Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Wake-Up Call: Motive of Indiana Mall Shooter Unknown

Daily Mail 7/19/22

Police said Monday that they don't yet know the motive of a 20-year-old man who opened fire at a shopping mall in Greenwood, Indiana, on Sunday evening, killing three people and wounding two, before a legally armed shopper fatally shot him. However, Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said at a news conference that relatives told them Jonathan Sapirman had recently received a notice that he'd been evicted from his apartment, and resigned from a warehouse job in May. Ison said Sapirman entered the Greenwood Park Mall and went into a bathroom, where he remained for about an hour before he came out and opened fire, with investigators believing he spent that time readying and possibly assembling a rifle he'd brought disassembled in a backpack Ison said he used an AR-15 style rifle in the shooting, and another one was found in a bathroom. He also had a handgun. He was fatally shot by 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, and Ison called his actions "nothing short of heroic," saying "many more people would have died . . . if not for a responsible armed citizen." Those killed were a married couple, 56-year-old Pedro Pineda and 37-year-old Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda, and a 30-year-old man named Victor Gomez.
 
➤TEXAS STATE POLICE TO CARRY OUT INTERNAL REVIEW OF UVADLE RESPONSE: One day after a damning report from a Texas House of Representatives investigative committee on the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead, Texas state police on Monday announced an internal review into the actions of dozens of troopers who had responded to the shooting. While the local police force in Uvalde had been getting most of the blame for the more than one-hour of inaction against the gunman, the report showed there had been problems at all levels of law enforcement, including the local force, state police, and federal U.S. Border Patrol agents, and that Border Patrol agents and state troopers made up more than half of the 376 law enforcement officials who rushed to the scene on May 24th.

➤PROSECUTOR GIVES OPENING STATEMENT IN TRIAL TO DETERMINE IF PARKLAND SHOOTER GETS DEATH PENALTY: The prosecutor delivered his opening statement yesterday  in the trial to determine whether Nikolas Cruz, who pled guilty to killing 17 people in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, will receive the death penalty or serve life in prison without parole. Among his remarks to the jury, prosecutor Mike Satz spoke about how Cruz shot each of the 14 students and three staff members who died, including returning to shoot some of them again and finish them off. Cruz pled guilty in October to murder and attempted murder. Cruz’s lawyers announced that they had made the unusual decision to not give their opening statement until it is time to present their case.

➤UKRAINIAN FIRST LADY IN U.S., WILL MEET WITH JILL BIDEN: Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska is visiting the U.S., where she'll have a series of high-profile appearances, including with U.S. First Lady Jill Biden. Zelenska met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, her first announced event, with the State Department saying Blinken had assured her of the U.S. commitment to Ukraine as it fights the invading Russian forces. Zelenska also met yesterday with Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has given millions of dollars to support Ukraine’s government and for humanitarian needs there. Zelenska, who isn't traveling as an official representative of her husband President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, will meet with Jill Biden at the White House today, and will speak in the congressional auditorium at the Capitol to lawmakers on Wednesday.


➤TWO TRUMP WHITE HOUSE AIDES TO TESTIFY AT JAN. 6TH COMMITTEE HEARING THURSDAY: Two aides who served in former President Donald Trump's White House are expected to testify at the House January 6th committee's prime-time hearing on Thursday, CNN first reported yesterday. Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, a former press aide, are expected to testify, according to the reports, both of whom resigned immediately after the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Thursday's hearing will look at what Trump did and didn't do during the hours of the Capitol assault.

➤MUSK PLANS TO COUNTERSUE TWITTER:  Elon Musk plans to countersue Twitter afer the social media giant sued him for trying to back out of his $44 milLion agreement to buy the company, the New York Post reported yesterday, citing a "source close to the case." The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's attorneys are pushing for a judge to give them more time and power to gather information about bots on Twitter, Musk's stated reason for wanting to scrap the deal. The report also said a long legal battle could potentially drag down Twitter's stock, giving Musk more leverage to renegotiate a sale price for the company. Twitter wants the court to force Musk to buy Twitter at the price he agreed to, while blasting him the suit, accusing him of entering the deal to buy the site, and then trying to, quote, "trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away."\

📺‘LATE SHOW’ STAFF WON’T BE PROSECUTED FOLLOWING U.S. CAPITOL ARRESTS: According to The Hollywood Reporter, the nine Late Show with Stephen Colbert staffers who were arrested at the U.S. Capitol in June won’t be prosecuted. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia released a statement on Monday that reads: “After a comprehensive review of all of the evidence and the relevant legal authority, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has determined that it cannot move forward with misdemeanor charges of unlawful entry against the nine individuals who were arrested on June 16, 2022 at the Longworth Office Building.”


➤FAUCI PLANS TO RETIRE BY END OF BIDEN'S TERM IN 2025: Dr. Anthony Fauci said yesterday on CNN that he plans to retire by the end of President Biden's current term in January 2025. However, the 81-year-old, who is also Biden's chief medical adviser, said he doesn't have a specific date in mind and hasn't started the process. The nation's top infectious disease specialist, who was appointed director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984, had advised seven presidents, and has led research in HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus. Fauci said his decision to eventually leave his role was unrelated to politics.

➤SNAPCHAT LAUNCHES WEB VERSION: The popular messaging app Snapchat announced Monday that it's launching a web version that will let users send snaps and have video calls on their desktops. Just as with the app, messages will disappear after 24 hours. Snapchat for Web is for now only available for Snapchat+ subscribers who pay $3.99 a month. A Bitmoji will appear with a laptop during chats to show others that you're using the web version.

