On September 24, 1968, Television’s longest running news magazine program debuted. The show was created and produced by Don Hewitt who started as the director of ‘Douglas Edwards With The News’ and ‘See It Now’ with Edward R. Murrow. Hewitt also produced the Kennedy – Nixon Debates and was Executive Producer of The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
December 15, 1965…WSB Atlanta Goes Color With First RCA TK42 http://insidebobforemansbrainpart2.blogspot.com/2013/10/ruth-kent-colorvised.html At the link above is a story I just got from our friend Bob Foreman. The article he sent is from the Saturday paper, just after the Thursday surprise Atlanta viewers got when ‘Today In Georgia’ debuted in color, making WSB the first station […]
July 31, 1995…The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in the beginning, ABC invested in Disney? In the early 1950’s, Walt Disney sought corporate sponsorship for his Mickey Mouse themed amusement park. Desperate to trump its more established competitors, the American Broadcasting Company, stepped in as one of Disneyland’s primary […]
Remembering Grant Tinker…. Grant Tinker, former CEO of NBC, dies at age 90 Grant Tinker, former chairman and CEO of NBC and architect of many successes for the network, has died at age 90. He was also a former husband of actress Mary Tyler Moore. Source
This is about as good as it gets! These 11 pages from the January 1949 issue of Science Illustrated lays it all out! From how many stations and where, to where the new coaxial cables are running, picture sizes, how many sets in use and much much more.