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  • PBSOn the 3rd of November 1969, four men gathered in Washington to create a new national network for public television. Hartford N.
  • NPROn the 26th of February 1970, National Public Radio replaced the National Educational Radio Network following Congressional passage of the Public…
  • Frank SinatraFrancis Albert Sinatra entered the world on the 12th of December 1915 inside a tenement building at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • BBC Radio 4The first broadcast from station 2LO began on the 14th of November 1922 in London. It started with a power output of just 100 watts and operated at a…
  • HBOCharles Dolan sat aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 during a family vacation to France in the summer of 1971. He was desperate to save his struggling cable…
  • ESPNBill Rasmussen stood in a Plainville, Connecticut office on the 14th of May 1978. He had just been fired from the World Hockey Association's New England…
  • Johnny CarsonJohn William Carson entered the world on the 23rd of October 1925, in Corning, Iowa. He grew up moving between small towns like Avoca and Clarinda before…
  • Stephen ColbertOn the 11th of September 1974, a ten-year-old boy named Stephen Colbert stood in the living room of his family home on James Island.
  • The New York TimesHenry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones established The New-York Daily Times in 1851. Their first issue appeared on the 18th of September 1851, with a…
  • The Washington PostThe Washington Post opened its doors in 1877 under the leadership of Stilson Hutchins. This new daily newspaper faced immediate financial instability and…
  • Jim HensonJames Maury Henson was born on the 24th of September 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. He grew up as the younger of two children to Betty Marcella and Paul…
  • CNNAt 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 1st of June 1980, the Cable News Network began broadcasting from Atlanta, Georgia. Ted Turner introduced the channel to a…
  • Bing CrosbyHarry Lillis Crosby Jr. entered the world on the 3rd of May 1903, in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up at a house his father built at 1112 North J Street before…
  • History ChannelOn the 1st of January 1995, the History Channel opened its doors to American audiences. The network began as a joint venture between A&E Television Networks…
  • Voice of AmericaOn the 1st of February 1942, a broadcast began from the San Francisco office of the Foreign Information Service. It was transmitted via General Electric's…
  • CBSOn the 27th of January 1927, a radio network named United Independent Broadcasters began operations in Chicago. Arthur Judson, a New York City talent agent…
  • CBS NewsIn 1929, the Columbia Broadcasting System began making regular radio news broadcasts. These were five-minute summaries taken from reports supplied by United…
  • Walter CronkiteWalter Leland Cronkite Jr. entered the world on the 4th of November 1916, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. His father was a dentist named Walter Leland Cronkite…
  • BBC NewsThe British Broadcasting Company broadcast its first radio bulletin from station 2LO on the 14th of November 1922. Newspaper publishers persuaded the…
  • CNBCOn the 30th of July 1979, a small group of investors launched the Satellite Program Network. This new channel aired low-budget movies and instructional shows…
  • LucasfilmGeorge Lucas established Lucasfilm on the 10th of December 1971 in San Rafael, California. The company began with just five employees working out of a small…
  • Metropolitan OperaOn the 28th of April 1880, twenty-two men gathered inside Delmonico's restaurant in New York City to plan a new opera house.
  • NHKCount Gotō Shinpei stood at the helm when Japan's first radio station opened its doors on the 12th of July 1925. This single event marked the birth of what…
  • BBC TelevisionJohn Logie Baird set up the Baird Television Development Company in 1926. On the 30th of September 1929, he made the first experimental television broadcast…
  • BBCOn the 18th of October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company Ltd formed a joint venture among wireless receiver manufacturers to secure a single…
  • Walter LippmannWalter Lippmann was born on the 23rd of September 1889 on New York's Upper East Side. He grew up as the only child in a wealthy family with German-Jewish…