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2009 Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'The Rest of the Story'
2002 Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 2000 Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 1998 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61 1998 Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28 1998 News of the Lewinsky/Clinton affair is published, President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations 1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever 1997 Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70 1997 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62 1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes 1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com 1997 Nancy Woodhull, news editor for USA Today, dies of cancer at 52 1996 John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91 1996 Brian Hulls, television news cameraman, dies at 48 1995 Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS 1995 Cable News Network joins internet 1995 John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89 1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears 1995 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire 1995 CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung 1995 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news 1995 Peter Woods, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News, dies at 64 1995 Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58 1994 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 1994 Circulation of Netherlands Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000 1994 N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1994 1st French "all news" TV, LCI, begins broadcasting 1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78 1994 Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies 1993 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment 1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News 1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett 1993 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78 1992 WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry 1992 Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 1992 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79 1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks 1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 1991 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1991 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1991 Kathryn Cravens, news correspondent, dies at 92 1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1991 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf 1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1990 Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32 1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1989 Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show 1989 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis 1989 Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer 1988 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, U.S. singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44 1988 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets 1988 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1988 New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1987 Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80 1987 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1986 Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report) 1986 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1985 "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News Virginia returns from WGH 1984 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers 1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35 1983 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia changes call letters to WNSY 1983 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1982 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show 1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 CNN Headline News debuts 1981 Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies 1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters 1981 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News 1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News 1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1980 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network 1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1980 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC) 1979 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 1977 Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) 1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 1977 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1977 NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio 1977 Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76 1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show 1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1976 Lynn Thomas, Newport News, Virginia, playmate, May 1997 1975 New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1975 NBC News and Information Service, a 24 hour news service, premieres on radio 1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1975 "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances 1974 "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) 1973 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 1972 Gabriel Heather, U.S. news anchor, dies at 81 1972 Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56 1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show 1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks 1970 Meeno Peluce, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Bad News Bears 1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s 1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1969 Shane Butterworth, actor, Timmy-Bad News Bears 1969 Melissa Rivers, New York City, TV hostess, MTV, CBS Morning News 1967 "News at 10" premieres on English TV 1966 Tricia Cast, Medford, New York, actress, Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young and Restless 1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news 1964 New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV 1963 CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes 1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News 1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) 1960 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes 1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1960 Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You' 1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1958 Deborah Norville, news anchor, Today Show, Inside Edition 1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade 1958 Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around 1957 Chris Hayes, California, rock guitarist, Huey Lewis and The News 1957 Faith Daniels, news anchor, CBS-TV 1957 Katie Couric, born in Arlington, Virginia, TV news host, Today 1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News) 1956 Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye 1956 Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning 1955 Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1955 Cora Ann Mahalick, New Jersey, news anchor, WNYW-TV 1955 Jimmy Fortune, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1954 USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va 1954 Stone Phillips, news host, NBC Dateline 1954 Mario Cipollina, California, rock bassist, Huey Lewis and The News 1954 Richard Schlesinger, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show 1953 Sean Hopper, born in California, rock keyboardist, Huey Lewis and The News 1953 Bree Walker, news anchor, WNBC TV, KNBC TV 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada 1951 Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer, Huey Lewis and The News 1950 Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1950 Kaity Tong, news anchor, WABC-TV New York City 1950 Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News 1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, wife of Mayor Giuliani 1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 1949 Mary Alice Williams, news reporter, NBC-TV 1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece 1948 George Polk, CBS news correspondant, body found 1948 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC 1948 Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq, Pennsylvania, news anchor, NBC 1947 Chris Wallace, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, NBC Weekend News 1947 Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News 1947 Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman 1947 Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America 1947 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" 1947 Ann Compton, news reporter, ABC TV 1946 Connie Chung, Washington D.C., news ancher, NBC, CBS 1946 Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS 1946 Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem 1944 John Suchet, British TV journalist, Independent TV News 1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1943 Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief, Evening News, Manchester 1943 Ernie Anastos, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, news anchor, WCBS, WABC 1943 Geraldo Rivera, born in New York City, news personality, 20/20, Geraldo 1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer 1941 Ed Bradley, born in Philadelphia, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1940 Bernard Shaw, news correspondant, CBS, CNN 1940 James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic 1940 Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline 1940 Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982- 1939 Luther Allison, Mayflower, Arkansas, rock guitarist, Bad News is Coming 1939 Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1938 Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1938 Christopher Glenn, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Nightwatch 1938 Sylvia Chase, St. Paul, Minnesota, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20 1937 Joyce Bulifant, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show 1937 Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1937 Bob Schieffer, born in Austin, Texas, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1936 Tom Snyder, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, radio, television, news anchor, famous for 'The Late Late Show' 1936 Lloyd Dobbins, born in Newport News, Virginia, newscaster, NBC News Overnight 1935 John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News 1934 Tom Jarriel, LaGrange, Georgia, newscaster, ABC Weekend News, 20/20 1934 Bill Moyers, born in Hugo, Oklahoma, news commentator, Bill Moyers' Journal 1934 James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) 1933 Charles Osgood, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Weekend News 1932 Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 John Hart, born in Denver, Colorado, newsman, CBS News Retrospective, NBC News 1931 Dan Rather, born in Wharton, Texas, news anchor, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes 1931 Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV 1931 Richard Searby, deputy-chairman, News Corp Ltd-Australia 1931 Lawrence K. Grossman, News president, NBC-TV 1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1931 Robert D Novak, Joliet, Illinois, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1931 Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67 1931 Thomas Hoving, New York City, news correspondent, 20/20 1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP 1930 Peter Woods, born in Britain, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News 1930 Jimmy Breslin, Queens New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday 1929 James Bishop, editor, London News Publications 1928 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions 1928 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1928 Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News 1928 Sander Vanocur, born in Cleveland, Ohio, news anchor, NBC Weekend News 1927 Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore 1927 B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA 1925 Judy Woodruff, news analyst and commentator 1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1925 U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms 1924 Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973 1924 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News 1923 Frank Reynolds, E Chicago, Indiana, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1923 Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1922 Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama 1921 Frank McGee, born in Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News 1921 Rowland Evans, born in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1920 Walter Matthau, New York City, actor, Odd Couple, Bad News Bears 1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, NBC news anchor, Huntley-Brinkley 1919 N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1919 Andy Rooney, born in Albany, New York, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes 1918 Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director, ANP/Reuter 1918 Paul Harvey, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'Rest of the Story' 1918 Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News, Virginia, jazz singer, Is it live or Memorex 1918 Pearl Bailey, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Hello Dolly 1917 Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1917 Douglas Edwards, born in Alda, Oklahoma, newscaster, CBS Evening News, FYI 1917 Charles Collingwood, Michigan, news commentator, CBS, Chronicles 1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1912 Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1912 Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News 1908 Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News 1907 Cecil Brown, news correspondent, CBS 1906 John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman, Timex 1904 Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59 1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator 1902 Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News 1902 Quentin Reynolds, New York City, newscaster, Its News to Me, author, FBI 1900 Quincy Howe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, CBS Weekend News 1900 Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press 1900 Associated Press News Service forms in New York 1900 Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative 1899 Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1897 N.Y. Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" 1889 Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1885 News of fall of Khartoum reaches London 1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1879 News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1877 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass 1862 Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah 1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" 1844 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot 1842 1st edition of London Illustrated News 1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 1814 Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' |
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