Category Archives: broadcasting

Jockey Hospitalized in Track Accident; Profile of Dodger Broadcaster, May 1, 1969

Posted on May 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ross Newhan filed an interesting game story involving current Dodger broadcaster Rick Monday. The Oakland A's beat the Angels, 9-4, with Monday's grand slam off George Brunet the key blow. Newhan told how Monday was offered lucrative signing bonuses from several teams … Continue reading →

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British Plane Missing Over Turkey, Dodgers vs. Camping, April 27, 1959

Posted on April 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

The debut of the majestic new Cadillac. A small civilian plane crashes into the mountains near Pasadena, touching off fears that an airliner had gone down.   A British cargo plane with a crew of 12 disappears over eastern Turkey. … Continue reading →

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Vin Scully — Game Show Host

Posted on April 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Here’s more praise for Vin Scully …  the game show host. Cecil Smith visited Scully on the set of “It Takes Two,”  which The Times’ critic called “one of those inane daytime game shows.”  Smith, of course, was a fan … Continue reading →

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North Korea Shoots Down Navy Plane; Dodgers Beat Padres, 14-0, April 16, 1969

Posted on April 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Jack Smith on God and Mr. Gomez. N. Korea a test for President Nixon.  Art Seidenbaum on talk radio.  Kevin Thomas on "Twisted Nerve." 1960s art influences the comics. The Dodgers moved home plate 10 feet closer to center field … Continue reading →

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Movie Mystery Photo

Posted on April 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Diana Sands plays Diahann Carroll's cousin in an episode of "Julia," 1970. Update: Yes, as nearly everyone realized, this is Diana Sands, who died in 1973 at the age of 39. Just a reminder on … Continue reading →

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Kathy Fiscus Revisited — April 9, 1949

Posted on April 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times, April 9, 1949, a little San Marino girl is trapped in an old well. L.A.Times photo Bill Yancey is lifted to the surface, carrying the body of Kathy Fiscus. I attended William Deverell's lecture Monday night on the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 30, 1959

Posted on March 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Operas Recalled … the Sudsy Kind You really want to know what’s bothering me? Or are you just asking to be nice? What’s bothering me is this gnawing feeling that I’m not in the swim any more. I’ve … Continue reading →

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New Light on ‘Dark Shadows’

Posted on March 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

[Did we misspell Barnabas all the way through this story? Yes.–lrh] Frid, Minus Fangs, to Read in O.C. Performance: The actor has less than fond memories for his years as vampire Barnabus Collins on TV’s ‘Dark Shadows.’ October 26, 1991 … Continue reading →

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Aaron Spelling and His Mansion

Posted on March 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Mark Terrill / Associated Press The Spelling mansion in 1993. The Daily Mirror revisits the story of Aaron Spelling and his Holmby Hills mansion, which is for sale. HE’S MADE TV WHAT IT IS TODAY * Aaron Spelling … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 25, 1959

Posted on March 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Quiet Costs Merely $14 for 15 Minutes RIPLEY, Tenn, (AP) — A businessman who doesn’t like rock ‘n’ roll music bought 15 minutes of radio time yesterday and devoted almost all of it to silence. James W. Porter … Continue reading →

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Trouble Was His Business — Raymond Chandler

Posted on March 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Philip Carey discusses his new TV show, "Philip Marlowe," written by Gene Wang, formerly of "Perry Mason."  Archive of American Television interview with Philip Carey, 2002.

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The Rosey Grier Show, March 16, 1969

Posted on March 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo The Fearsome Foursome: Merlin Olsen, David "Deacon" Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosey Grier make their singing debut on "Shindig," 1965.  Rosey Grier is no one-dimensional ex-football player. He’s well known as a singer, needlepoint enthusiast … Continue reading →

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Anna Nicole Smith — 2007

Posted on March 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: The Daily Mirror revisits Times archival stories about today’s news makers. This is a column originally published in 2007 on the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Breathtaking coverage, but lamentable By Paul BrownfieldFebruary 10, 2007 The centerfold, the gold … Continue reading →

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Voices — John and Ken, 1993

Posted on March 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: The Daily Mirror revisits Times archival stories about today’s news makers. Here’s a column by John Kobylt published in 1993–lrh Counterpunch        Forget the Ideology–Radio’s a Business May 31, 1993               By … Continue reading →

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Re-Creating Ballgames in the Days of Radio, March 14, 1959

Posted on March 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo KHJ-TV sportscasters Lyle Bond, left, and Bill Brundige in a 1957 publicity shot for their coverage of the Los Angeles Angels. I’ve always associated radio re-creations of baseball games with an earlier, simpler era. So … Continue reading →

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Voices — Rush Limbaugh, 1989

Posted on March 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: The Daily Mirror likes to revisit Times archival stories about today’s news makers. Here’s one we did on Rush Limbaugh in 1989–lrh Rush Limbaugh Gives Liberals the Business, Gets Plenty Himself Radio: The conservative talk-show host, whose program is … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 7, 1959

Posted on March 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Inactivated Barber Makes Superb Clip Any man who can overcome a handicap like an underactive thyroid and make a name for himself in show business, is, in my book, all right. Therefore, to wit, I like Perry Como. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 3, 1959

Posted on March 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Death of a Fighter Rene Belbenoit, a gallant man, goes to his grave today at Pierce Bros. Hollywood cemetery. Rene, 59, was found dead, sitting in a chair, in the little desert store he had operated the last seven years … Continue reading →

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Misterogers Visits KCET; Tom Lasorda at Spring Training, March 3, 1969

Posted on March 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Fred Rogers visits KECT-TV, with King Friday XIII and the rest. I know that high-minded Daily Mirror readers will completely ignore the story at left about streaking and that the subject of naked college kids running around holds no interest … Continue reading →

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Remembering Kathy Fiscus, 1949

Posted on March 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

April 10, 1949, Bill Yancey retrieves the body of Kathy Fiscus. Stan Chambers discusses covering the Kathy Fiscus story. His comments begin at the 10:50 point. Sixty years after a frantic attempt to rescue a young San Marino girl trapped … Continue reading →

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