WNBC

For years WNBC has had strong ratings without resorting to sensationalism or forays into tabloid television unlike most of the other stations in the market. WNBC tends to be the news leader by breaking stories and having a no nonsense news product that informs and at times entertains. Prime examples of this are Live at Five and Today in New York, which provide a mix of news, features and interviews. Chuck Scarborough has been the station's main anchor since 1974, longer than anyone in New York television history except W ...

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WNBC, WNBC - History, WNBC - News Operation, WNBC - Newscasts, WNBC - Notable anchors reporters and weather forecasters past and present, WNBC - Helicopter crashes, WNBC - Newscast titles

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WNBC was the first commercially licensed television station in the United States, starting broadcasting on Channel 1 as WNBT (for NBC Television) on July 1, 1941 at 1:29 p.m. and was most likely the only television station to have a news special report about the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 of that year. However, it traces its history to experimental station W2XBS, founded in 1928. In 1946, the station changed its frequency from Channel 1 to Channel 4 after VHF channel 1 was removed from use for television br ...

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WNBC, WNBC - History, WNBC - News Operation, WNBC - Newscasts, WNBC - Current Newscast Teams, WNBC - Notable anchors reporters and weather forecasters past and present, WNBC - Helicopter crashes, WNBC - Newscast titles

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Bravo is a cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 70 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film, drama, and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. Bravo's programming schedule includes feature films (primarily from the Universal catalogue), theater, dance, music and documentaries. Bravo also airs reruns of series from parent network NBC (including The Restaurant and The West Wing), and produces original reality content (including Queer Eye for ...

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• Bravo television network - Ownership
• Bravo television network - Positioning
• Bravo television network - Target audience
• Bravo television network - Distribution
• Bravo television network - Promotion
• Bravo television network - Programming
• Bravo television network - High Definition
• Bravo television network - External link

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Universal Studios Japan is a theme park operated by Universal Studios which is located in Osaka. The park is markedly similar to Universal Orlando Resort because the rides are almost the same. Often the only difference is the language. During the summer of 2004, admission price was marked at 5500 yen, which, depending on the exchange rate which may fluctuate, is roughly 51 US dollars. Rides there include Jurassic Park River Adventure, Twister, Terminator 3-D, and others. Most visitors are Japanese tourists travelling within their own ...

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• Universal Studios Japan - External link

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New York City mayoral election 2005 - Republican Party. Michael Bloomberg - incumbent New York City mayor elected in 2001 after defeating the Democratic nominee, public advocate Mark Green. He has been endorsed by former mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, Jeanine Pirro, Herman Badillo, former congressman Reverend Floyd Flake, Reverend Calvin Butts, and many prominent local Democrats who have chosen to cross party lines. Bloomberg supports the continuation of his policing and antiterrorism policies under Comm ...

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New York City mayoral election 2005, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Candidates for mayor, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Republican Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Democratic Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Conservative Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Education Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Green Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Libertarian Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Socialist Workers Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Rent Is Too Damn High Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Working Families Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Unsuccessful candidates, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Democratic Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Republican Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Green Party, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Other candidates, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Polling numbers, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Democratic primary election results, New York City mayoral election 2005 - Pre-general election polling

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List of backronyms - Audio and video. Akai - Another Kaput Audio Invention Bose - Buy Other Sound Equipment Koss - K-tel's Obsolete Sound System, Keep Ordering Spare Speakers Lear - Lousy Eighttrack Audio Recordings Sony - Seems Obsolete Next Year, Soon – Only Not Yet, Send Over Nippon Yen Teac - Tapes Eaten And Chewed Lotus - (Cars) Loads OF Trouble Usually Serious Westinghouse - We're Evil, So Tem ...

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List of backronyms, List of backronyms - Reverse etymology, List of backronyms - False etymology, List of backronyms - Backronyms as mnemonics, List of backronyms - Backronyms as slogans, List of backronyms - Backronyms as political statements, List of backronyms - Euphemisms, List of backronyms - Backronyms in language translation, List of backronyms - Backronyms as Humor, List of backronyms - Audio and video, List of backronyms - Automotive, List of backronyms - Aviation, List of backronyms - Broadcasters and networks, List of backronyms - Computing and telecommunications, List of backronyms - Education, List of backronyms - Entertainment, List of backronyms - Manufacturing and commerce, List of backronyms - Military and police, List of backronyms - Other, List of backronyms - People, List of backronyms - Politics, List of backronyms - Ranks of the Order of St Michael and St George, List of backronyms - Retail, List of backronyms - Science

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Arledge was born the son of a North Carolina lawyer who moved to New York City in search of opportunity. He grew up a smart, but sheltered upper middle class kid. In school on Long Island, he wrestled, and played baseball. Upon graduation, he decided that sportswriting was what he wanted to do in life, and applied to Columbia University. There, he discovered that Columbia's journalism program was a graduate program -- not an undergraduate one. Even so, Arledge liked what he saw, and enrolled in a liberal-arts program. His classmates i ...

