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Olive Shapley
Olive Shapley discusses her broadcasting career at the 麻豆社, including her time at Children鈥檚 Hour and presenting and producing Woman鈥檚 Hour in the 50s and 60s.
She recalls how people didn鈥檛 know what microphones were at the beginning of her career and the hazards of live recording.
Olive Shapley died, aged 88, on 13 March 1999.
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Highlights from the archive since 1946
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