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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Chris Albrecht
Business
c. 1951   Former HBO Chairman and CEO
Fred Allen
Comic
31-May-1894 17-Mar-1956 Town Hall Tonight
Gracie Allen
Actor
26-Jul-1895 27-Aug-1964 Say goodnight Gracie
Steve Allen
Talk Show Host
26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
Roone Arledge
Sports Figure
8-Jul-1931 5-Dec-2002 Created Wide World of Sports
Edwin H. Armstrong
Inventor
18-Dec-1890 31-Jan-1954 Inventor of FM radio
Gene Autry
Country Musician
29-Sep-1907 2-Oct-1998 Singing cowboy
Lucille Ball
Actor
6-Aug-1911 26-Apr-1989 I Love Lucy
Red Barber
Sports Figure
17-Feb-1908 22-Oct-1992 The Voice of the Dodgers
Jack Benny
Actor
14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Candice Bergen
Actor
9-May-1946   Murphy Brown
Edgar Bergen
Actor
16-Feb-1903 30-Sep-1978 Radio's greatest ventriloquist
Milton Berle
Comic
12-Jul-1908 27-Mar-2002 Mr. Television
Jeffrey L. Bewkes
Business
25-May-1952   CEO of Time Warner
Michael Bloomberg
Politician
14-Feb-1942   Mayor of New York City
Steven Bochco
Film/TV Producer
16-Dec-1943   Cop Rock
David Brinkley
Journalist
10-Jul-1920 11-Jun-2003 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Tom Brokaw
Journalist
6-Feb-1940   Former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Mark Burnett
Film/TV Producer
17-Jul-1960   Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc.
George Burns
Comic
20-Jan-1896 9-Mar-1996 Oh, God!
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922   Your Show of Shows
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
John Chancellor
Journalist
14-Jul-1927 12-Jul-1996 NBC Nightly News anchor
Peter Chernin
Business
29-May-1951   President of News Corporation
Dick Clark
TV Personality
30-Nov-1929 18-Apr-2012 American Bandstand
Imogene Coca
Actor
18-Nov-1908 2-Jun-2001 Your Show of Shows
William Conrad
Actor
27-Sep-1920 11-Feb-1994 Jake and the Fatman
Don Cornelius
TV Personality
27-Sep-1936 1-Feb-2012 Soul Train
Howard Cosell
Sports Figure
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Katie Couric
Talk Show Host
7-Jan-1957   CBS Evening News
Walter Cronkite
Journalist
4-Nov-1916 17-Jul-2009 America's most trusted newscaster
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Barry Diller
Business
2-Feb-1942   CEO of USA Interactive Corp.
Phil Donahue
Talk Show Host
21-Dec-1935   The Phil Donahue Show
Sam Donaldson
Journalist
11-Mar-1934   ABC newscaster, sheep rancher
Allen B. DuMont
Inventor
29-Jan-1901 14-Nov-1965 TV picture tube and TV network
Jimmy Durante
Comic
10-Feb-1893 20-Jan-1980 Everybody wants ta get inta da act
Dick Ebersol
Journalist
28-Jul-1947   Chairman of NBC Sports, 1989-2011
Michael Eisner
Business
7-Mar-1942   CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
Michael J. Fox
Actor
9-Jun-1961   Back to the Future
Bill France, Jr.
Auto Racing
4-Apr-1933 4-Jun-2007 CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003
Brian France
Auto Racing
2-Aug-1962   Chairman and CEO of NASCAR
Arlene Francis
Actor
20-Oct-1907 31-May-2001 What's My Line?
Fred Friendly
Journalist
30-Oct-1915 3-Mar-1998 President of CBS News, 1964-66
Charles Gibson
Journalist
9-Mar-1943   Good Morning America
Jackie Gleason
Actor
26-Feb-1916 24-Jun-1987 Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Arthur Godfrey
Actor
31-Aug-1903 16-Mar-1983 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
Mark Goodson
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1915 18-Dec-1992 Goodson-Todman Productions
Katharine Graham
Publisher
16-Jun-1917 17-Jul-2001 Washington Post publisher, 1966-79
Kelsey Grammer
Actor
21-Feb-1955   Frasier
Merv Griffin
Talk Show Host
6-Jul-1925 12-Aug-2007 The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy
Mary Hart
TV Personality
8-Nov-1950   Entertainment Tonight
Paul Harvey
Radio Personality
4-Sep-1918 28-Feb-2009 The Paul Harvey Show
Jim Henson
Performance Artist
24-Sep-1936 16-May-1990 Creator of the Muppets
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922 19-Aug-2009 60 Minutes creator
Chet Huntley
Journalist
10-Dec-1911 20-Mar-1974 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Don Imus
Radio Personality
23-Jul-1940   Imus in the Morning
Peter Jennings
Journalist
29-Jul-1938 7-Aug-2005 Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Tom Joyner
Radio Personality
23-Nov-1949   The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Mel Karmazin
Business
24-Aug-1943   President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04
Casey Kasem
Radio Personality
27-Apr-1932   American Top 40
David E. Kelley
Film/TV Producer
4-Apr-1956   L. A. Law
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
John Kluge
Business
