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Steve Highsmith
Staff reporterSteve Highsmith is PHL17's Director of Community Relations and host of PHL17's community affairs program , "In Focus." Highsmith is seen on NBC10 as the host of "NBC10@Issue," a news and public affairs show, and covers elections and politics. He serves as...Tags: Pennsylvania, University of Notre Dame, Science and Technology, New Year's Day, Drunk Driving
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Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control
Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96.
Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in...Tags: Jay Leno, Engineering, Lombard, Zenith Electronics Corporation, Television Industry
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Eugene Polley, 1915-2012
Television watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died of natural causes Sunday, May 20, at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove,...
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Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy is the winner of 18 Emmy Awards for her reporting and anchor work in her hometown of New York City.
The daughter of Irish immigrants who settled in Queens, Mary Murphy has spent her entire, 30-year career in NYC. By the age of 13, Mary knew...Tags: NBC (tv network), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, John F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Dick Clark Dies at 82
FOX 17 ProducerFamed TV producer and "New Year's Rockin' Eve" host, Dick Clark, has died at the age of 82. According to TMZ.com, Clark reportedly passed away after suffering a massive heart attack this morning. The TV icon had entered St. John's Hospital in Santa...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Concerts, Diabetes, Entertainment, Game Shows
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Dick Clark: An indelible impact on American pop music
Pop & HissDick Clark: As the music and TV industry mourns the passing of "America's oldest living teenager," who died on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 82, we remember the indelible mark Dick Clark left on pop music.... -
Southern California Close-Ups: San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst published on April 24, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012. The San Fernando Valley is 260 square miles of suburbia. Actually, make that suburbia on nutritional supplements. And antidepressants. With perhaps a little cosmetic surgery south...Tags: Ed Begley Jr., Health, Ritchie Valens, Pornography, Woodbridge
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WFTV’s ‘Case Against Casey Anthony’ wins Emmy
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe folks at WFTV-Channel 9 made a terrific showing when Emmys were handed out over the weekend. The ABC affiliate won six categories and took home 18 statuuettes. WFTV's “Case Against Casey Anthony” was named best crime program by the Sun... -
About Us
WSFL-TV (SFL) is Miami-Fort Lauderdale's network, programming a strong schedule of entertainment, local news, and public affairs programming. WSFL-TV's signal reaches 1,536,020 South Florida television households representing more than 4 million people....Tags: WSFL, Television Industry, The CW (tv network), America's Next Top Model (tv program), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Lehigh bar association wins Emmy for texting video
Valley 610The Bar Association of Lehigh County has only been in the TV business for two years, but it picked up its first Emmy award Saturday. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored the bar association and its... -
'Most Wanted' on the move
Zap2ItEarlier this year, Fox canceled the long-running Saturday crime-fighting series "America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" -- as it had done in 1996, before a torrent of complaints from law enforcement urged a change of heart -- but said the show...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, America's Most Wanted (tv program), Lifetime (tv network), John Walsh, Crime, Law and Justice
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Venton Blandin
Venton Blandin, an Emmy-nominated reporter, joined WHNT News 19 in January 2009 after reporting in Charleston, South Carolina.
Venton was born in Chicago, Illinois and became interested in television news after "hanging out" inside the newsroom at...Tags: Special Olympics, International Travel, CNN (tv network), September 11, 2001 Attacks, WBAL-TV
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