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David Kolin
David Kolin (born June 26, 1958 in Columbus, Georgia), better known as Dr. Dave, is a TV and radio veteran and former orthodontist who first became an on-air talent on the show “Made In New York” with Matt Lauer and Jill Rappaport. Kolin is known for two radio and comedy companies he created, DB Communications and United Stations Radio Networks. Early life Kolin was born in Columbus, Georgia and lived in New York. Most of his childhood was spent in New York City. As a child, he listened to Don Imus and old radio broadcasts of the Shadow. Kolin attended New York University for his undergraduate degree, New York University for his DDS, and Fairleigh Dickinson University for Orthodontics. Career Kolin’s first experience on the radio began when Scott Shannon offered him a job at Z100 for $25/week writing, producing, and voicing comedy. That arrangement didn't last long as the station went from worst to first in less than one year. Suddenly there were dozens of stations co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970. Columbus is the second-largest city in Georgia (after Atlanta), and fields the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, Columbus had a population of 206,922, with 328,883 in the Columbus metropolitan area. The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus–Auburn–Opelika Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 486,645 in 2019. Columbus lies southwest of Atlanta. Fort Benning, the United States Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence and a major employer, is located south of the city in southern Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. Columbus is home to museums and tourism sites, including the National Infantry Museum, dedic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirate TV (TV Series)
''Pirate TV'' is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV. The series premiered January 26, 1990. Overview Set on a boat that beamed illegal television signals, ''Pirate TV'' consisted of skits and parodies of commercials and television programs, including ''Rastapiece Theater'', a takeoff of '' Masterpiece Theatre'' with a dreadlocked, patois-speaking host, and "Reejok" ( jockstraps with inflatable pouches, à la Reebok Reebok International Limited () is an American fitness footwear and clothing manufacturer that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company ...'s "Pump" sneaker, popular at the time). It was co-created by Dave Kolin and Steve Kerper. Originally airing as 13 one-hour episodes, they were later edited down to a half hour. Many of the concepts of the show, and indeed ''Rastapiece Theater'' itself, later transferred to Kerper and Kolin's HBO serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Stations Radio Networks
United Stations Radio Networks (USRN) is a radio network that provides a variety of radio programs and programming services for radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. It is based in New York City. History The company was founded in February 1994 by pop icon Dick Clark and radio veterans Nick Verbitsky and Ed Salamon. Verbitsky continues to serve as the company's CEO, while Andy Denemark serves as the Vice President of Programming and plays a large role in company contributions. The similarly named "United Stations Radio Network" (singular), also founded by Clark, Verbitsky, and Salamon in 1980, bought the RKO Radio Networks in 1985 and eventually merged with CBS Radio and the original incarnation of Westwood One. Programming USRN's entertainment program offerings include ''Rewind with Gary Bryan'', ''America's Greatest Hits'' with Scott Shannon, ''Nights With Alice Cooper'', ''The House of Hair'', various programs hosted by Tom Kent, ''Lex and Terry'', ''Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group (which owns the remaining 31%). Despite this ownership structure, Warner Bros. Discovery has operating control of the channel, and manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both special and regular episodic programs about food and cooking. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, Food Network has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, Cincinnati, and Knoxville. Food Network was established on November 23, 1993, 6:00 am as TV Food Network and in 1997, it adopted its current name. It was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive; Scripps Networks Interactive later merged with Discovery, Inc. in 2018, and WarnerMedia was merged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Television
Sony Television, Sony TV, or Sony HD may refer to any of the following television-related products from Japanese conglomerate Sony: * Television sets designed and manufactured by Sony Corporation in Japan ** Trinitron, television hardware brand (1968-2008) ** Bravia (brand), television hardware brand (2005-present) * Television offerings from Sony Pictures in the United States ** Sony Pictures Television, American television studio *** Sony Pictures Television Networks, operator of Sony-branded television channels **** Sony Channel, a brand of general entertainment television channels **** Canal Sony, Latin American television channel **** Sony Pictures Networks India, Indian television broadcaster ***** Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E! Entertainment
E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which primarily focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. As of January 2016, E! is available to 92.4 million households in the United States. History Movietime E! was originally launched on July 31, 1987, as Movietime, a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews as an early example of a national barker channel. The channel was founded by Larry Namer and Alan Mruvka. Early Movietime hosts included Greg Kinnear, Katie Wagner, Julie Moran, Suzanne Kay (daughter of Diahann Carroll), Mark DeCarlo, Sam Rubin and Richard Blade. E! Controlling ownership was originally held by a consortium of five cable television providers ( Comcast, Continental Cablevision, Cox Cable, TCI, and Warner Cable), HBO/Warner Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Emanuel
Ariel Zev Emanuel (born 1961) is an American businessman and the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency that owns the UFC. He was a founding partner of the Endeavor Talent Agency and was instrumental in shaping its June 2009 merger with the William Morris Agency. Background Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Emanuel was raised in suburban Wilmette, Illinois. Emanuel is the brother of former Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, American oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, and sister Shoshana Emanuel (who was adopted). His father, Jerusalem-born Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician who was active in the Irgun, a Zionist terrorist paramilitary group, that operated in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s His mother, Marsha Emanuel (''née'' Smulevitz), was a civil rights activist, and the one-time owner of a Chicago-area rock and roll club. During his third grade at school, Ari was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. In addition to school, his mother spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maury Povich
Maurice Richard Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American retired television personality, best known for hosting the tabloid talk show '' Maury'' which aired from 1991 to 2022. Povich began his career as a radio reporter, initially at WWDC. In the late 1980s, he gained national fame as the host of tabloid infotainment TV show ''A Current Affair'', based at Fox's New York flagship station WNYW. In 1991 he co-produced his own show ''The Maury Povich Show'', which in 1998 was rebranded as ''Maury''. Early life and education Povich was born on January 17, 1939, into a Jewish family in Washington, D.C., the second of three children born to Ethyl (née Friedman) and ''Washington Post'' sportswriter Shirley Lewis Povich. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Povich, emigrated from Russia to the United States in 1878 at age 12. Maury graduated from the Landon School in 1957, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 with a degree in television journalism. Career 1962–1986 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Lauer
Matthew Todd Lauer (; born December 30, 1957) is an American former television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. After serving as a local news personality in New York City on WNBC, his first national exposure was as the news anchor for ''The Today Show'' from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, he was moved from the news desk to the host's chair, and served as the co-host of NBC's ''Today (American TV program), Today'' show from 1997 to 2017. He was also a frequent contributor for the evening news magazine ''Dateline NBC''. With NBC, Lauer hosted the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and co-hosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympic Games. Following allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, Lauer's contract was terminated by NBC in November 2017 after the network reported receiving "a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace" and added that the network had "reason to believe this may not have been an isolate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Current Affair (American TV Program)
''A Current Affair'' is an American television newsmagazine program that aired in syndication from July 28, 1986 to August 30, 1996, before it was briefly rebroadcast from March to October 2005. The program was produced by Fox Television Stations, and based at Fox's New York City flagship station WNYW, starting as a local production in 1986. It was syndicated to Fox's other owned-and-operated stations the next year, and then went into full national syndication in September 1988. Its signature "ka-chung" sound effect was created using a combination of the sound of a construction paper cutter and the swing of a golf club put through a synthesizer. Overview The program was originally hosted by Maury Povich. In the fall of 1990, Maureen O'Boyle replaced Povich and continued to host until May 1994. Jim Ryan then became interim host for the summer of 1994. Penny Daniels became host for the 1994-95 season and for what ultimately became the show's final season, Jon Scott subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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