Barbara Walters Moves to ABC
"Barbara Walters Accepts ABC's Offer"
Newspaper article
By: Robert D. McFaden
Date: April 23, 1976
Source: Robert D. McFaden. "Barbara Walters Accepts ABC's Offer." The New York Times, April 23, 1976.
"What Makes Barbara Walters Worth a Million?"
Interview
By: Les Brown
Date: May 2, 1976
Source: Brown, Les. "What Makes Barbara Walters Worth a Million?" The New York Times, May 2, 1976.
Introduction
Barbara Walters worked for years behind the scenes in television as a writer, guest booker, and producer long before she was hired to work in front of the camera. In 1963, she was offered a trial opportunity to be a "Today girl," a spot typically reserved for attractive young women whose purpose was no more than to look good on camera. Her first decade with NBC's Today show, though,...
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1970's Media Primary Sources
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