➤TOYS R' US PLANS A COMEBACK: Five years after it filed for bankruptcy and a year-and-a-half after it closed its last two physical stores in the U.S. of what had once been some 900 locations, iconic toy retailer Toys R' Us will be making a comeback in time for the holiday season. Toys R' Us and Macy's announced Monday that Toys R' Us will open shops inside every Macy's store in the U.S. by mid-October, part of a rollout that began last year. The in-store shops will range in size from 1,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet, and will feature a life-size Geoffrey Giraffe sitting on a bench for families to take picture with him. Toy sales have shot up during the pandemic, driven in part by the stimulus checks people received from the federal government.

⚾NATIONALS' JUAN SOTO WINS HOME RUN DERBY: Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto won the Home Run Derby for the first time last night, on the eve of today's MLB All-Star Game. Soto beat Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodrigo 19-18 in the final at Dodger Stadium, after they made it through the previous rounds that involved eight competitors in all. Soto hit a total of 53 homers, beating each of his three opponents -- including also Jose Ramirez and Albert Pujols -- by one home run. Rodriguez beat two-time defending Derby champion Pete Alonso and Corey Seager.

 
⚾DODGERS KERSHAW, RAYS MCCLANAHAN TO START ALL-STAR GAME, HR DERBY WILL DECIDE IF TIE AFTER NINE INNINGS: L.A. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw will start for the National League in tonight's MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, and the Tampa Bay Rays Shane McClanahan will be starting for the American Leauge. The Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani will lead off for the AL as the designated hitter, but he won't be pitching this year. There is a new twist to the All-Star Game starting this year, with a rule change that says if the score is tied after nine innings, a home run derby will determine the winner. Three players from each league would take three swings each.

⚽U.S. WOMEN BEAT CANADA 1-0 FOR CONCACAF W CHAMPIONSHIP: The U.S. women's soccer team defeated Canada 1-0 last night in the CONCACAF W final to win the championship in Monterrey, Mexico. Alex Morgan scored the game's only goal with a penalty late in the second half. The win gives the U.S. a guaranteed spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Jamaica beat Costa Rica 1-0 in the third place match. The U.S., Canada, Jamaica and Costa Rica all secured spots in the 2023 World Cup by reaching the semifinals of the CONCACAF W Championship.

🏃DATES FOR THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS ANNOUNCED: The 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics are still six years off, but the dates it will be held were officially revealed yesterday, with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on hand for the announcement. The opening ceremony will be on July 14th, and competition will run through July 30th. The Paralympic Games will be from August 15th to 27th. Los Angeles previously hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984.

🏌9/11 FAMILIES SLAM TRUMP FOR HOSTING SAUDI-BACKED GOLF TOURNAMENT: A group of family members of September 11th victims are blasting former President Donald Trump for hosting a tournament on the new Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, New Jersey, starting July 29th. The family members in the 9/11 Justice group, who charge Saudi Arabia helped the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks, said in a letter to Trump Sunday (July 17th) that they felt, quote, "extreme pain, frustration and anger" over Trump hosting the tournament. They also cited Trump himself blaming the Saudis in a 2016 Fox News interview, when he said, "Who blew up the World Trade Center? . . . it was Saudi. Take a look at Saudi Arabia. Open the documents." The Saudi government has denied any involvement in the attacks.



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Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows

Americans' confidence in two facets of the news media -- newspapers and television news -- has fallen to all-time low points. Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news. Both readings are down five percentage points since last year.




Gallup has tracked Americans' confidence in newspapers since 1973 and television news since 1993 as part of its annual polling about major U.S. institutions. The latest readings are from a June 1-20 poll that saw declines in confidence ratings for 11 of the 16 institutions measured and no improvements for any.

Television news and newspapers rank nearly at the bottom of that list of institutions, with only Congress garnering less confidence from the public than TV news. While these two news institutions have never earned high confidence ratings, they have fallen in the rankings in recent years.

A majority of Americans have expressed confidence in newspapers only once -- in 1979, when 51% did. But there is a wide margin between that and the second-highest readings of 39% in 1973 and 1990. The trend average for newspapers is 30%, well above the latest reading of 16%, which is the first time the measure has fallen below 20%. The percentage of Americans who say they have "very little" or volunteer that they have no confidence is currently the highest on record, at 46%.

Confidence in television news has never been higher than its initial 46% reading in 1993 and has averaged 27%, considerably higher than the current 11%. This is the fourth consecutive year that confidence in TV news is below 20%. And for just the second time in the trend, a majority of Americans, 53%, now say they have very little or no confidence at all in TV news.



Democrats' Media Confidence Higher Than Other Partisans' but Below Average

Republicans' (5%) and independents' (12%) confidence in newspapers is the lowest on record for these party groups, while Democrats' (35%) has been lower in the past. Democrats' confidence in newspapers rose to the 42% to 46% range during the Donald Trump administration but fell when President Joe Biden took office.

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MSNBC’s Katy Tur Wonders If She’s Doing ‘More Harm Than Good’


MSNBC host Katy Tur wonders if she’s doing "more harm than good" as a journalist as trust in the media has dwindled in recent years, reports Fox News Digital.

"People don’t trust us," Tur said last week.

In an interview promoting her new memoir, Tur was asked by The Hill’s Niall Stanage about admitting that she almost walked away from journalism altogether during the COVID-19 pandemic and how she feels about the industry overall.

"It’s something that I don’t have a concrete answer to, and that’s not because I don’t love journalism, I do, it’s just convergence of two issues," Tur said.

"One of them being that we cover very dark stuff, in succession, and it seems like its getting darker and darker and it can be hard on your mental health," Tur said, citing political divisions, frequent mass shootings and other tragic incidents.

