NEWS & NOTES : CORRESPONDENT READY TO RIDE MSNBC `ROCKET'.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Brian Williams is jumping from 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. to a cable ``rocket.'' ``As President Clinton is fond of saying, this is a big deal,'' says NBC's chief White House correspondent, named Wednesday as anchor and managing editor of a Monday-to-Friday news-interview show on MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company . ``I think this will be a rocket of a new venture. You're talking to a happy man.'' MSNBC, a production of NBC and Microsoft, launches July 15 to 20 million homes. The 24-hour news channel, based at CNBC's Fort Lee, N.J., headquarters, is building a state-of-the-art facility in Secaucus, N.J. Williams, 37, will cover Clinton through the '96 elections. He'll remain Saturday ``Nightly News'' anchor and primary backup for Tom Brokaw, whom Williams is expected to succeed. `Married's' Loss: ``Married ... With Children'' suffered a loss over the Memorial Day weekend, with the death of a longime cast member: Buck, the Briard Briard (brēärd`), breed of muscular, wiry working dog whose origins may be traced back to 12th-century France. It stands from 22 to 27 in. (55.9–68.6 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 70 and 80 lb (31.8–36.3 kg). who co-starred in the Fox comedy series, died Saturday of natural causes. He was 13 (91 in dog years). Briards generally live 10 to 12 years. Buck, widely considered to be the George Burns of his breed by his canine colleagues, began with the long-running show when it launched in 1987. After performing faithfully for nine seasons, he began experiencing difficulties distinguishing hand signals, and retired last year to a mountaintop moun·tain·top n. The summit of a mountain. ranch. Buck's on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. death came last October, during an episode in which he was reincarnated into the new Bundy pet, a cocker spaniel cocker spaniel, breed of small sporting dog developed from English cocker spaniels brought to the United States in the 1880s. It stands from 14 to 15 in. (35.6–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 25 lb (11.3 kg). . `X' finds spot: Repeats of Fox's cult hit ``The X-Files'' will appear on cable's fX after all. Previous reports stated that the ``X-Files'' repeats, slated to air on fX, could be finding a new home. ``It's definitely staying,'' she said. ``We paid for it. ... The series will be on fX.'' |
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