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2001 Beatrice Straight, actress, Network, dies at 82
1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming 1997 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 1996 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1995 CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched 1995 Cable News Network joins internet 1995 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network 1995 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV 1995 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) 1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) 1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - San Francisco vs Denver) 1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network 1994 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1994 FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts 1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1992 Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network 1992 Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber 1992 Cartoon Cable Network premieres 1992 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000 1991 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network on WJFK-AM 1991 4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens 1990 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560 1990 Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000 1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1988 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 1988 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000 1987 Blake Lively, born in Tarzana, California, actress, first role, Bridget, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants', cast in CW television network series 'Gossip Girl', has appeared on covers of magazines Seventeen, Vogue 1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children 1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV 1983 TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV 1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features 1982 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations 1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network 1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network 1981 William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63 1981 RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 1981 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1981 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC) 1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC 1980 Bravo network premieres on cable TV 1980 Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated 1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1979 RKO radio network begins operation 1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1979 Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres 1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio 1977 Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60 1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1973 Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1970 PBS becomes a network 1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars) 1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV 1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1963 CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes 1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles 1957 "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) 1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files) 1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama 1955 Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada 1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres 1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) 1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) 1948 Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 1948 ABC-TV network begins 1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC 1947 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" 1946 TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run 1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont 1946 Tod Brannan, Vice President, Logos Network Corp 1945 Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1942 Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) 1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network 1937 Ned Beatty, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Deliverance, Repossed, Network 1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1935 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" 1932 "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network 1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 1929 WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network 1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City 1928 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1927 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1926 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1916 Peter Finch, London, actor, Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe |
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