tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6412098197076996477..comments2024-03-17T18:19:49.076-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, September 23, 1969Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-29801112580778385082017-09-28T16:13:12.185-04:002017-09-28T16:13:12.185-04:00KWHY in Los Angeles did the stock market coverahe ...KWHY in Los Angeles did the stock market coverahe in the same way from mid 60s to mid 80sErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364814077907279389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-67004403692545768382017-09-28T15:58:52.521-04:002017-09-28T15:58:52.521-04:00Yup, that Barry Serafin on that KMOX newscast befo...Yup, that Barry Serafin on that KMOX newscast before he joined CBS and later, ABC.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326991064350757363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-44675636249638648772017-09-28T15:56:09.228-04:002017-09-28T15:56:09.228-04:00Chicago too, on WCIUChicago too, on WCIUAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326991064350757363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-25710225078442324722017-09-28T13:58:27.702-04:002017-09-28T13:58:27.702-04:00The all-day stock market reports and quotes formed...The all-day stock market reports and quotes formed the basis of what was later called the Financial News Network(FNN), which ultimately became a cable channel(eventually bought out by CNBC, enabling that channel to gain carriage on systems it hadn't yet managed to crack, in the late '80s/early '90s).<br />Many cities ran the afternoon stock market reports(mostly on UHF stations). In San Francisco, that programming aired on a station(KEMO, channel 20) that mostly aired 'brokered'foreign-language programming when the markets were closed. Eventually, a San Jose station carried FNN, until the mid-80s.<br />This St. Louis listing represents the earliest evidence I've seen of those stock reports.oneillb454@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871027852560385711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-61158365395744858162017-09-25T23:10:47.566-04:002017-09-25T23:10:47.566-04:00A bit and a piece:
- The '69-70 season was R...A bit and a piece:<br /><br /> - The '69-70 season was Red Skelton's last on CBS.<br />The Great Rural Purge came about the following year, as the Dark Age of Demographics came to the fore.<br />Putting rock groups on the <i>Skelton Hour</i> was CBS's idea, but Red went along, in the interest of bringing in younger viewers.<br />What I've read (in several different books) holds that Robert Wood, the new CBS president, had William Paley's ear; he was the one who sold Demos to the brass.<br />Also, I've read that Paley, who was a kind of society snob, disliked Skelton personally, considering him "uncouth" (maybe somebody told him about the "Red Skelton Dirty Hour" rehearsals). Anyway, when Wood started to sell Demos, Paley became a willing customer.<br /><br /> - In his autobiography, Ed Nelson devoted a whole chapter to his morning talk show, which originated at KABC in Los Angeles, and was carried by ABC's owned-and-operated stations (including Channel 7 here in Chicago), with some syndication pickups here and there (as in St. Louis).<br /><br />Nelson was all set to do a second year when KABC hit the show with budget and staff cuts; Nelson had asked for increases in both, and only left when he didn't get them. <br />The move into politics came about a year after all this.<br /><br />Interestingly, Ed doesn't mention the Nathan Leopold interview, but he does write warmly of many others he got to talk with on his show.<br />Maybe, if the ABC network had picked up <i>The Ed Nelson Show</i> ...<br />... but that didn't happen, so there too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com