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Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took over in March 1963 after his father's suicide. [2] It was worth $1 million. His purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System. In 1980 he founded CNN, now one of the most prominent news networks in the world.
An image of the rowhome in Turner Station where Henrietta Lacks, the progenitor of the immortal HeLa cell line, lived in the 1940s. Exposure time: 1/145 sec (0.0068965517241379) F-number: f/2.2: ISO speed rating: 40: Date and time of data generation: 13:19, 5 December 2014: Lens focal length: 4.8 mm: Latitude: 39° 14′ 7.54″ N: Longitude ...
On October 6, 1987, Ted Turner announced the launch of Turner Network Television (TNT)—his fifth basic cable network venture, following SuperStation TBS, CNN, Headline News (now HLN) and the short-lived Cable Music Channel—in a keynote address at the opening day of the Atlantic Cable Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, stating that the ...
Turner was known for several pioneering innovations in U.S. multichannel television, including its satellite uplink of local Atlanta independent station WTCG channel 17 as TBS—one of the first national "superstations", and its establishment of the Cable News Network —the first 24-hour news channel.
In 1996, Turner Sports became a division of Time Warner after it merged with Turner Broadcasting System. Turner Broadcasting also owned WPCH-TV, the former WTBS, which was the longtime television home for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. The relationship with WPCH ended after the 2013 season, and the station itself was sold in 2017.
As WTCG evolved into SuperStation WTBS, Tush did voice-over station promotions and station identifications. He was one of the few who was seen on-air at the station, appearing in commercials and occasionally moderating public affairs shows. Station owner Turner stopped Tush in the hallway one day and said "You're doin' a good job. Smile more." [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. African-American woman (1920–1951), source of HeLa immortal cell line "Lacks" redirects here. For other uses, see Lack. Henrietta Lacks Lacks c. 1945–1951. Born Loretta Pleasant (1920-08-01) August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Died October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04) (aged 31) Baltimore ...