride" & "Wringing Out the New Year"

Collection (born 1947 Casper, Wyoming)
DateDecember 1975
Medium7-inch audio reel
Dimensions7 × 7 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 17.8 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsAudio, Film, & Video
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Zane Blaney
Object numberPA2019.068.049
DescriptionThe first program, “Vinyl Chloride”, is Rolling Stone’s Washington editor, Joe Klein, raps about a dangerous chemical and how nearly impossible it is to avoid. A two-part report. The second program, “Wringing Out the New Year”, is a special creative radio series of three programs for New Years; written by Lonny Anderson and edited by Zane Blaney.

Keywords and topics: Rolling Stone, Joe Klein, chemicals, New Year, unions, factories, regulations, safety, cancer, workman’s compensation, angiosarcoma, resolutions, skit, play, hangover, politicians

The first program, "Vinyl Chloride" aired on December 29-30, 1975 on KMYR in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The second program, "Wringing Out the New Year" aired on December 31, 1975 - January 2, 1976 on KMYR in Albuquerque New Mexico. The total runtime is 00:27:54. Transcript available.

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