"It can be a bit demoralizing, and then on top of that, there was just a Gallup poll out today that shows that the trusts in media – newspapers and television – is hitting an all-time low," she said.

 

Indeed, the recent Gallup poll indicated confidence in newspapers and television newscasts has crumbled.

Only 16% of Americans said they have a "great deal or quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers in 2022, a 5% drop compared to the 2021 findings, according to Gallup. It was the lowest number to give those answers since Gallup started asking about newspapers in 1973.
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Disney Secures Record $9B In Upfront Ad Sales

Walt Disney Co has secured a record $9 billion in commitments from advertisers for fiscal 2022-23 as demand soars for live events and the upcoming ad tier of streaming platform Disney+.

Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu brought in 40% of the total commitments, Disney said on Monday.

The media powerhouse has been doubling down on sports and live events after a pandemic-induced lull, in an attempt to cushion advertising sales that'sunder pressure from record inflation and geopolitical turmoil.

Rival NBC Universal closed upfront advertising commitments exceeding $7 billion for the next fiscal year, Reuters reported last month.

Over the last year and a half, Disney has expanded its rights to the National Football League (NFL), Wimbledon and the Australian Open. It also renewed rights for the popular FA Cup and more on ESPN+.

Last week, it said it would raise the ESPN+ subscription fee by 43% to $9.99 a month from Aug. 23.

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July 19 Radio History


➦In 1923...WRC-AM, Washington, DC  signed-on.  WRC started at 640 AM and share the frequency with WCAP.

WRC in the Trans Lux Building

WRC was owned and operated by RCA.  By the 1930, 500 watt WRC moved to 950 AM and was part of the NBC's Red Network. The station moved to 980 AM in the late 1940s.

First Home Riggs Bank
The two stations WRC and now WMAL were located in the Trans Lux Building at 14th & New York Ave.

In 1972,  NBC made the decision to take the MOR station to a Top 40 format and challenge DC champ WPGC in the ratings game.

The birth of The Great 98 had a lot of help from some Philly radio vets.  Lee Sherwood was brought in as PD and Bob Gross was Promotions Director.  Both were from WFIL.  The original on air team consisted of Johnny Andrews, Bobby McGee, Simon Trane, James Michael Wilson and Ron Starr.

Being an NBC O&O had its drawbacks:  NBC Hourly News, NBC Monitor on weekends, special features (Graham Kerr, Gene Shalit, etc) had to be carried.

The Top 40 format moved to WRC-FM, and WRC-AM switched to an all-news format in 1975 before switching to news/talk in 1979.

Greater Media bought WRC-AM in 1984, changing the call letters to WWRC. It switched to business news and talk.   In 1998, sports-formatted WTEM-AM 570 moved its programming and call letters to 980 AM.  The WWRC call letters were moved to 1260 AM, which carried the old business news format until switching to all-sports in 2003.

Today, 1260 AM is owned by Salem Communications, carrying a news/talk format.  The call letters still are WWRC, but the station is branded “1260 WRC,” though it has no connection to WRC-TV, Washington’s NBC affiliate.

Eve Arden, Dick Crenna and Gloria McMillian at CBS Mic

➦In 1948..."Our Miss Brooks", starring Eve Arden and Gale Gordon, debuted on CBS radio.

Our Miss Brooks was a sitcom starring Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952–56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits.

Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, at the time CBS's West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role.

Lucille Ball was believed to have been the next choice, but she was committed to My Favorite Husband and did not audition. Then CBS chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script—Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal—Arden agreed to give the newly revamped show a try.

According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very "feline" in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast—blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright—also received positive reviews.

Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended.

➦In 2012...Top 40 program director Ted J. Atkins, who helped make KHJ, KFRC, WOL, CKLW and many others successful modern radio stations, succumbed to his pancreatic cancer at age 72.

He also had stints at KHJ and KIIS in Los Angeles, KFRC-San Francisco, CKLW Detroit, WOL Washington, WTAE, WWSW, WXMP in Pittsburgh, KROY-Sacramento, KLAK, KIMN, KBTR, KDAB in Denver and KUDL, WHB in Kansas City.

Bill Diehl at a record hop

➦In 2017...Iconic Twin Cities Radio Personality and one time newspaperman Bill Diehl died at age 91.   He worked at the St. Paul Dispatch/Pioneer Press for 53 years. He was at WMIN from 1948-1956; WDGY for 11 years, and WCCO Radio for 26 years.

Radio listeners knew him as “Bill Diehl, the Rajah of the Records, the Deacon of the Discs, the Purveyor of the Platters and the Wizard of the Wax, with all the musical facts.” When he wasn’t ruling the AM airwaves, he appeared on local television, emceed teen dances and concerts, booked and mentored young rock bands, introduced local audiences to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Vikki Car is 82
🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAYS:

  • Actor Helen Gallagher (“Ryan’s Hope”) is 96. 
  • Singer Vikki Carr is 82. 
  • Actor George Dzundza (“Hack,” “Law and Order”) is 77. 
  • Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 76. 
  • Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 75. 
  • Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 75. 
  • Actor Beverly Archer (“Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”) is 74. 
  • Eric Cumming is 45
    Actor Peter Barton (“Sunset Boulevard,” ″Burke’s Law”) is 66. 
  • Drummer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 62. 
  • Actor Campbell Scott is 61. 
  • Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) is 60. 
  • Country singer Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) is 59. 
  • Actor Clea Lewis (“Ellen”) is 57. 
  • Singer Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 51. 
  • Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 48. 
  • Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 46. 
  • Actor Erin Cummings (“Astronaut Wives Club”) is 45. 
  • TV chef Marcela Valladolid (“The Kitchen”) is 44. 
  • Actor Chris Sullivan (“This Is Us”) is 42. 
  • Actor Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 40. 
  • Actor Trai Byers (“Empire,” ″Selma”) is 39. 
  • Actor Kaitlin Doubleday (“Nashville,” ″Empire”) is 38. 
  • Comedian Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”) is 36. 
  • Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence (“Even Stevens”) is 32.

