Open Hearing (1957)

Country

United States

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How it feels

A panel of journalists interviews newsmakers and shows film to recap the week's major news. John H. Secondari moderates the discussion.

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What happens

Open Hearing is a 1957–58 American news-related talk show, with John H. Secondari as the moderator. It was a 60-minute program that aired Sunday evenings from 5–6 p.m. on the ABC television network. It began on February 3, 1957, as a 30-minute program on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. Martin Agronsky, John Edwards, Edward P. Morgan, and Richard Rendell formed a panel to interview newsmakers, and film was shown to bring major news of the week up to date. Richard Stratton was the director. A previous version of Open Hearing had aired in 1954, moderated by John Daly. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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