‘Variety’ Magazine Releases more Matt Lauer Details
Variety has talked to three women who identified themselves as victims of sexual harassment by Lauer, and their stories have been corroborated by friends or colleagues that they told at the time.
Garrison Keillor Fired Over Alleged Improper Behaviour
Keillor retired last year from hosting his longtime Prairie Home Companion radio show, but still produced The Writer's Almanac for syndication.
Matt Lauer Fired by NBC Over Sexual Misbehaviour
“While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 29th
Many entertainers were born this date including Vin Scully, Howie Mandel, Don Cheadle, Diane Ladd, Garry Shandling, Merle Travis, Dagmar, Tom Sizemore, Denny Doherty, and TV newsman Frank Reynolds.
NBC radio began using the 3-note chimes;
the early radio show ‘Calling All Cars’ debuted on the CBS West Coast network;
the Chicago puppet show ‘Kukla Fran & Ollie’ (pictured) moved to the NBC-TV network;
the Metropolitan Opera was first televised on WJZ-TV;
for the first time the ‘Grammy Awards’ made it to TV;
and PBS televised a taped concert honoring Bruce Springsteen.
Obits for Nov. 29th include Natalie Wood, George Harrison, Gene Rayburn, Ray Smith and Godfrey Cambridge.
Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
CKNW to Replace Their All-Night “Coast to Coast AM” Show
Bell Media, which controls the Canadian rights has decided not to offer to renew on NW, a Corus property.
Canadians Angered by Internet, Wireless Services
For the 12-month period ended July 31, customers raised concerns about internet service 5,800 times, up 38 per cent from the 2015-16 report.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 28th
Happy birthday to Jon Stewart, Paul Schaeffer, Randy Newman, Ed Harris, S. Epatha Merkerson and Berry Gordy Jr.
It’s the date William Boyd brought his ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ movies to TV;
when the Grand Ole Opry debuted on WSM Nashville as ‘The WSM Barn Dance’;
the 200th Andy Griffith Show aired on CBS-TV;
a few years later CBS broadcast the last live TV soap operas before tape took over;
and Phil Donahue (pictured) moved his TV talk show from Chicago to New York.
This was the date we lost entertainment giants Garry Moore and Leslie Nielsen.
ALL the milestones for Nov. 28th INSIDE.