✞DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
  • The Rockford Files and Maverick actor James Garner died on this day in 2014. He was 86.


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Monday, July 18, 2022

Oxnard Radio: Dave Daniels Named OM For Cumulus Cluster


Cumulus Media announces that the company has promoted Dave Daniels to Operations Manager, Cumulus Oxnard-Ventura, CA. Daniels will oversee operations of Cumulus Oxnard-Ventura’s four radio stations: 100.7 KHAY/KHAY-FM (Country), 95.1 KBBY/KBBY-FM (Hot AC), KRUZ 103.3/KRUZ-FM (Classic Hits) and 106.3 The Vibe/KVYB-FM (Rhythmic CHR). He will continue in his previous role as On-Air Host, Mornings, for 100.7 KHAY, where he has been heard since 2016.

Dave Daniels
Daniels has over 30 years’ experience on-air and in programming and was previously Operations Manager for Sunny Country/KSNI-FM in Santa Maria, CA, and Operations Manager for KJUG-FM in Tulare/Visalia, CA. A three-time NAB Marconi Award nominee, Daniels won an ACM Award for Personality, Small Market/KHAY-FM, in 2018.

Sommer Frisk, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Oxnard/Ventura, said: “This is a well-earned promotion for Dave Daniels. Dave’s natural ability to lead is underscored by his ability to successfully navigate the programming team under the most challenging of times. He’s a pro and is most deserving of this promotion.”

Daniels commented: "I couldn't be happier to lead the programming team in Oxnard/Ventura, working alongside our Sales Manager and sales team. My thanks to Sommer Frisk, our VP/Market Manager, for her confidence in me. I look forward this opportunity."
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Wake-Up Call: Law Enforcement Cited For Poor Uvalde Response

An investigative report released Sunday said that there was, quote, "egregiously poor decision-making" in the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24th that left 19 students and two teachers dead, leading to more than an hour of chaos before the gunman was confronted and killed. The report from a Texas House of Representatives investigative committee criticized both state and federal law enforcement, not just the local Uvalde force. Despite 376 officers responding, including nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials, the report said, "responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety." It stated, "There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making." Among the failures: the commander of a Border Patrol tactical team waited for a bullet-proof shield and master key for the classroom, which may have not even been needed, before entering the classroom; no one assumed command; and an Uvalde officer said it was his understanding that officers on one side of the building knew there were victims trapped inside, but no one tried to breach the classroom.

➤THREE KILLED IN INDIANA MALL SHOOTING: Three people were killed and two others injured yesterday evening in a shooting at a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. Police said an adult male entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and opened fire in the food court. He was shot and killed by a legally-armed civilian. Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said they'd confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the food court. Authorities said more information would be released Monday.

 
➤UKRAINE PREZ FIRES SECURITY CHIEF, PROSECUTOR GENERAL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general yesterday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration with the invading Russians by people in their departments and other law enforcement agencies. Zelenskyy said in his nightly address to the nation, "In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the [state security service] have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state," saying it raises "very serious questions about their respective leaders." Meanwhile, Russian missiles hit industrial facilities in Mykolaiv, a key shipbuilding center in in the south, and as they pressed their offensive in the eastern Donestsk region, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said Ukrainian troops had thwarted Russian attempts to advance toward Sloviansk, the key Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk, and other attacks in the region.


➤JAN. 6TH COMMITTEE'S THURSDAY HEARING TO FOCUS ON TRUMP'S ACTIONS DURING ATTACK: The House committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol will focus in their primetime public hearing this Thursday on then-President Donald Trump's actions during the attack, with members of the committee saying Sunday that it will show evidence of what Rep. Elaine Luria said on CNN's State of the Union was his, quote, "dereliction of duty." Another committee member, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, said on CBS' Face the Nation, "This is going to open people’s eyes in a big way. The president didn’t do anything." Thursday's hearing will be the first in prime time since the initial one on June 9th, and is expected to be the last of the public hearings. However, the committee says it continues to receive new evidence every day, and isn't ruling out additional hearings or interviews with other witnesses.

➤WOMAN AWAKES FROM COMA AFTER TWO YEARS, NAMES BROTHER AS ATTACKER: A West Virginia woman awoke from a coma after two years, and identified her brother as being the person whose brutal attack had left her in that condition. The West Virginia Metro News reported that Wanda Palmer had been in a long term care facility, and that facility contacted authorities last week to let them know that she'd come out of her coma. Palmer was beaten in her Martinsville home in June 2020, and despite suffering brain damage from the attack, she was able to speak enough to identify that it was her bother who'd assaulted her. Her brother, Daniel Palmer, was subsequently arrested on charges of attempted murder and malicious wounding. Officials said they believed he allegedly used a machete or a hatchet in the attack.


🎥‘THOR’ SEES SIGNIFICANT DROP DURING SECOND WEEKEND AT DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: The magic of Thor: Love and Thunder seems to be wearing off. The Marvel film saw a 68% drop in ticket sales during its second weekend at the domestic box office, pulling in just $46 million. Deadline speculates that it's due to the movie’s B+ CinemaScore and three-and-a-half-star rating.

