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Thazhuvia Ramasubbaiyer (2 October 1908 – 21 July 1984), popularly referred to as TVR, was a philanthropist and founder of the popular Tamil daily newspaper Dinamalar. [ 1 ] Early life
Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923 – 6 June 2008) [3] was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage. [4]In 1946, he purchased an old wheelwright's workshop in Beverley Grove, Blackpool, to start an engineering business that he named Trevcar Motors.
KCCI started on the air on July 31, 1955, as KRNT-TV, the third television station in Des Moines and the ninth in Iowa. [2] It was owned by the Cowles family, publishers of the still-operating Des Moines Register and the defunct Des Moines Tribune newspapers, along with KRNT radio (AM 1350 and the original KRNT-FM at 104.5, which went dark).
Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report.
An Iowa principal who acted heroically to save students during a mass shooting at Perry High School earlier this month has died from his injuries in the attack, according to his wife.
In his native Iowa, Ruan was a major contributor in business and the development of the Des Moines metropolitan area. In the early 1970s, Ruan built the 36 story Ruan Center to house the administration of the growing number of Ruan companies. Ruan built the 33-story Marriott Hotel in 1980 and the 14-story Two Ruan Center in 1982. He was active ...
Kevin Cram’s widow, Lara Cram, and his son, Weston, pay tribute during a memorial ceremony for the two fallen Iowa police officers at the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial on Friday, May 10, 2024, in ...
Van Dyke remained the station's news anchor for 28 years. [9] At the time of his retirement in 1983, he had the longest tenure of any news anchor in the United States, having made 2,700 newscasts on radio and 6,600 newscasts on TV. [10] In 1955, Van Dyke was the chairman of the national Radio and Television News Director's Association.