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Broadcast - Notable Historical Events

Jack DempseySep 6, 1920

Calvin CoolidgeDec 6, 1923

Wallis SimpsonDec 11, 1936

Orson WellesOct 30, 1938

FDRNov 7, 1942

Paul HarveyDec 3, 1950

Dick ClarkOct 7, 1952

Elvis PresleyMar 3, 1955

Mary Tyler MooreSep 3, 1977

Pat SummerallNov 25, 1979

Oprah WinfreySep 8, 1986

Al MichaelsFeb 9, 2006

Jay OnraitJun 28, 2013

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Broadcast - Historical Events
Date Event
1903-01-19

1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England

1906-12-24

Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)

1907-03-05

1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired

1909-03-18

Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast

1920-08-31

Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air

1920-09-06

Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight

1920-11-25

WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play

1921-01-02

1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh

1921-04-11

KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)

1921-04-11

First sports broadcast on the radio takes place.

1921-08-05

1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)

1921-10-05

1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0

1922-10-04

For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY)

1922-10-28

First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game

1923-01-04

1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)

1923-03-22

The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.

1923-12-03

1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)

1923-12-06

1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Calvin Coolidge

1923-12-31

1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester

1924-03-21

1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)

1924-06-10

1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland

1925-03-04

Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations

1925-04-14

1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)

1925-11-24

1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)

1926-04-12

Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms

1926-07-15

VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms

1926-12-10

1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)

1927-01-21

1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)

1927-02-18

1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"

1927-12-10

Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN

1928-07-03

1st colour TV broadcast in London (John Logie Baird)

1929-11-20

First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio

1930-01-20

1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)

1930-03-27

1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea

1930-06-30

1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY

1930-07-30

1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio

1930-08-20

Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)

1930-11-22

1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)

1931-01-22

VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam

1931-03-21

KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland

1931-04-06

1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio

1931-10-14

1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University

1932-03-24

1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)

1932-04-28

1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio

1932-11-07

1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio

1933-02-20

Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech

1934-09-13

Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000

1934-11-29

Chic Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally

1935-04-16

1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"

1935-07-05

1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast

1935-07-20

1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio

1936-07-01

AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens

1936-11-02

First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London

1936-12-11

Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson

1937-01-25

1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio

1938-03-13

World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.

1938-07-26

1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC

1938-10-30

Orson Welles panics the USA with broadcast of HG Welles' "War of the Worlds"

1939-08-06

1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio

1939-09-18

William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast.

1939-09-28

Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio

1939-10-14

BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed

1939-11-06

WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast

1940-01-22

1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS

1940-02-01

NBC performs the first inter-city television broadcast from its station in New York City to another in Schenectady, New York by General Electric relay antennas.

1940-03-23

1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS

1940-04-29

1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS

1942-01-29

1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC

1942-11-07

First US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French

1943-05-31

"Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio

1944-05-02

WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast

1944-10-03

1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland

1945-05-06

World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).

1946-04-20

1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs

1947-02-21

1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"

1947-07-08

Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

1948-02-06

KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1948-04-15

KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast

1948-04-23

KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast

1948-05-14

Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast

1948-11-29

1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC)

1949-01-16

KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949-01-16

WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast

1949-06-03

Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)

1949-06-06

WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949-09-22

WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast

1949-10-31

WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949-11-11

WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast

1949-11-15

WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949-12-11

WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast

1950-02-02

1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV

1950-06-01

WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast

1950-07-04

The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.

1950-10-11

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS

1950-12-03

Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast

1951-06-25

1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities

1951-09-04

1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by US President Harry Truman

1951-09-09

1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV

1951-09-19

1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV

1951-10-02

1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)

1952-10-07

First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)

1952-12-03

1st TV broadcast in Hawaii

1952-12-07

KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953-01-01

WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953-02-09

WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953-03-02

The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.

1953-04-29

The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

1953-05-31

WSUN TV channel 38 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast

1953-06-13

KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953-06-19

WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953-06-26

KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953-07-16

KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953-09-01

WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, SC (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953-09-21

KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953-10-23

WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953-11-23

KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953-12-01

WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast

1954-01-01

WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast

1954-02-17

WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast

1954-05-15

KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1954-05-16

WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast

1954-07-08

KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast

1954-09-11

1st Miss America TV broadcast

1954-09-18

WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (ABC) 1st broadcast

1954-11-28

KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast

1954-12-28

KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1955-01-05

KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast

1955-01-23

KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1955-03-01

KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast

1955-03-03

Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show "Louisiana Hayride"

1955-04-01

WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast

1955-07-31

KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1955-07-31

WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1955-09-28

1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)

1956-02-09

KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast

1956-05-29

WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast

1956-08-06

After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.