Box Office Numbers from Friday through Sunday:

1. Thor: Love and Thunder, $46 million
2. Minions: The Rise of Gru, $26 million
3. Where the Crawdads Sing, $17 million
4. Top Gun: Maverick, $12 million
5. Elvis, $7.6 million
6. Paw of Fury (Par), $6.25 million
7. The Black Phone, $5.3 million
8. Jurassic World: Dominion, $4.95 million
9. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, $1.9 million
10. Lightyear, $1.3 million


➤SUIT CLAIMS SKITTLES 'UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION': A new lawsuit claims that a chemical used in Skittles makes the multi-colored candy "unfit for human consumption." The suit was filed by consumer Jenile Thomas over the use of titanium dioxide, which produces Skittles' vibrant colors. Mars, which makes Skittles, said in a statement, "While we do not comment on pending litigation, our use of titanium dioxide complies with FDA regulations." The use of titanium dioxide is allowed for coloring under federal regulations as long as it doesn't exceed one percent of the food's weight. Thomas is seeking class-action status for all U.S. consumers of Skittles, saying they are, quote, "at heightened risk of a host of health effects for which they were unaware stemming from genotoxicity -- the ability of a chemical substance to change DNA."

🏌CAMERON SMITH WINS BRITISH OPEN FOR FIRST MAJOR: Australian golfer Cameron Smith won the British Open on Sunday, nabbing his first major victory with the best closing round ever at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. Smith was four shots behind at the start, but ended up the final round with a 8-under 64, and finished the tournament at 20-under 268, also a record for the Old Course and matching the lowest score to par in any major. Finishing just one shot behind was American Cameron Young, and two shots back was Rory McIlroy in third.

 
⚾HOME RUN DERBY TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES: MLB sluggers will be taking part in the Home Run Derby tonight at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles ahead of the All-Star Game on Tuesday. The New York Mets' Pete Alonso will be trying to become the first player to win the Derby three straight times. He'll face Ronald Acuna Jr. in the first round. In the other pairings, Kyle Schwarber will face Albert Pujols, Juan Soto against Jose Ramierz and Julio Rodriguez against Corey Seager.

⚾BOSTON ACE SALE HAS BROKEN PINKIE FINGER: Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale has a broken pinkie finger on his pitching hand, and his return is uncertain, with manager Alex Cora not ruling out that he'll be back this season. Sale was injured when his hand was hit by a line drive by the New York Yankees' Aaron Hicks Sunday in the first inning of the Yankees' 13-2 win. Sale said he knew it was broken "immediately," and he ran off the field holding up his finger. Sale was making just his second start since returning from a fractured rib.

🏎DIXON TIES ANDRETTI IN SECOND PLACE FOR INDYCAR CAREER WINS: Scott Dixon won the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday for his 52nd career win, tying Mario Andretti for second on IndyCar's career wins list. They are behind only A.J. Foyt, who has 67 wins. Dixon finally tied with Andretti after a 22-race winless streak.

📺FOX SPORTS APOLOGIZES FOR PUTTING GRAPHIC OVER 9/11 MEMORIAL SHOT: Fox Sports apologized Sunday after showing a Baseball Night in America graphic over a shot of the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan during its broadcast of the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium Saturday night. The National September 11 Memorial features two large pools at the approximate sites where the Twin Towers destroyed in the attack once stood. The broadcast imposed the logos of the Yankees and Red Sox over the two memorial pools, drawing immediate backlash. A Fox Sports spokesperson told USA Today, "During last night's telecast, we used poor judgment on the use of a graphic. We sincerely apologize and regret the decision."



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Philly Radio: New WPEN-WIP Sports Wars Point To Long Battle

Hunter Brody, Tyrone Johnson, Ricky Bottalico and Jennifer Scordo


Starting August 1, the new afternoon drive team at WPEN 97.5 The Fanatic will have big shoes to fill.

The Fanatic announced last week that the trio of Tyrone Johnson, Hunter Brody and Ricky Bottalico will take over the coveted time slot long occupied by Mike Missanelli, who had been the station's anchor since it switched to the sports talk format in 2010.

Reporter Jeff Blumenthal at The Philly Business Journal says the new hosts skew younger and will certainly be cheaper than Missanelli’s sizable contract. And the trio will now try to win back the ratings lead that veteran host held for so long over rival SportsRadio 94 WIP-FM before that station’s afternoon duo of Jon Marks and Ike Reese wrestled it away a few years ago.

Ray Mayo, managing director of Blue Bell media agency MayoSeitz Media, said finding Missanelli’s successors was critical from the perspective of attracting and retaining listeners and advertisers.

“I think that having some continuity from the previous show will certainly help with that,” Mayo said. “But I also think Bottalico or another big name is also an asset.”

Advertisers chose Missanelli’s show due to his personal brand and history of ratings success, but his replacements will not have that. Mayo said the station and Missanelli’s successors will have to work hard to retain partnerships in key categories like automotive, sports betting, beverage or restaurant

“The need to have long-term relationships and partnerships and bankable revenue is certainly critical for a radio station,” Mayo said. “The other thing is that you get a little younger. So getting a little more connected to social media platforms and alternative ways to listen. It's not just about the radio station. It's about the audio impact that you can make — and that would be rebroadcasting, having access to the show at all times, social media soundbites and things like that. I think it's about the impact you can make in the audio space, and I think the younger part of the team will certainly bring that.”

The younger component would be Brody, who is in his 20s, while Johnson and Bottalico are GenXers. All are younger than Missanelli, who is in his 60s.

“If you want to talk about Tyrone and Ricky, maybe a more middle-age audience,” Mayo said. “You kind of need that balance. But sports talk radio is at its best when there's conflict or when there's differing opinions. If everybody agrees, there's no real theater there. So having those perspectives and trying to broaden the appeal certainly seems like a smart decision to me.”

