Allan Freed.NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. is getting the jump on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. when it comes to made-for-television movies and miniseries. A week before CBS was to introduce its miniseries "Shake, Rattle & Roll," its fictional look at the birth of rock music, NBC jumped the gun by airing "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. ," the story of Allan Freed, the disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. who helped start the music revolution on the radio. The Peacock network originally had scheduled the film in early October, but it was knocked out of the lineup by a late-inning baseball playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship . It was finally broadcast on Oct. 31. NBC is also ahead of the curve with its biblical drama "Mary, the Mother of Jesus" on Nov. 14, airing it months ahead of a CBS project on the life of Jesus. "They are playing one-upmanship," Croasdale said. 'This is an ongoing battle where everybody stunts each other. If you do it a week ahead, it can have an effect. People will say, 'Oh, I saw that already.' When they are several months apart, I personally don't think it makes much of a difference." |
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