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Viskonsin! Yiddish Radio in Badgerland

Special | 39m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

Henry Sapoznik shares the history of Yiddish radio in Wisconsin in the early 20th century.

Aired 07/14/2014 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Viskonsin! Yiddish Radio in Badgerland

Special | 39m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

Henry Sapoznik shares the history of Yiddish radio in Wisconsin in the early 20th century.

Henry Sapoznik, Director, Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, UW-Madison, shares the history of how Yiddish radio came to Wisconsin in 1929. With an offer from William Paley to join the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), WISN in Milwaukee signed on to air Yiddish programming from New York City.

Aired 07/14/2014 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Viskonsin! Yiddish Radio in Badgerland

Special | 39m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

Henry Sapoznik, Director, Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, UW-Madison, shares the history of how Yiddish radio came to Wisconsin in 1929. With an offer from William Paley to join the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), WISN in Milwaukee signed on to air Yiddish programming from New York City.

Aired 07/14/2014 | Rating TV-G

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