With Missanelli’s replacements in place, local sports talk radio listeners are waiting for one more successor to be named — WIP morning show host Angelo Cataldi plans to retire at the end of the year

The Fanatic, owned by Naples, Florida-based Beasley Broadcasting Group, trails Audacy's WIP in overall ratings and the most important demographics — which for sports talk radio involve men in their 20s, 30s and 40s that advertisers find so attractive. So it has focused on appealing to the millennial and GenZ audiences, especially with the emergence of podcasting and audio streaming as other options for those looking for their sports fix. The war with WIP will only intensify when morning drive ratings kingpin Cataldi steps down as host of the Audacy station.

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News Consumption: Gen Z Still Turns To Social Media


Social media remains the top destination for Gen Z news consumption, despite self-reported usage trending downward over recent years (84% of Gen Z adults reported turning to social media for news at least once a week in 2019). according to Morning Consult.

However, this is part of a broader trend of declining news consumption across channels and generations, likely due to many consumers’ waning appetite for news over a difficult couple of years.

While not all social media platforms are used equally for news, Morning Consult’s data hints at how companies aiming to reach Gen Zers with news should still broadly be prioritizing social platforms, rather than other digital channels like video streaming services, which have seen aggressive investment from certain news networks despite sometimes lackluster results.





At the same time, Gen Z trust in social media platforms is low

Social media’s popularity for news among Gen Z should come as no shock, but what’s surprising is how many of these younger consumers rely on it despite overwhelmingly finding it less trustworthy than other news media like radio, cable news networks and podcasts.

According to February research, 47% of Gen Z adults said that they don’t trust social media platforms much or at all, significantly higher than the share who said the same of any other news source, highlighting the gap between attitude and action among younger consumers.
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The Price of Paper Has Doubled And Publishers Are Freaking Out


Publishers around the globe are drawing up worst-case scenario plans amid the soaring cost and scarcity of paper that threatens the future of their print newspapers and magazines, reports Business Insider.

Newsprint in the UK was priced at around 360 pounds ($426) per ton in the first quarter of 2021; now the price has almost doubled to around £710 ($841), said Rick Stunt, group paper director at DMG media, which prints The Daily Mail and dozens of regional titles. It represents a 40% premium on the historic high of 510 pounds per ton, he said. 

In the US, the price has risen by a similar percentage, to around $800 a ton, according to Stunt.

"These are big increases. We don't usually get this over an 18-month period," said Stunt. "In the past, really big increases were about 20 to 25%."

As demand for paper declined over the last 20 to 30 years amid the digital revolution, paper mills across the world shut down. Then along came the COVID-19 pandemic and the labor shortages and supply chain snafus that followed. Added to an already tight market, demand for cardboard packages soared amid the ecommerce boom. This year, rising inflation and ballooning energy costs have made an already bad situation worse for paper supply.

"From an industry perspective it's a disaster because you've got no choice but to reduce the amount of pages you print, choose to increase your cover price, or a combination thereof — and that will reduce demand," said an executive at the UK's Daily Telegraph who said they were confident they could absorb the cost by passing on the price to subscribers.

Other options on the table include reducing the number of pages printed, shrinking the physical size of magazines and newspapers, cutting certain editions — such as weekdays — and winding down the print product altogether, experts said. Time Out, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, and a number of Gannett-owned regionals are among the titles to have closed their print editions this year, with most saying they planned to refocus efforts on their digital assets.

The spike in paper costs marks the latest in a string of challenges for the global publishing industry, which faces increasing competition for consumer attention and brand ad dollars against a slew of social, gaming, and  streaming  platforms. Publishers are also bracing themselves for a downturn in ad spending and a global cost of living crisis that might force some consumers to give up their subscriptions. That's not to mention staff salary inflation and rising fuel costs. 

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FCC’s Simington Seeks Inquiry Into Reliance on Nielsen Data


The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to tentatively adopt Nielsen's Local TV Report as the successor to the company's phased-out TV Station Index. According to NextTv.com, the FCC uses the Nielsen info to determine TV station markets for must-carry/retransmission consent carriage elections and other purposes.

But one commissioner, Republican Nathan Simington, used that vote to suggest the FCC's reliance on Nielsen data for that and many other purposes could be an overreliance on a single source that needed examining and perhaps rethinking.

“The commission looks to Nielsen to determine whether a broadcast station is ‘significantly viewed’ outside of its market,” Simington said in a lengthy statement at the FCC's July public meeting. “Nielsen’s market-level TV household estimates determine whether a station is within the ‘Top Four’ in the market, impacting ownership possibilities for broadcasters. And whether a station is failing for the purposes of ownership rules — again, Nielsen.”

He said it was a “big deal” to have a company “formally blessed” by the FCC by name as the basis of those regulatory determinations.

Simington said the reliance on Nielsen is understandable given that it is essentially the only game in town. That may not be a bad thing, he said, but it was worth looking at potential “bottlenecks, choke points and single points of failure.”

Elaborating on the point, he pointed out that the Media Ratings Council (MRC), which accredits media ratings agencies, had suspended Nielsen’s accreditation last year for "deep-rooted" performance issues, an accreditation Nielsen has yet to regain.

While Simington said he was confident Nielsen would work “diligently” to correct its defects, he said the suspension should “give the FCC pause” about being functionally obligated to adopt “recently unaccredited Nielsen data and definitions.”

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July 18 Radio History


➦In 1909...Harriet Nelson, formerly Hilliard; born Peggy Lou Snyder. (Died at age 85  – October 2, 1994) . She was best known is best known for her role on the radio and TV sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.  She sang with husband Ozzie Nelson’s band, and played other comedic roles on radio’s Red Skelton Show.

