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Dave Garroway invented television. Not the contraption itself, but what you do with it and how you behave when you’re on it. Generations have grown to adulthood without ever having seen this man whose seminal, pioneering work on television was…
1989. Jerry Seinfeld was scoring with audiences when he appeared on “The Tonight Show,” and his radio spots showed a fresh and appealing observational humor. So when his managers, George Shapiro and Howard West, said, “What about Jerry?” we thought,…
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch tried to convince analysts and investors last week that he is moving on to other business in the wake of his foiled marathon effort to acquire Hughes Electronics’ DirecTV.But in his remarks last…
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and Chief Executive David Smith says he is prepared to swap or sell TV stations to take advantage of future deregulation.In a third-quarter earnings conference call with analysts, Mr. Smith said, “When deregulation happens, there is…
Reporting one of the company’s worst quarterly returns ever, Walt Disney Co. officials say they will eliminate TV affiliate compensation, develop second revenue streams, create lower-cost dual-purpose programming and rely more on repurposed programs.Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner also…
Yet another CBS owned-and-operated station, WBZ-TV in Boston, has been accused of using digital processing to add extra local commercials in prime time.Furthermore, it appears that at least one other station group, with mostly non-CBS affiliates-Granite Broadcasting-has also been using…
Nov. 15, 1926-The National Broadcasting Company, owned by the Radio Corporation of America, begins broadcasting on 25 stations in 21 markets, as far west as Kansas City.1927-RCA starts experimental TV transmission; a doll of Felix the Cat is the first…
What were they thinking at KDKA? The CBS-owned Pittsburgh station recently got caught tinkering with time during a supposedly live broadcast of a Steelers game, when it compressed the action to squeeze in an extra 30-second commercial.A local newspaper columnist…
Sunday, Dec. 12, 1937, represents a landmark for NBC-it’s the date Mae West almost got the radio network shut down.Ms. West, a big film star, was the guest on NBC’s popular “The Chase and Sanborn Hour” that night. She was…
Syndicator Twentieth Television is eyeing more programming real estate with the departure of the Fox Kids weekday block on Fox stations. First out of the gate will be upcoming one-hour news and entertainment strip “Good Day Live,” based on the…