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PORTLAND’S RADIO AND TV HISTORY

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Lorenzo “Larry” Caramella
(August 10, 1925 – January 16, 2018)



Larry began his long career in broadcasting as
a DJ, booth announcer, newscaster, talk show
host, and
broadcast engineer. He was with KPOJ,
KXL, KGW
(below), KPTV, and KATU along with
other stations.

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ANOTHER GREAT TV WESTERN

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
is a
Western television series
that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September
24, 1958. The
Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran
on
CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC
from 1957 through 1958. The
Kellogg’s cereal company was the
show’s national sponsor.

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison
(right) as the legendary
Old West lawman (in real life,
also a
gunfighter
) U.S. Marshal James Butler "Wild
Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine (left) as his comedy
sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. Devine opened each episode
by shouting “Wiiiiiild Biiiiilll Hickok.” He also delivered
the opening commercial for Kellogg’s Sugar Corn Pops.



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Guy Madison (Robert Ozell Moseley)
(January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996)

Following his retirement, Madison built a large ranch home
in
Morongo Valley, California. He died of emphysema at the
Desert Hospital Hospice in Palm Springs at the age of 74.

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FAMOUS SEARCH BEGAN ON THIS DAY ~ 1871

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An illustration depicts the famous meeting of Livingston and Stanley at Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika in Africa.  

Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his famous search through
Africa for the missing British explorer and Scottish physician, Dr.
David Livingstone (below).

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley
(John Rowlands)
(28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904)

David Livingstone: The boy from Blantyre who became an African legend |  Scotland.org
David Livingstone
(19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ROSS SIMPSON

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