21-Sep-1914 7-Sep-2010 Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
Ted Koppel
Journalist
8-Feb-1940   Nightline
Ernie Kovacs
Comic
23-Jan-1919 13-Jan-1962 Nairobi Trio
Mario Kreutzberger
Game Show Host
28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Charles Kuralt
TV Personality
10-Sep-1934 4-Jul-1997 On the Road
Brian Lamb
Talk Show Host
9-Oct-1941   Founded C-SPAN
Michael Landon
Actor
31-Oct-1936 1-Jul-1991 Little House on the Prairie
Gerry Laybourne
Business
19-May-1947   CEO of Oxygen Media
Norman Lear
Film/TV Producer
27-Jul-1922   Creator of All in the Family
Shari Lewis
Performance Artist
17-Jan-1933 2-Aug-1998 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Susan Lucci
Actor
23-Dec-1946   Erica Kane on All My Children
Nancy Marchand
Actor
19-Jun-1928 18-Jun-2000 Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant
Guglielmo Marconi
Scientist
25-Apr-1874 20-Jul-1937 Inventor of radio
Dean Martin
Singer
7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
L. Lowry Mays
Business
24-Jul-1935   CEO of Clear Channel, 1972-2004
Lorne Michaels
Film/TV Producer
17-Nov-1944   Producer of Saturday Night Live
Les Moonves
Business
6-Oct-1949   CEO of CBS Television
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Akio Morita
Business
26-Jan-1921 3-Oct-1999 Co-Founder of Sony
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Sheila Nevins
Film/TV Producer
6-Apr-1939   President, HBO Documentary and Family
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Charles Osgood
Journalist
8-Jan-1933   CBS News Sunday Morning
William S. Paley
Business
28-Sep-1901 26-Oct-1990 Chairman of CBS, 1946-83
Jane Pauley
Talk Show Host
31-Oct-1950   Host of Today Show, 1976-89
Bud Paxson
Business
c. 1934   Paxson Communications
Regis Philbin
Talk Show Host
25-Aug-1931   Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly
Gilda Radner
Comic
28-Jun-1946 20-May-1989 Saturday Night Live
Dan Rather
Journalist
31-Oct-1931   Former CBS Anchorman
Gene Rayburn
Game Show Host
22-Dec-1917 29-Nov-1999 Host of Match Game
Ronald Reagan
Head of State
6-Feb-1911 5-Jun-2004 40th US President, 1981-89
Sumner Redstone
Business
27-May-1923   Chairman and CEO of Viacom
J. Leonard Reinsch
Government
28-Jun-1908 9-May-1991 Truman's press secretary
John Rigas
Business
14-Nov-1924   CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002
Brian Roberts
Business
28-Jun-1959   CEO of Comcast
Cokie Roberts
Journalist
27-Dec-1943   ABC's This Week
Gene Roddenberry
Screenwriter
19-Aug-1921 24-Oct-1991 Creator of Star Trek
Fred Rogers
TV Personality
20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers
Tim Russert
Talk Show Host
7-May-1950 13-Jun-2008 Meet the Press
Pat Sajak
Game Show Host
26-Oct-1946   Wheel of Fortune
Cristina Saralegui
TV Personality
29-Jan-1948   The Hispanic Oprah
David Sarnoff
Business
27-Feb-1891 12-Dec-1971 CEO of RCA, founder of NBC
Diane Sawyer
Journalist
22-Dec-1945   Good Morning America
Bob Schieffer
Journalist
25-Feb-1937   Face the Nation moderator
Rod Serling
Author
25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
26-Nov-1912 9-Jul-1992 CBS News journalist
William Shatner
Actor
22-Mar-1931   Captain Kirk on Star Trek
Bernard Shaw
Journalist
22-May-1940   Prime time CNN news anchor
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Dinah Shore
Singer
29-Feb-1916 24-Feb-1994 See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let
Aaron Spelling
Film/TV Producer
22-Apr-1923 23-Jun-2006 Beverly Hills 90210
Lesley Stahl
Journalist
16-Dec-1941   60 Minutes
Susan Stamberg
Radio Personality
7-Sep-1938   NPR
Frank Stanton
Business
20-Mar-1908 24-Dec-2006 President of CBS, 1946-73
Ed Sullivan
TV Personality
28-Sep-1902 13-Oct-1974 The Ed Sullivan Show
Danny Thomas
Actor
6-Jan-1914 6-Feb-1991 Make Room For Daddy
Marlo Thomas
Actor
21-Nov-1937   That Girl
Ted Turner
Business
19-Nov-1938   Founder of Cable News Network
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Barbara Walters
Journalist
25-Sep-1929   20/20, The View
Lew Wasserman
Business
22-Mar-1913 3-Jun-2002 Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95
Lawrence Welk
Conductor
11-Mar-1903 17-May-1992 Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Orson Welles
Actor
6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane
Margita E. White
Government
27-Jun-1937 20-Nov-2002 FCC Commissioner, 1976-79
Richard E. Wiley
Attorney
20-Jul-1934   FCC Chairman, 1974-77
Oprah Winfrey
Talk Show Host
29-Jan-1954   The Oprah Winfrey Show
Dick Wolf
Film/TV Producer
20-Dec-1946   Producer of Law and Order
David L. Wolper
Film/TV Producer
11-Jan-1928 10-Aug-2010 Roots
Robert C. Wright
Business
1943   CEO of NBC Universal


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