What’s My Line? was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for the
CBS television network. The original series, which was usually broadcast live,
debuted on Thursday February 2, 1950 (above) at 8:00 p.m. ET. After airing
alternate Wednesdays, then alternate Thursdays, finally on October 1, 1950
it had settled into its weekly Sunday 10:30 p.m. ET slot where it would remain
until the end of its network run on September 3, 1967.

That final telecast was the 876th and was highlighted by clips from past shows,
a visit by the show’s first contestants, and the final "mystery guest," who was
John Daly himself (below). What’s My Line? won three Emmy Awards for "Best
Quiz or Audience Participation Show," in 1952, 1953 and 1958 and a Golden
Globe for Best TV Show in 1962. After its cancellation by CBS in 1967, the
show returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until
1975.

Alan Charles "Al" Jardine is a founding member of the music group The Beach 
Boys. He is the rhythm guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the group. He
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. 

Al Jardine sang lead on their second U.S. number one single
“Help Me Rhonda”.

When Chet Huntley retired from the anchor chair of The Huntley–Brinkley Report
in 1970, the evening news program was renamed NBC Nightly News, and David
Brinkley co-anchored the broadcast with John Chancellor and Frank McGee.The
early years of the Nightly News never matched the popularity the Huntley-Brinkley 
Report had enjoyed. The NBC network attempted to launch several news magazine  
shows with Brinkley as anchor and none of them succeeded. He soon became 
unhappy and left NBC in 1981. He was almost immediately offered a position 
at ABC where he anchored the Sunday morning TV news program, Issues 
and Answers, later titled “This Week with David Brinkley”.  

When David Brinkley left NBC

Brace Beemer, center, with The Lone Ranger crew in the WXYZ studios.

The first radio episode of The Lone Ranger premiered on January 30, 1933 
on WXYZ, a radio station serving Detroit, Michigan. It became so popular, it 
was picked up by the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network, and finally
by NBC’s "Blue Network”, which later became ABC. The last new episode was
broadcast September 3, 1954 for a total of 2,956 episodes over a period of
21 years.Transcribed repeats of the 1952–53 episodes continued to be
aired on ABC until June 24, 1955.

This song was written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and
recorded at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico from June-
August, 1958. The lead guitar is Tommy Allsup.

From left: Buddy Holly and Tommy Allsup