This collection contains field recordings by radio producer and reporter Kathy McAnally, from her public radio productions, including KQED and National Public Radio news stories and investigative, documentary-style productions including programs for the award-winning National Public Radio series "The DNA Files" such as "Will Our Health Survive the Health Care Revolution?"; programs on sports in the California Bay Area; and other programs.

Kathy McAnally was an award-winning radio journalist most known as a pioneer in coverage by women of professional sports in the latter part of the 20th century. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, She later attended Penn State University before moving to California in the 1970s. Early in her career, McAnally was a volunteer and co-director of the Public Affairs Department at KPFA Berkeley. She later gained prominence as one of the first female reporters to be allowed into the locker rooms of Bay Area sports teams such as the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Athletics. In addition to sports reporting, McAnally made significant contributions in reporting and contributing segments on health and science issues. She produced segments for the "DNA Files" an award-winning National Public Radio series, and was co-anchor of California Public Radio, a state-funded broadcast, prior to it's funding being pulled by then California Governor George Deukmejian. McAnally died in San Francisco on March 24, 2006 at the age of 55.

5.5 Linear Feet (7) box(es)

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