In 1951…The newsmagazine and documentary series "See It Now," hosted by Edward R. Murrow and created by Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, began its 6½-year run on CBS-TV. The show was an adaptation of radio's "Hear It Now," also produced by Murrow and Friendly.
In 1954…At radio station WGST in
In 1957…At Master Recorders in Hollywood , Ricky Nelson recorded "Stood
Up" and "Waitin' In School" with James Burton playing lead
guitar on a Nelson session for the first time.
In 1963…The Beatles first appeared on U.S. television in a feature story on NBC-TV's
"The Huntley-Brinkley Report" that included a film clip of the band
performing in England .
In 1985...Howard Stern debuted on WXRK,
In 1987...CBS Inc. announced that it had agreed to sell its record division to Sony Corp. for approximately $2 billion.
In 2000...President Bill Clinton conducted his Saturday
morning radio address from Hanoi ,
Vietnam
In 2004...Howard Stern handed out 500 SIRIUS radios in
downtown Manhattan
plus 20,000 vouchers for free radios with SIRIUS subscriptions.
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