➦In 1913...Richard Bernard Eheart born (Died at age 84 – September 17, 1997). Professionally known as Red Skelton, he was best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, and as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.

Red Skelton
Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show. He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, and then entered into vaudeville in 1934. The "Doughnut Dunkers" pantomime sketch, which he wrote together with his wife, launched a career for him in vaudeville, radio, and films.

His radio career began in 1937 with a guest appearance on The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, which led to his becoming the host of Avalon Time in 1938. He became the host of The Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1941, on which many of his comedy characters were created, and he had a regularly scheduled radio program until 1957. Skelton made his film debut in 1938 alongside Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Alfred Santell's Having Wonderful Time, and would appear in numerous musical and comedy films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, with starring roles in 19 films, including Ship Ahoy (1941), I Dood It (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), and The Clown (1953).

Skelton was eager to work in television, even when the medium was in its infancy. The Red Skelton Show made its television premiere on September 30, 1951, on NBC. By 1954, Skelton's program moved to CBS, where it was expanded to one hour and renamed The Red Skelton Hour in 1962. Despite high ratings, the show was cancelled by CBS in 1970, as the network believed that more youth-oriented programs were needed to attract younger viewers and their spending power. Skelton moved his program to NBC, where he completed his last year with a regularly scheduled television show in 1971.

Marvin Miller
➦In 1913...Marvin Elliott Miller born (Died at age 71  – February 8, 1985). Possessing a deep, baritone voice, Marvin Miller began his career in radio in St. Louis, Missouri, before becoming a Hollywood actor.

Miller graduated from Washington University before commencing his career in radio. When a singer named Marvin Miller debuted on another St. Louis radio station, he began using his middle initial to distinguish himself from the newcomer. For the Mutual Broadcasting System, he narrated a daily 15-minute radio show entitled The Story Behind the Story, which offered historical vignettes. He also served as announcer on several Old Time Radio shows of the 1940s and 1950s, including The Jo Stafford Show and the long-running mystery series The Whistler.

Miller played Dr. Lee Markham on The Woman in White on NBC radio and Howard Andrews on Midstream on the Blue Network and appeared as "The voice of the Past" on the May 21, 1942 broadcast of The Right to Happiness. In 1945–47, he was the announcer for Songs by Sinatra. He played two characters and was the announcer on The Billie Burke Show (1943-1946).

From 1949 to 1950 he starred as Dr. Yat Fu on the short-lived ABC series Mysteries of Chinatown, with Gloria Saunders cast as his niece. In 1961, Miller guest-starred as Johnny Kelso, with Erin O'Brien, in "The Marble Slab" episode of the Frederick Ziv-, United Artists-, and MGM-produced Bat Masterson, starring Gene Barry. Original air date was May 11, 1961.

Miller as depicted in 1959
Miller made a guest appearance in 1963 on Perry Mason as unscrupulous attorney F.J. Weatherby in "The Case of the Lover's Leap."

He voiced Aquaman for the Filmation studio for their 1967 series The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. He was also the voice of pilot/scientist Busby Birdwell in the company's animated series Fantastic Voyage.

He was the voice of the arrogant alien "Zarn" in three episodes of the second season of Land of the Lost.  Miller also lent his distinct voice to The Pink Panther Show, often talking with the feline offscreen and asking questions, while also voicing The Inspector, his second Deux Deux and their boss The Commissioner.

On The Millionaire, Miller played Michael Anthony in over 200 episodes, conveying the wishes of the "fabulously wealthy" John Beresford Tipton, voiced by Paul Frees.[24

He won Grammy Awards in 1965 and 1966 for his recordings of Dr. Seuss stories: in 1967 for Dr Seuss Presents – If I Ran the Zoo and Sleep Book and 1966 for Dr Seuss Presents Fox in Socks and Green Eggs and Ham. He also read Horton Hatches the Egg, The Sneetches and Other Stories and Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories.

In the mid-1970s, Miller even lent his voice to sports films, narrating the official Indianapolis 500 films in 1975 and 1976.

➦In 1922...WHAS-AM signed-on in Louisville KY.

On May 16, 1925, the first live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby was originated by WHAS and was also carried by WGN in Chicago. The call of the Derby featured an announcer who watched from the windows of one of the famous twin spires of Churchill Downs.

On May 15, 1932, WHAS changed from being an NBC affiliate and joined CBS. At that time, WHAS operated on 820 kHz with 10 KW power, but the output was soon increased to 25 KW as authorized by the Federal Radio Commission.

During a 1937 flood, WHAS aired 115,000 messages. On March 29, 1941 the station moved to its current frequency of 840 AM and made a clear-channel station, both as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, which relocated the 840 clear channel allocation to Louisville from Toronto, where it was used by CBL. On March 30, 1970 WHAS began 24-hour operation.

The station was originally part of the local media empire ruled by the Bingham family, which also published Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times.  WHAS and its FM sister station, WAMZ (the former WHAS-FM) were acquired by Clear Channel Communications (which, as iHeartMedia, continues to own the stations to this day) in 1986.

➦In 1964…United Artists -the label which issued  the soundtrack to “A Hard Day’s Night” and Capitol Records - locked horns on the songs from the film.

UA had the rights to the original soundtrack album which contains seven songs and instrumental music by George Martin. Capitol was going “all-out” to buck the soundtrack album. Capitol had the rights to issue singles off the album.

UA rush released advance copies of the “A Hard Day’s Night” soundtrack album to radio stations and stores, after WMCA 570 AM New York got an advance copy and began playing it to their huge New York audience. Capitol issued a single disc by the Beatles, coupling the movie’s title song “A Hard Day’s Night” with “I Should Have Known Better.”