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Roone Arledge, Roone Arledge - Roots, Roone Arledge - Assistant Producer, Roone Arledge - Flying high, Roone Arledge - ABC NEWS, Roone Arledge - Honors

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Since 2002 the channel has earned strong ratings from television movies it commissions. Typically independently-made B movie-quality monster movies with total budgets of $1 to 2 million, they usually air on Saturday nights.[1] In April 2005 the network announced that it would air 28 original movies on Saturday nights through 2006.[2] Abs ...

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Sci Fi Channel United States, Sci Fi Channel United States - Sci Fi original programming, Sci Fi Channel United States - Sci Fi second-run programming, Sci Fi Channel United States - Other second-run programming, Sci Fi Channel United States - Sci Fi Miniseries, Sci Fi Channel United States - Sci Fi Pictures original movies, Sci Fi Channel United States - Other Movies Shown on Sci Fi, Sci Fi Channel United States - Trivia, Sci Fi Channel United States - Notes, Sci Fi Channel United States - External link

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Since its inception in 1947, KSDK has been a leader, not only of other stations in St. Louis, but of stations around the country. The quality news and reporting that has defined KSDK's history in St. Louis has resulted in numerous awards and consistently higher ratings. During the 80s and 90s, KSDK was the best-performing NBC affiliate in the country and there is still rarely a ratings period in which KSDK does n ...

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KSDK, KSDK - History, KSDK - News Operations, KSDK - Newscasts, KSDK - Awards, KSDK - News Sets/Graphics Packages/Music, KSDK - On-Air Personalities, KSDK - KSDK in the Community, KSDK - Contacting KSDK

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WQHT FM - WNBC-FM and variants. The history of the 97.1 frequency goes back to 1940, when station W2XWG first came on the air. After several frequency and call letters changes, WNBC-FM was established at 97.1 by 1948. It usually simulcast WNBC's AM programming. In 1954 it changed its call letters to WRCA-FM, but reverted back to WNBC-FM in 1960. WNBC-FM played classical music in the 1950s; it later switched to pop music. It ran automated network programming for some time, such a ...

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WQHT FM, WQHT FM - History, WQHT FM - WNBC-FM and variants, WQHT FM - WYNY, WQHT FM - WQHT Hot 103, WQHT FM - WQHT Hot 97 1988-present, WQHT FM - Controversy, WQHT FM - Star and Buckwild, WQHT FM - Tsunami Song USA for Indonesia, WQHT FM - 50 Cent/The Game, WQHT FM - Current Line-Up, WQHT FM - Station Management, WQHT FM - Notable DJ's past and present, WQHT FM - Lists of Artists Played on Hot 97, WQHT FM - 1986-1994 Freestyle music, WQHT FM - Dance music/Pop/House Music, WQHT FM - Hot 97's 20th Birthday 1986-2006

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His early broadcasting years included working at WTBU, Boston University's campus radio station. Following graduation in 1976, Stern moved to WRNW. During his time at WRNW, he lived in a monastery. Following WRNW was WCCC in Hartford, then WWWW ("W4") in Detroit. With each station, he improved in ratings and skill, finally moving on to WWDC-FM. In one archetypical example of his radio show, documented in his autobiographical movie Private Parts, he persuaded a female caller to have phone sex with him on the air. He made deep bu ...

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Howard Stern, Howard Stern - Biography, Howard Stern - Terrestrial Radio Show, Howard Stern - 1990s, Howard Stern - 2000s, Howard Stern - The Move to Satellite Radio, Howard Stern - Goodbye to terrestrial radio, Howard Stern - The Sirius Show, Howard Stern - Television shows, Howard Stern - Cast and crew of the Howard Stern show, Howard Stern - Regulars on the Howard Stern show, Howard Stern - Former cast and crew, Howard Stern - Former Regulars and Celebrity Guests, Howard Stern - Celebrity Guests, Howard Stern - Musical Artists Performances, Howard Stern - Frequent Show Games and Bits, Howard Stern - Common Show Sayings and Soundbites

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Imus had relapsed during his time in New York, but in 1987 had finally found effective treatment and personal resolve. (As of 2006, he has remained sober for 18 years. [1]) In 1988, with his battle with cocaine and alcohol now part of his self-publicity, Imus reshaped his show into a forum for political issues, charitable causes, and news-based parodies; the Billy Sol Hargus routines were phased out. The radio show became nationally ...

