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October 29: This Day in TV History

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Stanislav

Just a few random TV related events that happened on October 29. Discuss or comment as you please……

1942: Painter and TV host Bob Ross (The Joy of Painting) is born in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1948: Actress Kate Jackson (The Rookies, Charlie’s Angels) is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

1954: In Sweden, the first television transmissions are made from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

1956: The first regular use of videotape in network television programming begins as CBS uses an Ampex VTR to record the evening news, anchored by Douglas Edwards. The tape is then fed to West Coast stations three hours later.

1956: Meanwhile, over on NBC, the first-ever Huntley-Brinkley Report is aired.

1969 : KCIT-TV (channel 50) begins broadcasting in Kansas City, Missouri. The ill-fated station would last less than two years, leaving the channel dark again until 1978.

1970: WYEA-TV (channel 38, now WLTZ) signs on in Columbus, Georgia.

1981: Gimme a Break premieres on NBC.

1982: CBEFT (Windsor, Ontario) moves from channel 78 to channel 54.

1993: Diagnosis: Murder premieres on CBS.

(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…..) ;)
 
Stanislav said:
1956: Meanwhile, over on NBC, the first-ever Huntley-Brinkley Report is aired.
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A co-worker of mine, who hails from the Huntington-Charleston, WV market, told me that NBC affil WSAZ-3 -- which had a microwave link for its two-anchor newscast, one in each city -- was the model NBC used for Huntley/Brinkley.

1970: WYEA-TV (channel 38, now WLTZ) signs on in Columbus, Georgia.
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And, in the tradition of Columbus, Ga. stations with mascots (WRBL-3 with their "Henry"-like Rebel character and WTVM-28/9 with then-owner Martin Theater's "boy"), WYEA started out with TV GUIDE ads featuring a crudely-drawn cheerleader, i.e. "YAY!"-TV. ... a cheerleader's bullhorn with a "38" on it, and a pom-pom flag with the NBC snake. Going by memory here, as I haven't seen that in many eons.

--Russell
 
Ultimajock said:
...a great page or two about KCIT-TV/50 can be found at http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/kcit50/index.html...
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I love that site (and also his tribute to discount retailers of the '60s). Going by what he said, it appeared Kansas City's "network" stations preempted so many shows as to be virtual indies.

And the page about his family's trouble-prone color console set is a hoot. "Pictured here is a flimsy piece of crap ... with a toothpick structure on top of it."

--Russell
 
Why does that last remark sound like something
Fred Allen would say? Entering a hotel room once,
he spotted a floral arrangement on top of the television
set. "That's the best thing I've seen on television" (or
words to that effect) was his reaction.
 
I don't know whether or not this event was televised, coming off the heels of the Rome Summer Olympics of 1960, but this Oct. 29 event in boxing history would later impact television history (particularly that of ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and the career of Howard Cosell):

1960: In Louisville, KY, 18-year-old hometown hero Cassius Clay wins his first professional bout, a 6-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker (who was also the police chief of Fayetteville, WV).
 
I don't know whether or not this event was televised, coming off the heels of the Rome Summer Olympics of 1960, but this Oct. 29 event in boxing history would later impact television history (particularly that of ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and the career of Howard Cosell):

1960: In Louisville, KY, 18-year-old hometown hero Cassius Clay wins his first professional bout, a 6-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker (who was also the police chief of Fayetteville, WV).
 
It's possible that that fight aired on WAVE's
"Tomorrow's Champions," a program that
gave exposure to promising young fighters.
But since Ali/Clay had already made his mark
at the Olympics, that seems unlikely. October
29, 1960, was a Saturday, and it's possible
that the fight aired on ABC's "Fight Of The Week."
 
1957: D'OH! Voice actor and voice of Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta, is born in Oak Park, IL. His other TV credits include appearances on "ALF," "Sibs" (ABC, 1991), "Everybody Loves Raymond," and in the role of Aaron Spelling in the 2004 NBC TV movie "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels."
 
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