Studs Terkel Program aired on 98.7 WFMT Chicago between 1952 and 1997. The one -hour program was broadcast each weekday, 10am-11:00am and on Thursday evenings 8:00pm-9:00pm. for 45 years. On his programs he interviewed guests as diverse as Martin Luther King Jr., Leonard Bernstein, Mort Sahl, Bob Dylan, Dorothy Parker, Tennessee Williams, Jean Shepherd, Frank Zappa and Frederick Wiseman.
On this program Documentary Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman discusses many points of view related to five of his first six films, High School (1968), Law and Order (1969), Hospital (1970), Basic Training (1971) and Essene (1972).
Sound clips from each of the above are played.
NOTE: This rare Studs Terkel broadcast is not extant in the Studs Terkel Radio Archive, which contains thousands of his programs.
Two later broadcasts with Frederick Wiseman are archived, one which aired November 6, 1973, Wiseman discussing his film Juvenile Court, and another which aired on February 6, 1976, Wiseman discussing his film Public Welfare.
