Archive for February 22nd, 2024

WHEN TV WAS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

You Are There - kids had to be quiet or no Disneyland after the show! | Thanks for the memories ...

The historical/education program You Are There originally started
as a CBS radio program and  made a transition to television in 1953,        
with
Walter Cronkite as the regular host.

Reporters included veteran radio announcers Dick Joy and Harlow Wilcox. The first telecast took place on February 1, 1953, featuring         
a re-enactment of the
Hindenburg disaster. The final telecast took
place on October 13, 1957.
        

Originally telecast live, most of the later episodes were produced
on film.

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Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

  Radio Spirits » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday, Harlow Wilcox!
Dick Joy                                          Harlow Wilcox         

WALTER CRONKITE - YOU ARE THERE - 12 EPISODE 6 DVD HISTORY DOCUMENTARY BOX SET | Boxset ...

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REMEMBER THE UN-COLA OF THE 70’s?

Coca-Cola to discontinue TAB, the company's first diet soda - MultiMediaMouth | Entertainment ...    
    
    
   

Let’s journey back to the fizzy world of 1970s soda culture
and reminisce about Tab, the forgotten gem of soda pop
aficionados. Introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in
1963, Tab became a staple of the ’70s beverage scene,
offering a low-calorie alternative to traditional sodas.

Marketed primarily towards women as a diet soda, Tab
gained a devoted following thanks to its distinctively pink
packaging and catchy advertising campaigns.

Despite its initial popularity, Tab eventually fizzled out in
the late ’70s and early ’80s as other diet sodas like Diet
Coke took center stage. However, for those who remember
the tangy taste and iconic pink cans of Tab, it remains a
fond memory of a bygone era in soda history.

Pictures In History
Pictures In History

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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

Washington postcard | George washington birthday, Vintage postcards ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)

Free Presidents Day Clipart - Graphics - Washington's Birthday

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

Ross Simpson | WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC UPCOMING Radio Show Tour on Oct 30 & Nov 4! - IMC Leaders
ROSS SIMPSON

                                                  

Violence rages in Iraq after bombing of Shiite shrine | McClatchy Washington Bureau
SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) — On this day in 2006, Sunni extremists blew up a revered Shiite shrine, igniting the worst sectarian violence Iraq had ever seen.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, file photo, Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari  shrine following an explosion in Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 mile...
Iraqis walk past the damaged al-Askari shrine following the
explosion.



Chaos Overran Iraq Plan in ’06, Bush Team Says - The New York Times

Blast Destroys Sunni Mosque in Iraq, Raising Fears of Reprisals - The New York Times

Shiites Rout Sunni Families in Mixed Area of Baghdad - The New York Times

Bombing kills 53 Shiite pilgrims near Basra, Iraq - The Washington Post



       

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