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October 5: This Day in TV History

S

Stanislav

Just a few random TV related events that happened on October 5. Discuss or comment as you please……

1947: President Truman speaks about the world food crisis in the first televised presidential address.

1949: WBNS-TV (channel 10) signs on in Columbus, Ohio.

1950: Actor Jeff Conaway (Taxi) is born in New York City.

1957: Comedian Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show) is born (as Bernard Jeffrey McCullough) in Chicago.

1957: The first television transmission in Chile takes place from the main campus of the Catholic University of Valparaíso, giving birth to UCV, the country's first television station.

1960: KEYC-TV (channel 12) signs on in Mankato, Minnesota. Originally an NBC affiliate, its debut comes just in time to broadcast the first game of the World Series (Pirates vs.Yankees) that evening.

1964: KIXE-TV (channel 9) debuts in Chico, California. The educational station would move to Redding three years later. It is one of a handful of U.S. stations that have already ceased analog transmissions, having gone all-digital in August 2008. (Reportedly, the reasoning behind the move is that their transmitter site is usually snowed under in winter, and they wanted to finish all transition work before inclement weather begins.)

1969: To the strains of Sousa’s “Liberty Bell March,” the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC One.

1974: KMUV-TV (channel 31) begins operating in Sacramento, California. (After several call changes, it is now KMAX-TV.) The station was originally owned by Norman Lear.

1998: An early and (justifiably) short-lived UPN show premieres: The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (the “P,” perversely, is pronounced). It involves a black English nobleman who is kidnapped by his enemies and sent to America on a slave ship. He eventually becomes President Lincoln's valet, serving as the intelligent backbone of a White House populated by louts and drunkards. Canceled after just 4 episodes, it is amazing how it failed with such a brilliant premise..... (*cough*)

2000: Gilmore Girls debuts on The WB.

(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…..) ;)
 
1950: You Bet Your Life, starring the one,
the ONLY...Groucho, makes its television debut
on NBC. On the first show, the duck with the
secret word isn't present; the word is hidden
inside George Fenneman's jacket. The radio
show had moved from CBS to NBC the night before;
the same contestants appeared on both but the
two shows were not always the same, since some
sight gags would have to be deleted from the radio
tape.
 
Corky Marlowe said:
Speaking of "You Bet Your Life" on TV and radio, didn't the famous "I love my cigar" incident only take place on radio?
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...nope. Groucho denied (in his 1972 interview by Roger Ebert in Esquire magazine) ever having made the statement, and producer Robert Dwan, on hand at every taping the show ever had, denied ever having heard it...
 
1979: I've read in a couple of places that the Luke and Laura rape scene from "General Hospital" aired on this day. Within a year, the show would skyrocket in the ratings.
 
daryll said:
1979: I've read in a couple of places that the Luke and Laura rape scene from "General Hospital" aired on this day. Within a year, the show would skyrocket in the ratings.
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I've also read that Herb Alpert's then-hit "Rise" was played in the background during that rape scene. It was about this time 30 years ago that "Rise" was at the top of the Top 40 charts (Herb Alpert's first No. 1 hit since "This Guy's in Love With You" in 1968).

Then over two years and one month later, Luke and Laura would marry.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
1970: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is officially launched, replacing NET.
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And it was either on this day or four days before (Oct. 1) that its Newark, NJ affiliate, WNDT (Channel 13), changes its call letters to the current WNET.
 
"Rise" actually became a club hit in the U.K. in its sped-up version! Most U.S. 12-inch singles are designed to play at 33 1/3, but the British 12-inchers play at 45 rpm, so British club djs played the single at 45 rpm, and no one ever knew the difference!

Oh, and happy birthday to Steve Miller today. He is 66 now!
 
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