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The network then renamed channel 30 WNBC (for New Britain, Connecticut) in January 1957. [8] [9] [10] In its first stint as an NBC-owned station, channel 30 failed to gain much headway in the ratings, largely because television manufacturers were not required to include UHF tuning capability until 1964. Viewers had to buy an expensive converter ...
Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1942) [1] is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. Her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012 and WNBC announced that it would not renew it. Her final broadcast was on June 15, 2012, shortly after her 70th birthday. [2]
Roby also served as host, narrator or interviewer on numerous public affairs shows that ran on NBC's New York radio and TV outlets. On WNBC-TV, he was a moderator of the discussion/call-in show Direct Line for much of its 1959–73 run, and after its cancellation he was one of the narrators of the long-running weekly documentary series, New ...
Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. (February 22, 1918 – August 18, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades.. A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Pardo was noted for his 70-year tenure with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price Is Right, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, Three on a Match, Winning ...
Legendary New York City TV anchor Chuck Scarborough announced Thursday that he will leave WNBC after a historic five-decade run. The Emmy Award-winning newsman – a fixture in homes for 50 years ...
By the mid-1970s or so, Facey began working on the television side, first as a booth announcer on promotional spots and bumpers. Starting in 1979, he introduced WNBC-TV's nightly NewsCenter4. He would remain the announcer for the station's newscasts for much of its 1980-1995 run as News 4 New York.
Children's Theater remained on WNBC-TV Channel 4's Saturday morning line-up until Saturday, June 17, 1961. If Forrest is better remembered among older New York television viewers for the acclaimed educational program Children's Theater , which he produced and hosted for WNBC-TV from 1949 to 1960, there is a reason his earlier work has been ...
Marsh was one of several personalities abruptly fired by WCBS-TV in October 1996 as part of a management-ordered shakeup of the station's news department due to declining ratings. [14] [15] Along with John Johnson, she was quickly hired by WNBC-TV to anchor a new midday newscast for the station. [16]