#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $600: R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets Radio Free Europe |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $2000: She moderated two vice presidential debates & with Judy Woodruff on PBS, became part of U.S. network broadcasting's first female co-anchor team Gwen Ifill |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $400: A degree in broadcasting will help prepare you for a career as one of these, like Al Michaels announcer |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | HAPPY JULY 4th! $1000: Later merged with Radio Liberty, it began broadcasting the message of liberty to Communist lands on July 4, 1950 Radio Free Europe |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | A GOVERNMENT OFFICE $200: Conveniently based in this U.S. city, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting provides uncensored information to the island Miami |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $200: Long before Netflix, in 1998 a Hong Kong company invested $1.5 billion in video on demand, pioneering this kind of service streaming |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $400: In 1991 this young broadcast TV network became the first in the U.S. to run a commercial for condoms Fox |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $600: In 1974 this Broadcasting System, Inc. shortened things up & became CBS Inc. Columbia |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $800: In 1946 "Faraway Hill", about a widow in love with a man engaged to another woman, brought this genre to network television soap opera |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $1000: A 1934 act of Congress established this agency, initially to regulate the radio, telephone & telegraph industries the FCC |
#8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SCIENCY STUFF $1600: In radio broadcasting, A.M. stands for this modulation amplitude |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $800: VOA for short, it began broadcasting in 1942 as part of the office of war information Voice of America |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $200: In names of U.S. TV networks, ABC stands for this company the American Broadcasting Company |
#8053, aired 2019-09-18 | SCIENCE $600: In physics, it's when 2 waves meet & sometimes neutralize each other; in broadcasting, it's disturbance by outside signals interference |
#7990, aired 2019-05-10 | THE PARENT COMPANY $800: ABC Broadcasting:
this entertainment company Disney |
#7929, aired 2019-02-14 | 13-LETTER WORDS $800: One-word job description of a broadcasting preacher, such as Oral Roberts televangelist |
#7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $800: Sinclair Broadcasting owns about 200 local stations & this sports channel that takes you onto center court the Tennis Channel |
#7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $2000: A leading mag of the biz, founded in 1931 as Broadcasting, became Broadcasting & this in the '90s & now goes by B&C Broadcasting & Cable |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | CANADIAN HISTORY $600: William Lyon Mackenzie King's long stretch as PM saw the creation of this radio & TV entity that gave me my big break the CBC (or Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $200: Edwin Armstrong developed this type of radio broadcasting featuring less noise & static FM |
#7574, aired 2017-07-13 | THEIR GAME SHOW HOST GIGS $1600: Known for broadcasting and podcasting, in 2016 he started hosting "The Wall" Chris Hardwick |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | LOGO ANIMALS $400: The National Broadcasting Company peacock |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | CORPORATE LOGOS $400: I spy this company's iconic logo that's been around in one version or another since 1951 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) |
#7490, aired 2017-03-17 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $400: Before becoming prime minister in 1966, she served as India's minister of information & broadcasting Indira Gandhi |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
#7412, aired 2016-11-29 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $400: A degree in broadcasting will help prepare you for a career as one of these, like Al Michaels an announcer |
#7381, aired 2016-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $800: Sakari Oramo has some proms to attend as chief conductor of the orchestra of this British radio & TV organization the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation) |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "TRANS" ACTION $200: The broadcasting of electromagnetic waves, or an important part of your car transmission |
#7338, aired 2016-07-06 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS $600: I'd like to thank 1930s PM Richard Bennett; he established the commission that became this radio & TV entity the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | CANADIANA $800: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) A free market guy like me & this public TV network in Canada: it couldn't last forever, so in 2014 I left the show "Dragons' Den" after an 8-year run the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |
#6962, aired 2014-12-16 | NAME THE DECADE $400: The first commercial radio station in the U.S. begins broadcasting the 1920s |
#6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $400: Established in 1934, this U.S. govt. agency regulates TV, radio, cable & satellite broadcasting the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
