The Regis Dossier
Born in New York City in 1931, Regis Philbin graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1953 and served in the Navy before embarking on a career in broadcasting. He got his start as a television host on KGTV…
Monthly Archives : June 2008
Creative Promos Take on a Global Flavor
WJLA-TV’s Quinn Has International Outlook in Work
Making The Most of Marketers
Inaugural Honors Help Promax/BDA Put Marketing in Spotlight
ABC Team Stresses Shows’ Unique Aspects
Campaigns Set On-Air Tone and Brand for Network
Remaining Open to Experimentation
E!/Style’s Kolb Conquers Platforms
Making New Media a Major Part of The Plan
Fox’s Melnick Uses Varied News Corp. Assets
The Peabody Awards
Another Year of War Produces Compelling Reporting, But Comedy Has Its Place at the Table
Peabody Award Winners: Discovery Channel, BBC, ‘Planet Earth’
“Awesome, spectacular, humbling, exhilarating” is how the Peabody Awards committee described “Planet Earth,” a co-production of Discovery Channel and the BBC that could well stand as the last, best record of a disappearing natural world. Produced by Alastair Fothergill, who…
Peabody Award Winners: Univision Communications, ‘Ya Es Hora’ (IT’S TIME)
With the 2008 presidential campaign shaping up a a watershed moment in U.S. politics, Univision Communications is being acknowledged for outstanding public service for the role it is playing with multipronged citizenship and get-out-the-vote efforts in hundreds of Spanish-speaking communities…
Peabody Award Winners: KXNV-TV, Phoenix, ‘Security Risks at Sky Harbor’
When Susan D’Astoli, senior executive producer at KNXV-TV in Phoenix, got a tip that all was not secure at the local airport, she decided to see for herself. “We sat down with some bags, looked like travelers and just observed…