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Back Porch Video
''Back Porch Video'' was one of the first cable television-based music video programs. It premiered on January 28, 1984 and was created with Russ Gibb, former owner of the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan. Shown out of Westinghouse Broadcasting, Westinghouse's Group W Cable studios in Dearborn, Michigan, Back Porch Video stayed on the air for the better part of 16 years. What made Back Porch Video unique was that it was crewed and hosted primarily by area high school students; the document of which is found in 2020 on YouTube. The program aired live in Dearborn from 10pm - 1am on Saturday nights. The show expanded to 9pm - 1am after about one year of cablecasting, adding additional hosts. The program saw a short run of three programs broadcast nationwide on Detroit's PBS station WTVS Channel 56. In 1985, Back Porch Video won a CableACE Award. References {{Reflist External links YouTube channel of BPV producer Lance "Lenny" Rosol* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008064 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Gibb
Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WKNR-FM in Dearborn, and as the owner of the Grande Ballroom, a major rock music venue in Detroit. Education Gibb graduated from Michigan State University, earning a degree in educational radio and television administration in 1953. Career Teaching Gibb began teaching elementary school English in the Dearborn School District in 1961. In 1976, he began teaching TV and video production at Dearborn High School. He retired in 2004, having spent 42 years teaching in the Dearborn public schools. For 16 years, he produced the student run cable video show '' Back Porch Video''. Disk jockey Gibb started his broadcast career as a weekend TV floor manager at WWJ-TV in Detroit. He did some weekend disc jockey work for WBRB in Mount Clemens, Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |