Just a few random TV related events that happened on November 26. Discuss or comment as you please……
1938: Impressionist Rich Little is born in Ottawa, Ontario.
1953: KBOI-TV (channel 2, now KBCI-TV) signs on in Boise, Idaho.
1956: The original version of The Price is Right (hosted by Bill Cullen) premieres on NBC.
1964: Television arrives in Pakistan as broadcasts commence in the cities of Lahore and Dhaka.
1968: CFWH-TV (channel 6) begins broadcasting in Whitehorse, Yukon. It is the second in a series of CBC transmitters providing limited television service to remote and northern communities. The programming (known as the “Frontier Coverage Package”) initially consists of 4 hours of black-and-white videotaped material per day – tapes that were circulated from station to station and aired anywhere from a week to a month after their original CBC broadcasts. (The practice would end in 1973 when these remote stations were linked to the Anik satellite, providing 12 hours per day of color programming.)
1977: At 5:12 p.m. BST, the audio portion of a Southern Television news broadcast on British television channel ITV is interrupted by the electronically disguised voice of someone calling himself "Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command." The “alien” warns viewers about the dangers of nuclear weapons and states that humanity has “but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill” before destroying itself. The source of the audio hijacking has never been determined. While certainly a prank or hoax, nevertheless there are some “UFOlogists” who still believe the signal had an extraterrestrial origin.
1989: America's Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC.
(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…..)
1938: Impressionist Rich Little is born in Ottawa, Ontario.
1953: KBOI-TV (channel 2, now KBCI-TV) signs on in Boise, Idaho.
1956: The original version of The Price is Right (hosted by Bill Cullen) premieres on NBC.
1964: Television arrives in Pakistan as broadcasts commence in the cities of Lahore and Dhaka.
1968: CFWH-TV (channel 6) begins broadcasting in Whitehorse, Yukon. It is the second in a series of CBC transmitters providing limited television service to remote and northern communities. The programming (known as the “Frontier Coverage Package”) initially consists of 4 hours of black-and-white videotaped material per day – tapes that were circulated from station to station and aired anywhere from a week to a month after their original CBC broadcasts. (The practice would end in 1973 when these remote stations were linked to the Anik satellite, providing 12 hours per day of color programming.)
1977: At 5:12 p.m. BST, the audio portion of a Southern Television news broadcast on British television channel ITV is interrupted by the electronically disguised voice of someone calling himself "Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command." The “alien” warns viewers about the dangers of nuclear weapons and states that humanity has “but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill” before destroying itself. The source of the audio hijacking has never been determined. While certainly a prank or hoax, nevertheless there are some “UFOlogists” who still believe the signal had an extraterrestrial origin.
1989: America's Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC.
(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…..)
