Today in Broadcaster History
Television Topics: Channels - TV Series
Historical Events
Events 1 - 6 of 6
1956-08-06 - After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
1967-04-09 - Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1987-08-04 - FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters
1989-02-02 - NL announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1992-04-15 - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
2004-02-01 - Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 109
1897-06-22 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1898-02-18 - K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier
1908-06-27 - William Eric David Davis, broadcaster
1908-10-29 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster
1908-12-20 - Norman Hackforth, broadcaster
1909-02-24 - Jean Yves Morvan Marin, broadcaster
1910-07-10 - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster
1912-01-12 - Peter Pooley, broadcaster
1913-04-29 - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster
1913-05-25 - Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
1915-11-04 - Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster
1916-04-12 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1916-05-07 - Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
1916-05-16 - Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment)
1916-06-20 - Johnny Morris, British broadcaster/actor (Once in a Lifetime)
1920-04-29 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
1920-12-18 - Willis Conover, broadcaster
1921-01-09 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
1921-05-23 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster
1921-11-22 - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
1923-04-20 - Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster
1923-12-23 - Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster
1924-12-20 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician and broadcaster (d. 1980)
1925-08-02 - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
1925-11-18 - Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)
1926-01-11 - Phil Sidey, broadcaster
1926-07-01 - Franclaois-Regis Bastide, writer/broadcaster
1927-09-11 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
1928-01-30 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster
1929-02-15 - Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day)
1929-05-29 - Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
1929-09-23 - Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster
1929-09-25 - Barbara Walters, American broadcaster
1929-11-21 - Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator
1930-04-16 - Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1930-12-26 - Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
1931-05-21 - Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
1931-06-18 - Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
1932-01-26 - Ronald Allison, British author/broadcaster
1932-09-25 - Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster
1933-03-06 - William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
1933-04-16 - Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
1933-09-25 - Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
1934-04-04 - Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster
1934-04-16 - Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1935-03-28 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1935-07-16 - Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster
1935-07-28 - Simon Dee, British television broadcaster
1935-12-27 - Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer
1936-08-01 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
1936-09-27 - Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author
1937-04-09 - Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster
1938-03-29 - Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1938-09-02 - Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster
1939-04-16 - Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1939-07-12 - Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster and journalist
1939-07-16 - Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster
1940-02-20 - Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
1940-03-03 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
1940-04-10 - Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop)
1940-08-01 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
1942-01-10 - Jack Regan, broadcaster
1942-02-20 - Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
1942-10-29 - Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster
1943-04-06 - Roger Cook, investigative journalist/broadcaster
1943-10-02 - Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress (Secret Policeman's Ball)
1944-02-02 - Karen Foss, American broadcaster
1944-04-19 - Margo MacDonald, Scotish national broadcaster
1946-04-17 - Henry Kelly, British broadcaster
1946-12-19 - Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster
1946-12-26 - Lisette Hordijk, Dutch TV broadcaster
1947-04-04 - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
1947-10-09 - Tony Zappone, American broadcaster, journalist, author, photographer
1947-12-28 - Andrew Olle, broadcaster
1948-05-29 - Michael Berkley, composer/broadcaster
1948-08-22 - Rob Buckman, British broadcaster/actor (Pink Medicine Show)
1949-03-30 - Sue Cook, British broadcaster
1950-04-22 - Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
1950-05-11 - Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster
1951-09-29 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
1952-05-05 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1953-06-07 - Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster
1954-05-11 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1954-05-18 - Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster
1954-11-08 - David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
1956-04-28 - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster
1956-05-11 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1957-04-09 - Brian Alexander, British broadcaster
1957-08-08 - Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster (American Journal)
1957-12-26 - Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
1958-03-17 - Pat Bolland, Canadian Broadcaster
1958-04-29 - Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster
1959-05-17 - Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
1960-03-10 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
1960-04-04 - Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster/test bowler
1961-01-06 - Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow)
1961-08-13 - Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961-09-24 - Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
1962-06-25 - Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
1963-03-20 - Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 1 of 1
1986-06-21 - The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof (34) weds broadcaster and writer Paula Yates (27) in Las Vegas
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 56 of 56
1965-12-22 - Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913)
1973-10-14 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
1979-12-09 - Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
1980-10-27 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
1988-06-08 - Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies
1990-03-15 - Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
1994-01-23 - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
1994-05-06 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
1994-08-11 - Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60
1994-10-30 - Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
1995-02-05 - Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79
1995-03-28 - Jack Regan, broadcaster, dies at 53
1995-04-16 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster, dies at 86
1995-04-28 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67
1995-06-21 - Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71
1995-07-12 - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62
1995-08-30 - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82
1995-10-15 - Phil Sidey, broadcaster, dies at 69
1995-11-10 - Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
1995-12-12 - Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48
1995-12-27 - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39
1996-02-05 - Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
1996-02-06 - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85
1996-04-29 - David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87
1996-05-17 - Willis Conover, broadcaster, dies at 75
1996-06-06 - Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster, dies at 57
1996-10-29 - Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
1996-11-17 - Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54
1996-12-13 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
1996-12-14 - Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at 88
1997-01-22 - Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66
1997-07-27 - K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99
1997-09-07 - Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight), dies at 72
1997-09-25 - Sayed Mutawli ad Imam scholar/broadcaster-Darsh, dies at 66
1999-01-30 - Ed Herlihy, American broadcaster (b. 1909)
2002-01-24 - Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
2002-09-23 - Veteran BBC/Radio Ceylon Broadcaster, Vernon Corea died in New Malden, Surrey, UK at 75
2004-03-30 - Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
2004-11-12 - John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (b. 1939)
2005-01-08 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952)
2005-01-13 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
2005-02-21 - Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (b. 1929)
2006-02-24 - John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
2006-07-06 - Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
2006-10-16 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
2007-08-10 - Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
2007-10-01 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2008-04-25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
2009-02-07 - Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
2009-02-26 - Norm Van Lier, Basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)
2009-02-26 - Johnny Kerr, Basketball player and Chicago Bulls broadcaster (b. 1932)
2009-04-15 - Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster and former liberal MP (b.1924)
2009-09-19 - Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
2010-12-02 - Ron Santo, American baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1940)
2010-12-05 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1938)
2011-05-07 - Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
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