Top 100 TV shows of the 60s
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Top 100 TV shows of the ’60s
On May 9, 1961, the newly elected chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton Minow, gave his first speech at a meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington D.C. After praising the professionals in the broadcasting industry and laying out his belief that television should uphold the public interest, he infamously slammed the state of the medium as a “vast wasteland,” declaring that “when television is bad, nothing is worse.” His speech, unsurprisingly, was not universally appreciated.
The point Minow was trying to make was that good television should go beyond entertainment and that it should be used particularly to further America’s Cold War-era ideals, such as the battle for democracy to defeat communism. Political grandstanding or not, attendees at the meeting took Minow’s speech as a threat, understanding that if they di
Bill Michaels Teams with Mid-West Family Radio Outlets
RADIO ONLINE | Monday, February 8, 2021
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Mid-West Family/Madison, WI, has announced that Sports/Talk WOZN (The Zone) will now be the flagship station for Bill Michaels with syndication across the state of Wisconsin, effective February 9. Michaels will be heard across Mid-West Family radio stations WKTY in LaCrosse and Sports Talk 105.1 Eau Claire. Mid-West Family plans to make the show available throughout all of Wisconsin. We are excited to have one of the biggest names in Wisconsin sports talk history as part of our growing sports properties, said Mid-West Family Vice-President of Programming Randy Hawke. Bill is known and loved throughout the state as the authority on all things Wisconsin Sports, pro and college. Bill is the trusted voice, and we already have radio stations calling to secure his show .
Top 100 TV shows of the 60s
Madison Troyer, provided by
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Top 100 TV shows of the ’60s
On May 9, 1961, the newly elected chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton Minow, gave his first speech at a meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington D.C. After praising the professionals in the broadcasting industry and laying out his belief that television should uphold the public interest, he infamously slammed the state of the medium as a “vast wasteland,” declaring that “when television is bad, nothing is worse.” His speech, unsurprisingly, was not universally appreciated.
The point Minow was trying to make was that good television should go beyond entertainment and that it should be used particularly to further America’s Cold War-era ideals, such as the battle for democracy to defeat communism. Political grandstanding or not, attendees at the meeting took Minow’s speech as a threat, understanding that if they di
Boston-area tech firms rack up Emmy awards
Akamai, Avid, and Brightcove all receive national recognition for their video technology.
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated February 5, 2021, 9:26 a.m.
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Boston cleaned up in the latest round of Emmy awards.
No, not with Boston-set TV shows, or Boston-bred actors and writers. The winners this time? Companies responsible for the technology that helps bring those shows and live events to your TVs, computers, and phones.
Three Greater Boston tech companies won a total of five Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards last week, out of roughly 70 or so that were given out for 2020: Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies, Boston-based Brightcove, and Avid Technology in Burlington.
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