Special Hour on Gay Rights

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Special Hour on Gay Rights

Series: Prime Time Radio
From: Prime Time Radio
Length: 00:59:54

The GLBT civil rights movement…this week on Prime Time Radio. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

Frank Kameny was a key player in the birth of the gay rights movement, especially the Washington, D.C. branch of it. He's 84 years old, and starting in the late 1950s, he put his job and his life on the line for a cause he believed in. Now, he's an honored elder, and much of what he fought for has come to pass.

In this conversation with host Mike Cuthbert, he describes the Stonewall riots–the incident that ignited a movement–and tells his own story of being fired and shunned in Washington, D.C. years before he was embraced and honored there.

Timing and Cues

00:00 - 01:00 Billboard (promotes both halves)

01:00 - 01:05 Silent Pause (allows cutaway to newscast)

01:05 - 28:04 Segment #1 (optional fundraising cutaway between 24:00-26:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")

28:05 - 30:05 MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS with Bill Newcott

30:05 - 30:07 Silent Pause (allows stations to cutaway for I.D., weather report, etc.)

30:07 - 30:34 Billboard for Segment #2 (runs :27)

30:35 - 54:00 Segment #2 (optional fundraising cutaway between 48:00-50:00; Outcue to alert stations to cutaway: "I'm Mike Cuthbert. This is Prime Time Radio.")

54:00 - 54:05 Silent Pause

54:05 - 59:00 "PRIME TIME POSTSCRIPT" (optional module for stations that do not insert a newscast at the top of the hour)

59:00 - 59:05 Silent Pause

59:05 - 59:25 :20 Promo

59:25 - 59:30 Silent Pause

59:30 - 59:59 :29 Promo

Additional Credits

Host: Mike Cuthbert; Engineer: Ben Pizzuto; Assoc. Producer: Angel Todd

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www.aarp.org/radio

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