On the 16th in 1899...Mary Margaret McBride was born in Paris Missouri. She later worked as a radio personality on WOR-AM, New York City.
On the 16th in 1904...Fleming patents thermionic tube (diode tube)
On the 16th in 1940...In Atlanta, the "hillbilly music" show "The WSB Barn Dance" began its 9½-year run.
On the 16th in 1959...Harry Harrison debuted on WMCA, New York. Here's Harry on WMCA from 1965...
On the 16th in 1963...The touch-tone telephone was introduced
On the 16th in 1967...Jonathan Schwartz starts at WNEW 102.7 FM NYC
On the 16th in 1979...Paul McCartney released the holiday single "Wonderful Christmastime." Because he wrote, published, and played all the instruments on this recording, McCartney's royalties add up. Including royalties from cover versions, it is estimated that Paul McCartney makes $400,000 per year from this song, which puts its cumulative earnings in excess of $16 million.
On the 16th in 2012…Radio personality (WBZ-Boston, WKBW-Buffalo, WBEN-Buffalo)/program director Jefferson Kaye, for many years the voice of NFL Films, died of cancer at 75. For more on Kaye: Click Here.
On the 16th in 2012…Radio/television personality (WWJ-Radio, WWJ-TV) Sonny Eliot, a broadcaster in Detroit for 63 years and one of the first TV weathermen to combine meteorology and humor, died at age 91.
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