#6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $400: ABC is not only the American Broadcasting Company but also this Commonwealth one the Australian Broadcasting Company |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $600: Dipole antennas, also called these, were mostly made obsolete when TV stations began broadcasting in digital rabbit ears |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $400: In 1940 regularly scheduled military broadcasting began in Central America's PCZ, or this zone the Panama Canal Zone |
#6612, aired 2013-05-21 | SOUNDS LIKE A CAR PART $400: The broadcasting of electromagnetic TV waves from one location to another transmission |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $800: Gilda Radner was the weather girl on WCBN, the campus broadcasting network of this Michigan college town Ann Arbor |
#6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TED TALKS $200: A motto from this broadcasting entrepreneur: "Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise" Ted Turner |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | NETWORK INITIALS $600: CBS Columbia Broadcasting System |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | COME "IN" $1000: Paul Apak Angilirq was a producer as Canada's IBC, this Broadcasting Corporation Inuit |
#6272, aired 2011-12-20 | PROJECT RUNAWAY $800: As of 2010 its refurbishment of Broadcasting House, its London headquarters, was 100 million pounds over budget the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | RIGHT "E" $1000: A broadcasting chamber with resonating walls that make hollow sound effects an echo chamber |
#6124, aired 2011-04-07 | TV ALPHABET $400: CBS Columbia Broadcasting System |
#6106, aired 2011-03-14 | IT'S THE "V" $2000: In the broadcasting service known as the VOA Voice (of America) |
#6099, aired 2011-03-03 | STARTS WITH A BODY PART $1200: Breaker, breaker--it's a nickname used by a CB enthusiast while broadcasting a handle |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS $400: In 2009 a Johannesburg TV producer staged a 30-day fast to protest cutbacks in this nation's broadcasting South Africa |
#5935, aired 2010-06-04 | OCCUPATIONS $800: A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man a color commentator |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $400: Olivia Cole was one of the 9 Emmy winners for this '70s broadcasting phenomenon Roots |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $1000: "As It Happens", produced by this network, campaigns for official status for the beaver the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
#5508, aired 2008-07-16 | A "FAIR" DEAL $2000: In broadcasting, this regulation required radio & TV stations to air contrasting views the Fairness Doctrine |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | CATCH HER $400: Born Iva Toguri in Los Angeles, she was convicted of broadcasting anti-U.S. radio propaganda from Japan during WWII Tokyo Rose |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | MONOPOLY $200: This corporation's monopoly on TV broadcasting in England was broken in the 1950s by ITV the BBC |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | TALL STRUCTURES $600: The world's tallest supported structure is a 2,036-foot tower in North Dakota used primarily for this television broadcasting |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $800: Murrow first gained fame broadcasting from rooftops during this 1940 "Battle" the Battle of Britain |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $1200: Critic Jack Gould called Murrow's show on this senator "the week that broadcasting recaptured its soul" Joseph McCarthy |
#5038, aired 2006-07-05 | REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS "CAST" $400: For radio & TV, it was the "B" in CBS & that's no bull Broadcasting |
#4960, aired 2006-03-17 | RECORD LOSSES IN 2005 $600: This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs Time Warner |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | WHERE THERE'S A WILLIAM $200: In 1928 William S. Paley bought a chain of 16 radio stations & created this broadcasting network CBS |
#4805, aired 2005-06-24 | PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL $600: One of his first jobs was re-creating Cubs games over the radio in Iowa Ronald Reagan |
#4730, aired 2005-03-11 | IT'S PAT $600: In 1960 he formed the Christian Broadcasting Network, which would eventually air his "700 Club" Pat Robertson |
#4719, aired 2005-02-24 | WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in Times Square, New York.) A group of celebrities gaze out on Times Square at the end of this Valentine to '40s broadcasting Radio Days |
#4598, aired 2004-09-08 | SHORTWAVE $400: Mainly funded by the CIA, this broadcasting operation began transmitting behind the Iron Curtain in 1949 Radio Free Europe |
#4549, aired 2004-05-20 | PEOPLE $800: He worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before joining "60 Minutes" in 1970 Morley Safer |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | TV NETWORK ABBREV. $800: You can become a member:
PBS Public Broadcasting Service |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | TV NETWORK ABBREV. $1200: It operates under a Royal charter:
the BBC the British Broadcasting Corporation |
#4476, aired 2004-02-09 | TV NETWORK ABBREV. $1600: One of the original networks:
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System |
#4454, aired 2004-01-08 | TV TALK $1200: 1980 saw this form of broadcasting's first million-dollar fight when people coughed up $15 to see Leonard vs. Duran Pay-Per-View |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPRAH $600: Oprah began her broadcasting career in this Tennessee city at the age of 19 Nashville |
