Our Town With Host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

Kathi Bowers Wallis on equality for all ~ "I particularly felt strongly about women and the fact that women were having a very difficult time. You couldn't get a loan from the bank. You couldn't get anything done because you were a woman. For me, that extended right over into minorities and people who were having a difficult time breaking through the old boy white network, which frankly really pissed me off." Kathi Bowers Wallis, Civic-Minded Entrepreneur Our Town in studio interview A Ockershausen: Hi, this is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town. I'm going to read an introduction that's important, and then I'll explain why when I finish it. Our next guest has been a tremendous influence on my life. I've known her and been a friend for almost 50 years. That's hard to believe. During my career at WMAL in late 1970s, that was for radio and television, this lady made some courageous suggestions to me professionally that have changed the course of influence of our industry. Our industry, not just Washington, a