1956-09-10

WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast

1956-09-17

Television is first broadcast in Australia.

1956-12-03

KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast

1957-05-01

Larry King's 1st radio broadcast

1957-05-06

Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV

1957-05-27

Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.

1957-07-01

WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast

1957-09-01

WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1957-10-22

KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast

1957-10-30

WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast

1957-11-07

WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast

1957-12-28

CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on

1958-01-22

KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast

1958-03-03

KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast

1958-03-05

KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast

1958-05-02

Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC

1958-11-05

KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast

1958-12-19

1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere")

1959-10-20

WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast

1959-11-08

KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1960-04-02

KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast

1960-05-23

WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast

1960-07-31

KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast

1960-11-25

"Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio

1960-12-09

1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV

1961-04-14

1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union

1961-07-01

KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1962-05-02

WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast

1962-07-04

KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast

1962-11-25

WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast

1964-08-13

1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire

1964-10-01

1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire

1965-05-03

KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast

1965-09-13

Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast

1966-01-25

WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast

1966-04-05

WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast

1966-09-12

WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast

1967-03-01

WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast

1967-03-15

WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast

1967-07-01

1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2

1968-04-01

KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast

1968-06-02

WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast

1968-06-10

WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast

1968-08-05

WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast

1968-09-14

1st broadcast of "60 Minutes" on CBS-TV

1968-09-22

KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast

1968-09-26

1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV

1968-11-04

WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast

1968-11-04

WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast

1968-12-06

WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast

1968-12-11

KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1968-12-28

KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, CA (IND) 1st broadcast

1969-02-23

WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast

1969-07-14

WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast

1969-09-23

1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV

1969-10-26

WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast

1969-10-30

WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast

1969-11-12

WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast

1969-11-21

KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast

1970-02-28

KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast

1970-05-02

KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast

1970-10-29

WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1971-02-03

KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast

1971-09-15

1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV

1971-12-05

KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast

1972-01-24

WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast

1972-09-13

1st TV broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS

1972-12-17

WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast

1974-09-13

1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV

1974-10-20

1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF

1975-06-09

UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time

1975-12-16

1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV

1975-12-28

1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)

1976-05-11

Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV

1977-01-27

1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV

1977-09-03

Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV

1977-09-24

1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV

1978-02-08

Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.

1978-03-02

1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV

1978-09-01

Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV

1978-11-03

First broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV

1979-11-15

ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

1979-11-25

Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast a game together for the first time, a pairing that would last 22 years and become one of the most well-known partnerships in TV sportscasting history

1980-01-10

Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC

1981-08-13

Last broadcast of "The Waltons" on CBS-TV

1981-09-16

1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV

1981-10-08

1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" on ABC-TV

1982-04-26

CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio

1982-09-29

1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV

1986-09-08

'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is first broadcast nationally.

1986-09-15

1st broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV

1988-04-04

Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV

1988-10-19

Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members

1992-01-22

Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.

1992-11-09

Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)

1993-05-12

Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS

1993-05-12

Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV

1994-05-27

Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show

1995-02-19

1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV

1995-04-29

Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV

1995-06-27

Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days & $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland

1996-03-31

Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast

2006-02-09

Al Michaels joins NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast with Johh Madden

2006-07-30

World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.

2008-11-22

YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live.

2009-09-18

The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.

2010-09-17

The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.

