| Los Angeles Television Contributor(s): Tator Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467132705 ISBN-13: 9781467132701 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Technology & Engineering | Television & Video - Art | Film & Video |
| LCCN: 2014942580 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.7" W x 8.8" (1.25 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Los Angeles television history began in the small room of an auto dealership in 1931. Since then, much of the nation's television history has been made here: the first television helicopter, the first big story that television broke before newspapers, the first live coverage of an atomic bomb, and the careers of numerous icons like Betty White, Steve Allen, Liberace, Lawrence Welk, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Many Los Angeles television personalities went on to network fame, including Tom Snyder, Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumbel, Connie Chung, Maury Povich, Bob Barker, Bill Leyden, Ann Curry, Pat Sajak, and Regis Philbin. Readers will discover, in many untold stories, the origins of that curious building on top the Hollywood sign, Albert Einstein's must-see local program, Marilyn Monroe's video debut, a popular television star's last tragic performance, and the actual identities of legends Korla Pandit and Iron Eyes Cody. Also in these pages is the reveal of the Mystery Tower Sitter, the all-night amateur show, the big Las Vegas premiere telecast that was blown off the air, and the treasured performer who worked at one station for 65 years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tator, Joel: - Author Joel Tator has produced and directed more than 8,500 broadcasts and collected 25 Emmy Awards along the way. Material in this book was collected from various Los Angeles television anniversary programs, interviews conducted with local television personalities, and photographs from the archives of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, founded by broadcaster Bruce DuMont in 1982. |