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December 1976Ted Turner’s struggling Atlanta UHF station, now known as WTBS-TV, puts its programming up on satellite, becoming the first “superstation.” The move opens the door to satellite delivery of future Turner networks, including CNN Headline News. November 1980Mr. Turner…
Chicago’s CBS affiliate continues to clean house as part of its effort to turn the station around. CBS owned-and-operated station WBBM fired about 10 producers and newsroom staffers Wednesday, including morning news executive producer Karin Movesian, weekend news executive producer…
CNN Headline News did not invent the news wheel, it only compressed it. The service is quietly celebrating its 20th anniversary this year in much the same manner in which it has existed for the past two decades-beneath the radar…
Friday, Dec. 13 Lott may appear on BET Mississippi Republican Senator Trent Lott, the incoming Majority Leader, who has been under fire for remarks that many have interpreted as racist and pro-segregation, said at a Friday evening news conference that…
Thursday, Dec. 12 Chicago’s WBBM cuts staff Chicago’s CBS affiliate continues to clean house as part of its effort to turn the station around. CBS owned-and-operated station WBBM fired about 10 producers and newsroom staffers Wednesday, including morning news executive…
Wednesday, Dec. 11 ‘Alias’ gets post-Bowl berth ABC is giving sophomore drama “Alias” the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot and moving “The Practice” to Mondays. Super Bowl XXXVII airs Jan. 26, with a new episode of “Alias” immediately following. “This…
Tuesday, Dec. 10 EchoStar acquisition deal killed The proposed $18 billion EchoStar Communications acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corp. and its DirecTV satellite unit is dead, killed by regulatory opposition. The end of the proposed merger cost EchoStar a reported $600…
Jake Keever, who reigned for 13 years as executive VP in charge of advertising sales at ABC, primarily during the 1980s, died of cancer on Thanksgiving Day. Mr. Keever, whose real name was H. Weller Keever, was 75. “Jake was…
Monday, Dec. 9 Arledge remembered by colleagues Roone Arledge could not have asked for a better production in his honor than the Monday morning funeral service attended by hundreds of those who worked for him over the course of four…
Other than my parents, Roone Arledge was the most important person in my life.When I dropped out of Yale in July 1967 to take this incredible opportunity-the newly created position of Olympics researcher for ABC Sports in preparation for the…