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Nipper (1884 – September 1895), also known as the RCA Victor dog, was a dog from Bristol, UK. Bred as a terrier mix, he served as the model for a 1898 painting by British painter Francis Barraud titled His Master's Voice .
His Master's Voice is an English painting by Francis Barraud in 1899 that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head.The painting was sold to William Barry Owen of London's Gramophone Company, and would also be adopted as the trademark and logo for their United States affiliate, the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901.
A logo from the 1980s shows the RCA dog with its head blown off, next to a speaker, and a dog bowl labeled KCPR. Presumably, the loud music is what caused the RCA dog's head to explode, a visual representation of the alternative direction that KCPR took after abandoning its top 40 format in 1983.
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RCA antique radios, and early color television receivers such as the RCA Merrill/CT-100, are among the more sought-after collectible radios and televisions, due to their popularity during the golden age of radio and the historic significance of the RCA name, as well as their styling, manufacturing quality and engineering innovations. Most ...
TV show based on the 1988 movie of the same name was set to air on the Paramount Network on 7 March 2018, but was delayed due to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Paramount would later announce the show would premiere on 10 July 2018, but then cancelled the project a few weeks later on 1 June 2018. [79]
An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, Scott Webb, Nick's first creative director, went as far as citing Nash's late professor-turned-business partner as one of the people most responsible ...
In 1957, ABC Entertainment president Oliver Treyz discovered that the locally produced variety show Bandstand had pulled very strong ratings in the Philadelphia market on WFIL-TV; Treyz ultimately negotiated a deal to take the show national, under the revised title American Bandstand; [61] the show quickly became a social phenomenon by ...