Karen Carpenter in 1953
Richard and Karen Carpenter during their ’70s heyday
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983)
Singer Karen Carpenter was one-half of The Carpenters, a duo formed
along with her brother Richard in the 1970s. They are best known for the
song "We’ve Only Just Begun”. Her early death led to increased visibility
and awareness of eating disorders.
Karen Carpenter was also an exceptional drummer
The WSM transmitter building
The FM transmitter that operated at 44.7 Mhz.
On March 1, 1941 W47NV (WSM-FM) began operations in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first modern commercial FM radio station. It was in operation for
about ten years, until The National Life and Accident Insurance Company (NL&AI), owners of WSM, realized that few area households had FM receivers and that
its commercial potential was lacking, unlike the company’s television station, WSM-
TV (now WSMV). shut down the FM operations in 1951 and returned the license
to the FCC. The station went back on the air in the late 1950s after an upsurge
in high fidelity equipment.
A 1950’s Zenith Bakelite AM/FM radio
Mike Gracia
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is 60 today
Conrad was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as
Bob Conrad before he began his acting career. He has hosted a weekly
two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN
Digital Talk Radio.
The Wild Wild West was on NBC television from 1965 to 1969
The NBC series aired from 1976 to 1978