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Don Imus, Don Imus - Early life, Don Imus - Radio: comedy and music bits, Don Imus - 1988: A big change news and talk, Don Imus - Cast members, Don Imus - Business interests, Don Imus - Books

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Channel 52 started up as KBSC-TV (For Kaiser Broadcasting Southern California) on June 29, 1966, as part of the Kaiser Broadcasting's family of UHF stations in San Francisco (KBHK), Chicago (WFLD), Cleveland (WKBF, who lated merged with WUAB and WKBF would go dark in 1975 and become WCLQ and sign on in 1980, WQHS in 1986), Boston (WKBG, now WLVI), Detroit (WKBD), and Philadelphia (WKBS, which would go dark in 1983, whose signal later became WGTW). Never to fully compete with its much-watched VHF independent ...

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KVEA, KVEA - History, KVEA - External link

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The station signed on March 2,1968 as a business news/general entertainment independent station under the call sign KDTV. Its original owner, Doubleday, later decided to exit the market, and donated its programming and broadcast license to CBN, which already owned channel 33. CBN returned the license for channel 33 to the FCC and combined its existing assets with channel 39. The station changed call letters to KXTX in 1973. (The KDTV calls now reside on a TV station in San Fran ...

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KXTX-TV, KXTX-TV - History, KXTX-TV - External link

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WABC's early days as a Top 40 station were humble to say the least. Competitor Top 40 WINS was the #1 music station and WABC's ranking was barely in the New York top ten. It could only go up. Fortunately for them, Top 40 could not be heard well in certain surburbs since WINS, WMGM, and WMCA were directional stations. WABC had the pop music advantage in places west, south, and northwest - a huge chunk of the suburban po ...

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WABC AM, WABC AM - WJZ 1921 to 1953, WABC AM - WABC's early years 1953 to 1960, WABC AM - Musicradio 77 1960 to 1982, WABC AM - The decline of the music format, WABC AM - NewsTalkradio 77 1982 to present, WABC AM - Musicradio 77 lives on

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The 103.5 frequency first went on the air in 1948, as WNNJ, which then changed its name to WPAT-FM. FM listenership was very light in those early days of FM broadcasting, and during the 1950s the station would sometimes be off the air for long stretches without anyone knowing it was gone. By 1957 WPAT-FM had relocated to its much better-known frequency of 93.1. ...

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WKTU, WKTU - The original WKTU, WKTU - WNNJ and pre-move WPAT-FM, WKTU - WTFM, WKTU - WAPP, WKTU - The pre-move WQHT, WKTU - The post-move WYNY, WKTU - Sing you sisters!, WKTU - The new WKTU, WKTU - New York Country Returns In HD2, WKTU - Current DJs, WKTU - Management

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WNCN began life in 1988 as WYED-TV, a small station airing some children's programming during the morning and the Home Shopping Network the rest of the day. In 1992, WYED added some barter cartoons and some low budget barter syndicated shows such as talk/reality and game shows. In 1993, Outlet Communications of Providence, Rhode Island bought the station, changed its call letters to WNCN, and increased its signal to cover almost all of the Triangle. The station also added more sitcoms and first-run syndicated shows. It began to carry programming f ...

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WNCN-TV, WNCN-TV - History, WNCN-TV - Newscasts, WNCN-TV - Notes and references

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The station first went on the air in 1945 as WGRF. Years later, when the station was purchased by the New York Daily News, it adopted the WPIX-FM call letters, as the station was co-owned with Channel 11 WPIX-TV. In the years that the station used the WPIX-FM call letters, it was famous for not being able to settle on a format for any real length of time, and was derisively nicknamed "The format of the month station" by many in the New York City radio industry and general public. During that time, the station went ...

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WQCD, WQCD - Station History, WQCD - External link

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The station signed on the air in May 1949 under the call sign WAFM. In the beginning, it carried programming from ABC and CBS. In 1953, the station changed its call sign to WABT (for Alabama's Best Television). By that point, the station had been carrying NBC programming in addition to those from ABC. The station changed call signs again in 1958 when it became WAPI-TV to match its sister radio station WAPI-FM (for the Alabama Polytechnical Institute, the owner of both stations; they would both be ...

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WVTM-TV, WVTM-TV - History, WVTM-TV - Newscast Titles, WVTM-TV - Saturday, WVTM-TV - Sunday, WVTM-TV - External link, WVTM-TV - Source

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WKAQ-TV has existed since 1954, the year when television services began in Puerto Rico. The station was founded by Angel Ramos, the owner of "El Mundo" newspaper. Before the 1990s, WKAQ-TV was branded as Telemundo Canal 2. But, with Telemundo International's move of naming each of its branches after the countries which they are located in, Telemundo Canal 2 became Telemundo Puerto Rico. During the 1970s and 1980s, Telemundo Canal 2 was a major producer of Puerto Rican Spanish soap operas. During most of the 1980s, according to Mediafax (Puerto Rico's version of the Nielsen ratings), WKAQ-TV was the ...

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WKAQ-TV, WKAQ-TV - History, WKAQ-TV - Telenoticias en Acción, WKAQ-TV - Newscasts, WKAQ-TV - Other programs produced by WKAQ-TV

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