2012-08-27

First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity

2013-06-28

Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN

2015-10-27

Game 1 of World Series delayed after Fox broadcast loses power

2016-08-06

American TV viewers slam NBC for delaying Rio broadcast

2017-04-03

14-Year-Old Charged In Sexual Assault Broadcast On Facebook Live

2017-04-17

Manhunt underway in Cleveland for suspect who broadcast killing on Facebook: Police

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Broadcast - Birthdays
Date Event
1857-02-22

Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves

1866-10-06

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music

1879-06-03

Harry Fischbeck, The Big Broadcast of 1938

1879-11-01

Hannen Swaffer, Death at a Broadcast

1889-07-03

Stan Kavanaugh, The Big Broadcast of 1937

1889-9-23

Walter Lippmann, Public Broadcast Laboratory

1894-04-30

Vernon Bartlett, Death at a Broadcast

1904-10-09

J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman (KRO, 1938-45)

1905-02-17

Hoppy Jones, The Great American Broadcast

1910-04-09

Sharon Lynn, Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast)

1910-10-20

Charles Fuqua, The Great American Broadcast

1911-02-11

Milt Yaner, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1912-07-08

Johnny Mince, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1913-05-30

Pee Wee Erwin, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1913-9-08

Patricia Wilder, The Big Broadcast of 1938

1914-06-12

Bill Kenny, The Great American Broadcast

1914-10-20

Fayard Nicholas, US, actor (Big Broadcast of 1936)

1915-03-15

David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)

1915-03-21

Eleanore C. Kopecky, Broadcast News

1916-03-22

Katharine Snell, The Big Broadcast of 1938

1916-08-31

Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)

1916-10-13

David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)

1921-04-22

Vivian Dandridge, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1922-10-17

Pierre Juneau, Montreal, Canada, film and broadcast executive, (d. 2012)

1924-06-02

Peter Hackes, Broadcast News

1927-02-01

Jerry Schussler, The Backyard Broadcast

1928-11-25

Etta Jones, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1929-04-15

Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards)

1930-01-13

Nannette Rickert, Broadcast News

1939-05-01

Max Robinson, Richmond Virginia, American broadcast journalistr (ABC Evening News) (d. 1988)

1940-05-09

James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)

1944-05-13

Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer

1947-07-22

Albert Brooks, Los Angeles California, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)

1948-11-10

Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist

1955-02-03

Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist

1956-08-01

C.J. Laing, Barbara Broadcast

1957-06-08

Peter Jepson-Young, The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter

1958-03-20

Holly Hunter, Conyers Georgia, American actress (Broadcast News, The Piano)

1959-12-01

Rick Leventhal, American broadcast journalist

1960-9-18

William L. Wright, Broadcast News

1967-09-11

Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist

1968-04-03

Mike Lansing, Adidas Golden South Classic 2011 (Live Internet Broadcast)

1969-07-11

Brooke Adams, Barbara Broadcast Too!

1971-01-18

Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist

1976-12-27

Gennie James, Broadcast News

1976-9-28

Ulrich Meczulat, Broadcast Killer

1981-03-23

Jonathan Benya, Broadcast News

1993-01-05

Darsan Solomon, Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television

Broadcast - Notable Weddings

Walter CronkiteMar 30, 1940

Michael CrichtonOct 22, 1981

Broadcast - Weddings
Date Event
1940-03-30

Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite weds Mary Elizabeth Maxwell at the Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

1981-10-22

Best-selling author Michael Crichton (39) weds broadcast journalist Suzanne Childs

1995-05-20

"Broadcast News" actress Holly Hunter (37) weds cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (35)

Broadcast - Notable Deaths

Walter CronkiteJul 17, 2009

Broadcast - Deaths
Date Event
1944-10-18

Hoppy Jones, The Great American Broadcast

1955-08-19

Ord Hamilton, Death at a Broadcast

1956-01-22

P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies

1957-03-02

Stan Kavanaugh, The Big Broadcast of 1937

1962-01-16

Hannen Swaffer, Death at a Broadcast

1963-05-26

Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53

1971-06-16

Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889)

1976-12-23

Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies

1978-03-23

Bill Kenny, The Great American Broadcast

1981-06-20

Pee Wee Erwin, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1988-05-23

David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73

1991-10-26

Vivian Dandridge, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1992-11-15

Peter Jepson-Young, The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter

1994-04-17

Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69

1994-04-17

Peter Hackes, Broadcast News

1994-10-04

Nannette Rickert, Broadcast News

1994-12-23

Johnny Mince, The Big Broadcast of 1936

1995-08-11

Patricia Wilder, The Big Broadcast of 1938

1998-03-03

Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)

2001-08-21

Katharine Snell, The Big Broadcast of 1938

2001-10-16

Etta Jones, The Big Broadcast of 1936

2002-03-12

Eleanore C. Kopecky, Broadcast News

2002-03-17

Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)

2006-05-31

Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (b. 1970)

2009-07-17

Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)

2010-08-13

Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)

2011-01-14

Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)

2012-02-21

Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89


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