ADVISORY/Library of American Broadcasting Honors the ``First Fifty Giants of Broadcasting'' September 18.Entertainment Editors/News Editors/Calendar Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (Sept. 18) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: The Library of American Broadcasting will honor the men and
women who pioneered the first generation of radio and
television at a luncheon, September 18th, in the Empire
Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt New York.
WHO: Joan Ganz Cooney ("Sesame Street")
Walter Cronkite (CBS-TV's pioneering broadcast journalist)
Ragan Henry (a pioneer in the ownership of television and
radio stations by African-Americans)
Stanley S. Hubbard (a pioneer in direct broadcast satellite)
Ward Quaal (pioneered independent broadcasting for the Chicago
Tribune organization)
Frank Stanton (CBS-TV President for 26 years)
Tribute will be paid to the honorees by:
Loreen Goldenson Arbus (daughter of Leonard H. Goldenson)
Bruce DuMont (son of Allen B. DuMont)
Eddie Fritts (Pres. and CEO of the National Association of
Broadcasters)
Tony Hope (son of Bob Hope) on video
Gene Jankowski (former President and Chairman of CBS Broadcast
Group)
Jerry Lee (Pres. WBEB - FM/Philadelphia)
Tony Malara (Former President Affiliate Relations/CBS)
Sharon Percy Rockefeller (WETA-TV President and CEO)
Shaun Sheehan (VP, Tribune Company)
WHEN: Thursday, September 18th
11:30 AM Reception
12:30 PM Luncheon
WHERE: Grand Hyatt New York
109 East 42nd Street/Empire Ballroom/3rd floor
(Park Avenue at Grand Central)
CONTACT FOR PRESS CLEARANCE: Nilou Salimpour, 310-246-9889
The "First Fifty Giants of Broadcasting" to be honored are: Fred Allen For the New Zealand rugby union player and coach, see . Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan on May 31 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died March 17 1956 in New York City) was an American comedian whose absurdist, pointed radio show (1934–1949) made him one , Edwin H. Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Gertrude Berg Gertrude Berg (née Gertrude Edelstein) (October 3, 1899 - September 14, 1966), was a pioneer of classic American radio, one of the first if not the first of her gender to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit when she premiered the radio soap opera , Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Bergen (February 16 1903 – September 30 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. , Milton Berle, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca, Frank Conrad, Joan Ganz Cooney Joan Ganz Cooney (born November 30, 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American businesswoman and television producer. She is one of the founders of the Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop), and the organization famous for the creation of the children's , Bill Cosby, Walter Cronkite, Bing Crosby, Powel Crosley Jr., Lee DeForest de·for·est tr.v. de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. de·for , Allen B. DuMont Allen Balcom DuMont (also spelled Du Mont) (January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. , Philo Farnsworth, Pauline Frederick, Dorothy Fuldheim, Jackie Gleason, Arthur Godfrey, Leonard H. Goldenson, Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll (Amos `n' Andy), Jack Harris, Paul Harvey, Ragan Henry, Bob Hope, Stanley E. and Stanley S. Hubbard, Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, Jim & Marian Jordan (Fibber fib n. An insignificant or childish lie. intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2. McGee & Molly), H. V. Kaltenborn, John Kluge, Guglielmo Marconi, Donald H. McGannon, Gordon McLendon, Tom Murphy, Edward R. Murrow Noun 1. Edward R. Murrow - United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965) Edward Roscoe Murrow, Murrow , William S. Paley
William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois – October 26, 1990 in New York, New York) was the chief executive who built CBS from a small , Irna Phillips, Ward Quaal, J. Leonard Reinsch, David Sarnoff, Eric Sevareid, Frank Stanton, George Storer, Ed Sullivan, Sol Taishoff, Lowell Thomas and Vladimir Zworykin. About the Library of American Broadcasting The Library of American Broadcasting (LAB) was founded over 30 years ago as the Broadcast Pioneers Library in the basement of the National Association of Broadcasters (Washington, D.C.). It now occupies 25,000 square feet at the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
The LAB embarks on its fourth decade already enriched by more than 1,000 oral histories of broadcast pioneers -- the most comprehensive collection of its kind -- along with more than 250,000 photographs donated from the Broadcasting & Cable magazine archives, and more than 10,000 books, 1,000 kinescopes and videotapes as well as 4,300 radio and television scripts. Already a resource for the ages, the LABF-University of Maryland partnership is dedicated to preserving the traditions, the visions and the very purpose of an industry and a medium whose product, by its nature, disappears into thin air. About the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF LABF Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (California) ) owns the collection and is committed to the care, growth and oversight of the library itself. Its mission is to provide the connection between the library and the broadcasting industry, to be its principal liaison with the real worlds of TV and radio, to assist the curators in their pursuit of collections, to conduct a program of oral histories and -- most importantly -- to provide a financial base for library operations. |
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