Just a few random TV related events that happened on April 15. Discuss or comment as you please……
1933: Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) is born in Hollywood, California.
1938: Don Lee’s W6XAO in Los Angeles premieres Vine Street, a live show claimed to be the first U.S. television soap opera.
1954: KVAL-TV (channel 13) signs on in Eugene, Oregon.
1954: WHO-TV (channel 13) begins broadcasting as the second television station in Des Moines, Iowa.
1954: KARK-TV (channel 4) debuts in Little Rock, Arkansas as that city’s second TV station.
1958: CKTM-TV (channel 13) launches in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
1966: KHET (channel 11) signs on in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the 50th state’s only PBS member station (repeated throughout the Islands on satellites and translators).
1967: Color television is launched in Australia with ATV0’s live coverage of the Pakenham races.
1980: Actor Raymond Bailey (The Beverly Hillbillies) dies in Irvine, California of a heart attack, aged 75.
1990: In Living Color premieres on Fox. (I often wonder if there was any trouble over using a phrase that must surely have been trademarked by NBC?)
2005: Former station employee John Owens is shot and critically wounded in the lobby of WDIV-TV (channel 4 analog, 45 DTV) in Detroit, Michigan. The assailant, Epifanio Rivas Jr., apparently had a long history of harassment against WDIV employees. Because of this, the receptionist had recognized Rivas and refused to buzz open the door from the lobby to the rest of the building, thereby likely preventing much more bloodshed. Rivas was captured, tried, and sentenced to 16-32 years in prison.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
1933: Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) is born in Hollywood, California.
1938: Don Lee’s W6XAO in Los Angeles premieres Vine Street, a live show claimed to be the first U.S. television soap opera.
1954: KVAL-TV (channel 13) signs on in Eugene, Oregon.
1954: WHO-TV (channel 13) begins broadcasting as the second television station in Des Moines, Iowa.
1954: KARK-TV (channel 4) debuts in Little Rock, Arkansas as that city’s second TV station.
1958: CKTM-TV (channel 13) launches in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
1966: KHET (channel 11) signs on in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the 50th state’s only PBS member station (repeated throughout the Islands on satellites and translators).
1967: Color television is launched in Australia with ATV0’s live coverage of the Pakenham races.
1980: Actor Raymond Bailey (The Beverly Hillbillies) dies in Irvine, California of a heart attack, aged 75.
1990: In Living Color premieres on Fox. (I often wonder if there was any trouble over using a phrase that must surely have been trademarked by NBC?)
2005: Former station employee John Owens is shot and critically wounded in the lobby of WDIV-TV (channel 4 analog, 45 DTV) in Detroit, Michigan. The assailant, Epifanio Rivas Jr., apparently had a long history of harassment against WDIV employees. Because of this, the receptionist had recognized Rivas and refused to buzz open the door from the lobby to the rest of the building, thereby likely preventing much more bloodshed. Rivas was captured, tried, and sentenced to 16-32 years in prison.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
