Talking to the Stars: Bobbie Wygant's Seventy Years in Television,Used

Talking to the Stars: Bobbie Wygant's Seventy Years in Television,Used

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In her memoir Talking to the Stars: Bobbie Wygants Seventy Years in Television, Bobbie Wygant recalls her trailblazing career as an arts and entertainment reporter for DallasFort Worths Channel 5. Started in 1948 by Amon G. Carter, WBAP (now KXAS) was the first television station west of the Mississippi, and Wygant was there from the beginning. Like everyone on that early Channel 5 staff, Wygant pitched in to do a little of everythingwriting copy, performing live onair skits, presenting commercialsbut she soon became known for the way she connected with celebrities. In a career spanning seven decades, Wygant has interviewed literally thousands of the most notable entertainers and celebrities since the 1950sfrom Bob Hope, Jane Fonda, and Denzel Washington to Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Matt Damon. Wygant was live on the air with her popular midday program Dateline on November 22, 1963, when news broke of JFKs assassination. A few months later, during their debut tour of the US, she interviewed the Beatles.In addition to charming and often funny accounts of her interviews with the stars, Wygants personal observations of television broadcasting as it emerged at WBAPTV offer fascinating insights into the infancy of todays multibilliondollar industry. This engaging and informative volume includes more than three hundred photographs of her favorite celebrity encounters.

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