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Sacramento Update Weekly News Broadcast, 6/26/1981

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Title
Sacramento Update Weekly News Broadcast, 6/26/1981
Series Title
Sacramento Update Newscast Tapes
Collection Guide
Inventory of the California Public Broadcasting Commission Records
Date Created
June 26th, 1981
Description
Sacramento Update was a weekly thirty-minute radio show produced by the California Public Broadcasting Commission. The show was produced from March 1977 to December 1981 for broad distribution around the state for non-commercial/public radio stations. The California State Archives has every weekly episode (minus one) from July 4, 1980, to December 25, 1981. The show reported on several controversial and important topics of the time, including Governor Jerry Brown's administration and policies, and the election of President Reagan and profiles of third-party presidential candidates. The show also discussed reapportionment following the 1980 federal census, Willie Brown’s election as Speaker of the Assembly, and federal budget deficits amid the economic recession. The show included coverage of environmental issues such as the Peripheral Canal and water conservation policies, malathion and Mediterranean Fruit Fly, coastal oil drilling, and nuclear energy.
Topics discussed include: Reapportionment, gay power, action in the legislature, and the Alan Robbins trial.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: California Public Broadcasting Commission
Producer: California Public Broadcasting Commission
Subject Topic
Public broadcasting
Radio programs
Election districts--California
Apportionment (Election law)
Legislators
Gay pride celebrations
Bilingualism

Subject Entity
California Public Broadcasting Commission
Brown, Willie L. (Willie Lewis), Jr., 1934-
Agnos, Art
Robbins, Alan, 1943-
Genre
Radio news programs
Asset type
Episode
Place(s)
California
Time Period
June 26th, 1981
Language
English

Media type
Sound
Format
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1 Tape
Stock manufacturer
Scotch
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
California State Archives
Call Number
R385.005 (52)
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/car_002292