2015 Event 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy Award drama nominations with 24, giving network HBO the lead with 124 nominations overall; ABC ranks second with 42 total nominations for this year's awards, to be held in September 2014 Event Sony Corporation's gaming service is back online after a hacking attack disrupted its PlayStation Network; the company is probing whether this incident is related to the attack on its Sony Pictures Division earlier this month 2014 Event Broadcasting company CBS is moving to web-based programming by starting a 24-hour news streaming site, offering web access to its network for a monthly fee, and partnering with Sony to provide programs for a web-based TV service 2013 Event In an effort to hunt for terrorists 'hiding in plain sight' online, spies at U.S. surveillance agencies may have spent time playing online games such as 'World of Warcraft', 'Second Life', and may have gathered information on the gaming network, Xbox Live 2013 Event The U.S. TV network NBC announces Jay Leno, host of 'The Tonight Show' will leave in the spring of 2014, and be replaced by comedian Jimmy Fallon 2013 Event Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network , with cars charging in less than 30 minutes 2011 Event Google's new social network service, Google+, is released to the general public 2011 Event In Sweden, four men arrested for the 2011 failed Gothenburg terrorist attack are believed to be linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network 2011 Event After 23 years running and 1151 fugitives caught, the FOX network cancels America's Most Wanted 2001 Death Beatrice Straight, actress, Network, dies at 82 1998 Event Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming 1997 Event 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 1996 Event 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1995 Event CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched 1995 Event Cable News Network joins internet 1995 Event Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network 1995 Event 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 1995 Event Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV 1995 Event UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) 1995 Event 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) 1994 Event Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Event 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - San Francisco vs Denver) 1994 Event Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network 1994 Event 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1994 Event FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts 1993 Event 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1992 Event Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network 1992 Event Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber 1992 Event Cartoon Cable Network premieres 1992 Event 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000 1991 Event Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network on WJFK-AM 1991 Event 4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1991 Event Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens 1990 Event 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560 1990 Event Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1990 Event Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 Event 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000 1989 Event David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 1989 Event 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1988 Death Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 1988 Event 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000 1987 Birthday 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 Event Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children 1984 Event Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Event Nashville Network begins on cable TV 1983 Event TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV 1982 Event NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features 1982 Event 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1982 Event Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 Event ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 Event ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations 1982 Event WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network 1982 Event ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) 1982 Event ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network 1981 Death William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63 1981 Event RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 1981 Event RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show 1981 Death Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1981 Event 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC) 1981 Event SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC 1980 Event Bravo network premieres on cable TV 1980 Event Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated 1980 Event 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network 1980 Event Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1979 Event RKO radio network begins operation 1979 Event Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1979 Event Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres 1978 Event Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio 1977 Death Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60 1976 Event Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1976 Event Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1973 Event Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1973 Event 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 1972 Event Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1970 Event PBS becomes a network 1969 Event Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1969 Event Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars) 1968 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV 1967 Event PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1964 Birthday 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 Event CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes 1958 Event Dumont TV Network crumbles 1957 Event "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) 1957 Event Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1957 Event Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files) 1956 Event 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama 1955 Event Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) 1955 Event 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1954 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 Event 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 Event 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 1952 Event 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada 1951 Event 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1951 Event NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 1950 Birthday 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 Event 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres 1949 Event "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) 1948 Event ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) 1948 Event Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 1948 Event 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 1948 Event ABC-TV network begins 1947 Event "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC 1947 Event 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" 1946 Event TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run 1946 Event 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont 1946 Birthday Tod Brannan, Vice President, Logos Network Corp 1945 Birthday 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 Event Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) 1941 Event Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1938 Event Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network 1937 Birthday Ned Beatty, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Deliverance, Repossed, Network 1935 Event Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1935 Event Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" 1932 Event "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network 1932 Event Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 1929 Event WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network 1929 Event CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City 1928 Event NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1927 Event 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1926 Event 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1916 Birthday Peter Finch, London, actor, Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe
