Category Archives: broadcasting

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 12, 1960

Posted on February 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

  If Jack Paar is remembered at all, it’s for walking off the “Tonight” show (yes, he returned). From watching him as a kid, I remember him as being urbane but volatile – a curious combination. Minnie, 83, and Young … Continue reading →

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Recalling the Days of Payola

Posted on February 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  I was  "blown away" today to see my dad on the front page of the Mirror News. My dad, Norm Prescott, was a big DJ in Boston and New York. We all moved to Los Angeles in 1966. The … Continue reading →

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Prosecution Rests in Finch Trial

Posted on February 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Times Sports Editor Paul Zimmerman takes a look at the appeal of Mexican boxers in Los Angeles. Feb. 3, 1960: A Gallup poll examines patterns in voting among women, who are expected to outnumber male voters for the first … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 1, 1960

Posted on February 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

New-Found Evidence Favors Tokyo Rose     Two months ago, On the 18th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, I printed what I thought was the first interview by a newsman with a woman known to the world as Tokyo Rose.     Her … Continue reading →

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Nixon, the ‘Indispensible Man’

Posted on February 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

“You Remember Her?”     NBC used to have an opera company. Amazing, no? Although I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Virginia Copeland (Gordoni), David Poleri or Chester Ludgin. “Goliath and the Barbarians” in Colorscope!  Paul Zimmerman takes a … Continue reading →

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Lefty Gets Fired

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

Jan 31, 1970: Lefty Phillips was fired–the radio personality, not the Angels' manager. KMPC decided to cancel the Lefty Phillips Show, which The Times' radio critic Don Page thought was a terrible idea. Not that the Phillips show was good … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 23, 1960

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment     (Press Release)  "As far as space travel is concerned, a big bosom is a bust — according to an article in the new issue of Look magazine.     "Although pulchritude may be an asset here … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 17, 1955: Hedda Hopper writes, “While in New York I learned why TV will not move to the West Coast. Gen. David Sarnoff has bought 10 square blocks of Lower East Side property and will build a great … Continue reading →

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TV Writers Go on Strike Over Residuals

Posted on January 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

“I Wish He'd Finish His Cartoon Before He Takes His Coffee Break.”View this photo Akron has slipper sox! President Eisenhower, the man of the decade, according to a Gallup poll, goes bird hunting. A radioactive waste disposal company in Long … Continue reading →

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Pilots Assemble Planes for Aviation Meet

Posted on January 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Two views of the Gill-Dosh biplane at Dominguez Station.    3rd and Boylston streets, home of the Collins wireless station, via Google maps’ street view.   Jan. 7, 1910: Airplanes are being assembled at Dominguez Station for the Aviation … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on January 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 6, 1944 – Hedda Hopper writes: "There hasn't been much said about 'Jubilee,' an all-Negro show on a par with 'Mail Call' and 'Command Performance' done weekly for our men overseas. I heard Lena Horne and Rochester singing … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 5, 1960

Posted on January 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Pity the Plants     All over town it's leotards for the ladies and old but wool-lined army and navy jackets for the men and shocked talk about the icy blasts.     A girl named Kathy, 14, on the way to … Continue reading →

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On the Radio Dial

Posted on January 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Jan. 3, 1960: Don Page, The Times' longtime radio critic, compiled end of the year lists that ran at the start of the next year about the bests in L.A. radio. So I compared the columns from 1960 and … Continue reading →

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Predictions for Presidential Race

Posted on January 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

“Who Will Be Elected President in November?” Our future president hosts the warm-up to the Rose Parade! Vice President Richard Nixon, the Rose Parade grand marshal, with Rose Queen Margarethe Bertelson and her court at Wrigley mansion. Pat Nixon is … Continue reading →

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Laguna Beach Greeter at Rose Parade

Posted on January 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 1, 1967: Eiler Larsen, the Laguna Beach Greeter, says of hippies — “They will fade and I will last because I have goals and this ability to make friends no matter where I am.”   Jan. 2, 1970: … Continue reading →

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Death Row Brawl Over Watching Rose Parade on TV

Posted on January 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Fifty years after Ezra Meeker and his team of oxen were in the Rose Parade, a float features a team of oxen pulling a covered wagon. A Death Row brawl over watching the Rose Parade. Jan. 2, 1960: After … Continue reading →

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On the Brink of the 1960s

Posted on December 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hedda Hopper tapes a “Ben-Hur” segment with Stephen Boyd, Francis X. Bushman and Ramon Novarro, but not Charlton Heston. Los Angeles officials struggle once more to deal with congested streets. I have said this before, but it bears repeating: Traffic … Continue reading →

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Three Tristans!

Posted on December 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Ramon Vinay, the tenor cast with Birgit Nilsson in "Tristan," said he was too ill to do the entire opera, so Rudolph Bing had Vinay sing Act I, Karl Liebel (likewise under the weather) sing Act II and Albert … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on December 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 23, 1960: “Mary Martin invited the sons and daughters of radio and TV writers to a rehearsal of ‘Peter Pan.’ They were assembled on stage and she flew down to greet them. ‘Why, you're a girl!’ said one … Continue reading →

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Christmas 1608

Posted on December 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

  "The General Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Islands," on display at the Huntington Library. "Sleeping in his boat, accidentallie one fired his powder bag, which tore the flesh from his body and thighes, nine or ten … Continue reading →

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