Today In Entertainment History
January 5

Movies, Music, Radio and Television

• 1927 - Fox Studios exhibits Movietone


• 1940 - FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal


• 1945 - Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"


• 1955 - KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota (IND) 1st broadcast


• 1956 - Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"


• 1959 - "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV


• 1959 - Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"


• 1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"


• 1967 - KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins


• 1970 - KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting


• 1970 - Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC


• 1974 - Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"


• 1976 - "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS


• 1981 - "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins


• 1989 - Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990


• 1993 - Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident

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