"Im not the stupidest person on the planet" was the opening for Willard H. Scott Jr.'s biography. The well-known entertainer, clown, radio host, and weatherman was born and raised in Alexandria VA. When he was 16 years old while attending George Washington Highschool, he worked as an NBC page at WRC-AM in D.C. After Scott graduated from American University and got his Arts degree in philosophy and religion. Scott served active duty for the Navy from 1956 - 1958, During this time, after his daily duties, he had a nightly radio show on WITH(AM), WCBM(AM), and WAVY(AM) on the coast from Baltimore, to Portsmouth VA. Scott's radio career thrived for many years as he hosted multible nightly radio show's. When Scott and his friend Ed Walker hosted …show more content…
Before Scott joined the Navy, he hosted a childrens TV show called "Sam and Friend". This was also the first apperence of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. He spent the 1960's as the host of many childrens TV programs playing characters such as, Commander Retro, and Bozo the Clown and many more. When Scott was playing Bozo the Clown, he made apperences at many Mcdonalds resturants. when the show was cancelled, Mcdonalds and Scott could not use the Bozo name anymore. So Scott created an origanal character at Mcdonalds request named "Ronald McDonald", he was a huge hit for the company and for the public. In Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation" Scott told Schlosser that McDonalds fired him because he was "too fat to play Ronald anymore" Which is "the most ironic thing he's ever heard" (go.gale). In 1968 Scott started as a weatherman for NBC and became known in 1980 as the main weatherman for the Today Show where He mostly did his weather reports on the road, interviewing locals at community fesivals and landmarks. Scott also hosted the Macy's day Parade from 1987-1997 when he was replaced by Matt Lawer(go.gale). Scott retired on 12/11/15, Today held a tribute to Scott featuring highlights from 35 years with the show. He's also played Santa Claus at various White House …show more content…
He was given a Private Sector award for public service by Ronald Reagan in 1985, as well as the Washingtonain of the Year(1979), National Parter in 4-H Citiation(1984), Humanitarian in Residence(1985), and the Distinguished Virginian Award(1990). Even at 83 he still wants to do more saying; "You're losing ground when you're standing still. You have to continue to add things." (This from a man who has published 3 books, is writing another, pens magazine articles, does television commercials and radio voiceovers, and is booked on the public speaking circuit through
He was a Horatio Alger Award recipient in 1995 and serves as a member of
"American President: Ronald Wilson Reagan: Impact and Legacy." Miller Center. University of Virginia, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.
Targeted Audiences: Which One Suits You? According to Steve Craig in Signs of Life in the USA, the economic structure of the television industry has a direct effect on the placement and content of all television programs and commercials. Craig is a professor in the department of radio, television, and film at the University of North Texas, Craig has written widely on television, radio history, and gender and media. His most recent book is Out of the Dark: A History of Radio and Rural America (2009). Craig talks about the analysis of four different television commercials, showing how advertisers carefully craft their ads to appeal, respectively, to male and female consumers.
10. On 26 August 2014, Congressman McKeon submitted a DA Form 638 recommending the applicant for award of the Air Medal for meritorious achievement from 6 January 1967 to 6 January 1968. The DA Form 638 cited four achievements and proposed a citation:
Most radio historians assert that radio broadcasting began in 1920 with the historic broadcast of KDKA. During the 1920s radio benefited Americans because it was a source of their entertainment, the music industry of jazz, and advertisements.
Strong, Robert A. “Jimmy Carter: A Life in Brief.” Miller Center, University of Virginia. Web. 10 May 2014.
There have been many presidents in the past, and some of them were iconic for their leadership and innovation, others for the controversies that they stirred up, and many were just simply run of the mill average. In honor of the great iconic ones we have built statues, dedicated whole individual days to them, and even made some blockbuster films. Though, one went on unjustly without as much as a wink or any recognition like passing breeze. Chester Alan Arthur is not known for seemingly anything, but he, however, played a huge role in the survival of what is now a free and dependable American government today. His story: a
Ralph Nader has accomplished many tasks other than being 6’3” and making it to the age 83 and still going. He was and still is an environmental activist, consumer advocate, and a politician. He also is an anti-war activist. He also ran for president many times. But, I would like to focus on Nader’s work on being a consumer advocate.
Shortly after graduating while in his early twenties he spent time serving in the Peace Corps in Columbia, and admittedly was known to partake in drugs during this time in his life. At the age of twenty-two he met his wife, Mary Cedarleaf, who was also serving in the Peace Corps. By the time he was turned twenty-five, he earned his Master’s in Business at American University, which provided the leverage he needed to get to his next position in the workforce. After college he went to work for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Lima, Peru for a couple of years. He then returned to the United States to do environmental work in Chicago for Ecology and Environment Inc. In 1980 he applied for a job in the CIA and effectively changed his life forever.
Sadly, Jim Valvano died two months after he accepted the award. But this speech is still ingrained in our minds. Through the ethos appeal in this speech, Valvano showed the audience why he deserved the Arthur Ashe award and convinced them to donate to his cancer research foundation. Throughout the different parts of the acceptance speech, Valvano shows his courage and love that helped him to win the award in the first place.
So it’s no surprise that your return on new glass is excellent, whether you’re contemplating a midrange window replacement (less than $10,000) at 85 percent or an upscale replacement ($15,000-plus) at 84 percent.
Any program in BBC creates it own work by it self and it will not be
The innovation of Radio is one of the great innovations of human kind. After the first broadcasting station of KDKA in Pittsburgh, the Radio has come across different improvement in its coverage area and technology. The demand was dramatically increased since then. The urban and the village farmers were excited by its use. It became part of everyday life as one way of getting information of social, economic, and political developments. Even today these services are becoming diversified qualitatively and quantitatively. At this time, the options to get these all services from radio are challenged by the information technology especially the internet. Today’s Americans have several options to get connected and informed than many other countries. Even today for some nations Radio is still not easy furniture to get. Similarly, its use is highly demanded as part of their daily life. The role of Radio in the old and contemporary times is mainly for information, advertisement, and entertainment purposes.
Odds are if you have ever had a favorite radio show on a favorite FM radio station, it’s only a memory from days gone by. The age of the FM radio DJ has been a large part of our culture in the past, but is has slowly been coming to an end. Djs were a very important part of the 60s and pirate radio as well as, continuing to do so throughout the 70s and 80s. Now with the availability of internet radios and national radio stations having a digital setlist, DJ’s no longer have the sway over the radio stations that they work at or the ability to play what they like when they like.
Acquiring 12 new stations will give Radio One an even broader national presence in a market that has a high growth potential. The population growth rate as well as the income rate are increasing at a much faster rate for African Americans than for any other ethnic group within the U.S. An opportunity for the Radio Industry is the deregulations that have taken effect through the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Companies can now grow exponentially because they are able to consolidate and take advantage of operating efficiencies and synergies.