Once derided as ‘boxes made of ticky-tacky,’ modest ranch homes from the burst of building after World War II are gaining appreciation—and value—for easy living and accessibility. Here’s how folks are ...
Fifty years ago, WGPR-TV made history in Detroit. Today, through a museum in Detroit and stories shared by WGPR alums ...
Channel 2 was the first television station in the nation to originate live studio wrestling, back in 1950. The original announcer, Neal Van Ells, became an instant local celebrity as narrator of the ...
From the anniversary of the U.S. Navy to Piggly Wiggly legal matters, here's a look at what was making headlines.
The horror anthology Lights Out leapt from radio to television in the 1940s. Alfred Hitchcock Presents brought one of ...
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This Day in Pop Culture for October 2

The very first Peanuts comic strip, Seattle Pilots last game, “The Twilight Zone”, Huckleberry Hound, Secret Squirrel and Groucho Marx ...
Nashville’s first TV station is turning 75 this year. WSMV4 first went on the air on Sept. 30, 1950. The station celebrated the milestone on Tuesday with a special report to look back at its history.
It’s hard to imagine a world without Star Trek or Doctor Who, but back in the 1950s and 1960s, science fiction on television was still trying to figure out what it wanted to be. The genre was new to ...
When broadcasters like CBS and ABC surrendered to the president, it looked as if they lacked backbone. The explanation runs ...
The ABC late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will be back on the air Tuesday evening, after production was suspended last week following the host’s comments about the shooting death of conservative ...
The ABC late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” will be back on the air Tuesday, after production was suspended last week ...
Sacramento police confirmed three gunshots were fired at a local ABC station Friday, Sept. 19 amid nationwide outrage at the network's decision to suspend "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" At least three bullets ...