1986. I arrived at wbal radio as a general manager and from the 50s to the mid70s, wbal retial at keillor at the orioles game and one of the objectives when i got there was to repatriate the orioles. Then and now finnmark really staggering at their expense level and its hard to run these things at a profit and you hope that you can create a halo effect and the overall benefit of having the game on the radio in baltimore. It eliminates the whole station. As a, i had it in my mind that we wanted these games. I went up to new york and i sold my pants off. Frank benet who was the ceo of the Hearst Corporation like my enthusiasm and they liked my passion. They put me through the hoops every Business Model that you could look at and i have an answer for everything. I went back home and we made a deal with the orioles and i thought now we are really going to be able to go on. That was the year that they started 022. [laughter] and i was dying. You couldnt sell advertising to anybody. There wa
Over the past year our original first ladies series has look at the lives of the nations first ladies. Well show you highlights from our Second Season focusing on the 20th century. Starting with Edith Roosevelt and finishing with rosalynn carter. That is at 9 p. M. Eastern. A reminder, we will have new first ladys programs in the new year. Starting with nancy reagan on monday, january 13 at nine eastern. Followed by barbara bush, hillary clinton, laura bush, and michelle obama. Each monday after that. Live here on cspan and on c span radio. With our partner the White House Historical association, we will offer a special edition of the book first ladies of the United States of america. Providing a biography and portrait of each first lady. Available for 12. 95 plus products. At cspan. Org up, a conversation on the future of Television News. Then author Hedrick Smith gives his take on the most Important News stories of 2013. And later, the anniversary of akron posted a discussion on the
He understood the United States better sometimes than we even understood ourselves. He was the son of an american mother, proud to have had two great grandfathers who fought in George Washingtons army. One and the Berkshire County militia and the other is part of the fourth massachusetts regiment. It was fitting that in the shadows of world war ii, and and the dawn of the cold war, when some at home hoped the United States would turn inward, churchill looked outward again and across the atlantic. He traveled to the heartland of our country to a tiny college in fulton, missouri and he spoke of americas aweinspiring accountability to the future. With so many challenges, all across the world today, struggles to be one, pandemics to be defeated, history yet to be defined, churchill can be heard once again at this dust with this bust for all of us to define our time in a manner befitting of a country that still stands, as he said then, at the pinnacle of power. That went essential british s
Paralysis. The exciting results come from a new technique which uses electrical stimulation of the nerves. We have doctor from National Institute of health which took part in the study. Dr. Gray, thanks for coming on the show. Tell us how this Technology Works . Thank you very much, gerri, im glad to be here. So this Technology Uses spinal stimulation. It takes off the shelf technology, which medtronic has developed to simulate the surface of the spinal column. Those these patients who are severely injured with spinal cord injury are implanted with spinal stimulation electrodes and these electrodes send signals to move the legs. Gerri people are moving their legs. They are wiggling their toes. People who thought they would never have hope for doing that will these people walk again . Well, of course that is the ultimate goal. But please remember, that this is the first step in a very Long Research study which we at the National Institutes of health and in particular, my institute, the
Of the core of apostles. There were others that were vying for the leadership of the church. It was a difficult and confusing time for church members. They were not sure if we should have another president of the church. How do you replace a man like joseph smith. . Smithbut he is the one who got the majority of the saints. He gathered the majority of the saints together and said we have the authority to lead the church. Joseph smith gave us all the priesthood that is needed to lead this church and were going to take these people to the west. He was a very interesting man. He was a great leader. One of the great liters in the 19th century in america. There are interesting things about him, for instance, he tended to lead by example. If you are going on a trek, he is at the forefront. If you have to dig out of a mud hole, he was the first one with the shovel. That generated respect and love among the people. He was just he was very, very capable. He was able to envision a future, envisi