The Capitol album contained the seven picture songs and five new tunes, but could not be identified as a soundtrack album – only UA had those rights.  

1010 WINS and 77WABC weren’t happy about the “Hard Day’s Night” WMCA exclusive.

WINS got a Beatles exclusive from a special overseas source and began playing “Slowdown” by the Beatles soon after. 

➦In 1964…Tom Clay departed from station CKLW 800 AM, Windsor-Detroit.  The station and Clay called it an amiable parting. Clay felt he was not doing enough on his show when not allowed to play the records himself (union rules). Clay’s night-time slot was taken by Terry Knight from WTRX, Flint.

Knight would go on to become a recording artist with Terry Knight & The Pack . Their biggest hit was 1966’s “I Who Have Nothing.”) Knight would then go on to bigger and better things as the manager for Grand Funk Railroad .

➦In 1974… KNEW-AM in San Francisco changed to country. Today the station is owned by iHeartMedia and Progressive Talk as KKSF 910 AM.

➦In 1974…Cousin Bruce Morrow departed WABC 770 AM New York to take the spot vacated by Wolfman Jack on rival WNBC 660 AM.

Morrow's first stint in radio was in Bermuda at ZBM-AM, where he was known as "The Hammer".

Morrow began his career in the USA at New York Top 40 station 1010 WINS in 1959. In 1960, he relocated to Miami, Florida for a stint at WINZ (AM) before returning to New York the next year for the major station WABC.

Morrow's return to New York City came just as rock and roll music was becoming extremely popular among the baby boom demographic, and Morrow found himself on the most powerful radio station on the East Coast at the beginning of the so-called British Invasion. His main competition came from his previous station WINS, which featured "Murray the K," a DJ who claimed an association with the Beatles.

Morrow quickly became a success on WABC's teenager-oriented evening shift.

Morrow worked for WABC for 13 years and 4,014 broadcasts until August 1974, when he transferred to rival radio station WNBC; after three years there, he quit performance to team with entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman to become the owner of the Sillerman Morrow group of radio stations, which included WALL; WKGL, now WRRV, in Middletown, New York; WJJB, later WCZX, in Poughkeepsie, New York; WHMP in Northampton, Massachusetts; WOCB in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; WRAN (now dark) New Jersey 1510 in Randolph, New Jersey; and television station WATL Atlanta. The group later purchased WPLR in New Haven, Connecticut.

During 1982, Morrow resumed working as a radio announcer, for New York's oldies station WCBS 101.1 FM.  For a number of years, Morrow hosted programs for SiriusXM, on the '60s on 6 channel. Today Cousin' Brucie hosts a Saturday night music show on 77WABC NYC. 

➦In 1984…KPLZ Seattle becomes the 11th station to license Mike Joseph’s “Hot Hits” phrase.

➦In 1984…Chicago Radio Arbitron Ratings… WGN-AM was best with an 8.8...Urban WGCI-FM is up to a 6.1...News WBBM  4.6...Easy WLOO – 5.6...B-96 (WBBM-FM) dips to a 4.6 from 5.0...WLS-AM dips to a 3.2 from 3.7...WLS-FM is up to a 3.5 from 2.9...WCLR (A/C) is up to a 4.1 from 3.4...Country WMAQ scores a 4.1...WLUP up from a 3.0 to 3.4...WLAK (Nothing but love songs) is down to a 3.2 from a 3.9.

➦In 1984…Capital Cities bought Metromedia’s KLAC 570 AM in Los Angeles.

➦In 1984…WGAR 1220 AM Cleveland flipped to  Country. Today, the station airs a religious format as WHKW.

Adrian Cronauer September 8, 1938 – July 19, 2018

➦In 2018...Adrian Joseph Cronauer, best known for co-writing the original story for the film "Good Morning Vietnam" about his time as an DJ at American Forces Vietnam Radio, died at the age of 79.

Dion is 83

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAYS: 

  • Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct,” ″Showgirls”) is 84. 
  • Singer Brian Auger is 83. 
  • Singer Dion is 83. 
  • Actor James Brolin is 82. 
  • Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandals is 81. 
  • Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 73. 
  • Actor Margo Martindale (“Sneaky Pete,” “The Americans”) is 71. 
  • Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 68. 
  • Actor Audrey Landers (“Dallas”) is 66. 
  • Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 65. 
  • Actor Anne-Marie Johnson (“That’s So Raven,” “In The Heat of the Night”) is 62. 
  • Kristen Bell is 43
    Actor Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) is 61. 
  • Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 60. 
  • Talk show host/actor Wendy Williams is 58. 
  • Actor Vin Diesel is 55. 
  • Actor Grant Bowler (“True Blood,” ″Ugly Betty”) is 54. 
  • Actor Eddie Matos (“All My Children”) is 50. 
  • Rapper M.I.A. is 47. 
  • Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down and of Scars on Broadway is 47. 
  • Actor Elsa Pataky (“The Fast and the Furious” films) is 46. 
  • Drummer Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) is 44. 
  • Actor Kristen Bell is 42. 
  • Actor Michiel Huisman (“Game of Thrones”) is 41. 
  • Singer Ryan Cabrera is 40. 
  • Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas (“Quantico”) is 40. 
  • Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 39. 
  • Actor Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) is 37. 
  • Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers is 36. 
  • Guitarist Joe Dean Jr. (Dailey and Vincent) is 33.

✞DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
  • Actress Rebecca Schaeffer, who starred in TV's My Sister Sam, was shot to death at her Los Angeles home by an obsessed fan on this day in 1989. She was 21.
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