Pledge Show Promo

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Pledge Show Promo

Series: TAL Fall 2004 No-Premium Fundraising Materials
From: This American Life
Length: 00:00:30

To run the week of the pledge show. Read the full description.

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Playing: Pledge Show Promo
From: This American Life

Default-piece-image-1 IN: "This week on This American Life, unremitting non-stop entertainment ... " OC: " ... which you can get, this week." [Complete TAL pledge drive instructions included in attached Word doc, tal_2004_pledge_np.doc]

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