Television: The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) went on air with W3XK in 1928, the first television broadcasting station in the USA…”The Bob & Ray Show,” hosted by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, premiered on NBC radio in 1951…“The Lawrence Welk Show,“ which was initially a summer replacement series, began its 16-season run on ABC in 1955. […]
Television and Radio: The beginning of commercial television broadcasting began in 1941. The Federal Communications Commission licenses went into effect, allowing broadcasters to transmit programs and advertising. The first channels to receive FCC licenses were WNBT in New York (the precursor to WNBC), operated by the National Broadcasting Company, and WCBW (now CBS), operated by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Any broadcasting before that […]
When you think of summer, you think of hot weather, the beach, and vacationing. And when it comes to TV, summer brings the annual staple befitting the season: “Big Brother.” The CBS reality competition has been part of Americana for more than two decades. To follow the wave of the then-No. 1 rated TV show […]
Television and Radio: Variety half-hour “The Victor Borge Show” ended its five-month run on NBC in 1951…CBS daytime soap “The Guiding Light” began its 57-year run in 1952…CBS introduced the half-hour “The Johnny Carson Show,” which was a mixture of comedy sketches and singing, in 1955. The audience interest was minimal and the series expired on March 29, 1956. Carson began […]
Television: Elvis Presley guest starred on “The Steve Allen Show” in 1956 with a rendition of “Hound Dog” sung to an actually hound…The first draft of the original “Star Trek” pilot, titled “The Cage,” was released in 1964. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became “Where No Man Has Gone Before.“ Most of the original footage from […]
Television and Radio: The “Quiz Kids” was heard on NBC radio for the first time in 1940. It aired as a summer replacement show for “Alec Templeton Time” and continued on radio for the next 13 years…“Amos ‘N’ Andy,” starring Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams and based on the radio show of the same name, debuted on CBS in 1951. Ongoing protests by civil rights groups […]
The global Media and Entertainment industry was valued at $2.1 trillion in 2018, and by 2023 the market is expected to reach $2.6 trillion. This is not just the result driven by big name media houses, but thousands of small-to-medium enterprises as well. Media and entertainment companies in diverse fields like publishing, broadcasting, sports and […]