#3950, aired 2001-11-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOLKS $400: Leonard Goldenson was the man who built this "patriotic" TV network ABC (American Broadcasting Company) |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | STATE CAPITALS $500: This capital is the headquarters for UPS, the Turner Broadcasting System & Delta Air Lines Atlanta |
#3551, aired 2000-01-31 | SERIAL NUMBERS $500: Broadcasting's longest-running serial, it began on radio 62 years ago as the story of a small-town pastor Guiding Light |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $300: Born in 1931, this Australian-born owner of Fox Broadcasting is now a U.S. citizen Rupert Murdoch |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $600: On Public Radio International, you can hear the refined tones of this "World Service" BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) |
#3463, aired 1999-09-29 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: A TV network:
ABC American Broadcasting Company |
#3445, aired 1999-07-23 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $200: In 1985 the "Grand Ole Opry" began broadcasting live on this cable network TNN (The Nashville Network) |
#3400, aired 1999-05-21 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME $400: "Death Valley Days" announcer George Hicks is among those whose star has a microphone for this medium radio |
#3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $800: The broadcasting service of the U.S. Information Agency, abbreviated VOA Voice of America |
#3249, aired 1998-10-22 | STARTS WITH "M" $300: Without this broadcasting device, we wouldn't be able to hear your response a microphone |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | "NATIONAL"ISM $800 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell) This is the full name of my employer National Broadcasting Company |
#3138, aired 1998-04-01 | BRIT BITS & PIECES $200: The BBC has been broadcasting this bell's chimes since 1923 Big Ben |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $200: Infinity Broadcasting, employer of several "shock jocks", has often been fined by this federal agency FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | TV INITIALS $200: CBS Columbia Broadcasting System |
#3004, aired 1997-09-25 | OOPS! $100: Trinity Broadcasting dropped his show after he appeared on the American Music Awards dressed this way: Pat Boone |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | JAPAN $100: In 1953 this broadcasting medium was inaugurated in Japan by Nippon Hoso Kyokai or NHK Television |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | ON THE RADIO $600: WXYZ, WLW & WOR were stations on the MBS, this network Mutual Broadcasting System |
#2831, aired 1996-12-16 | 1996 $500: On Feb. 26 this Fox Broadcasting Co. head pledged free air time for major presidential candidates Rupert Murdoch |
#2788, aired 1996-10-16 | TELEVISION $500: In 1988 the Christian Broadcasting Network changed its cable channel's name to this The Family Channel |
#2714, aired 1996-05-23 | TELEVISION HISTORY $400: This creator of "Howdy Doody" began in broadcasting as a musician on radio station WBEN "Buffalo Bob" Smith |
#2568, aired 1995-11-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1970 he bought a small Georgia UHF station & began his broadcasting empire Ted Turner |
#2562, aired 1995-10-24 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $600: Commercial radio broadcasting began in America in 1920 with Detroit's WWJ & this city's KDKA Pittsburgh |
#2559, aired 1995-10-19 | U.S.A. $200: This southern state's oldest radio station, WBT in Charlotte, began broadcasting in 1922 North Carolina |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $600: Iva D'Aquino, born July 4, 1916 in L.A., was known for Broadcasting WWII Japanese propaganda under this name Tokyo Rose |
#2488, aired 1995-05-31 | TELEVISION $100: This U.K. broadcasting entity began its first regularly scheduled TV service in 1936 the BBC |
#2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HALL OF FAMERS $100: TV's "Uncle Miltie", he was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1988 Milton Berle |
#2167, aired 1994-01-25 | ABBREVIATIONS $400: In telecommunications PBS is the Public Broadcasting Service & NPR is this National Public Radio |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | AWARDS $500: This creator of "A Prairie Home Companion" won the 1985 Edward R. Murrow Award for Public Broadcasting Garrison Keillor |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $300: In 1948 N.Y. lawyer Frieda B. Hennock became the 1st woman appointed to this broadcasting agency the FCC |
#2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This tycoon's broadcasting company owns the Omni Hotel in Atlanta Ted Turner |
#2005, aired 1993-04-30 | "R.N."s $500: White House press secretary under Ford, he became a VP of news for the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1984 Ron Nessen |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: Turner Broadcasting launched this 24-hour information service in 1980 CNN |
#1806, aired 1992-06-08 | THE 1940s $300: In 1945 this government agency set aside 13 channels for commercial TV broadcasting the FCC |
#1679, aired 1991-12-12 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: Mildred Gillars was convicted of treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda under this name Axis Sally |
#1651, aired 1991-11-04 | U.S . GOVERNMENT $400: Established in 1942, it's the worldwide broadcasting division of the U.S. government Voice of America |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | PEOPLE $1000: This founder of the Columbia Broadcasting System died in 1990 William Paley |
#1371, aired 1990-07-16 | AWARDS $500: The Fermi Award is given in the atomic energy field, & the Peabody Award is for this field broadcasting (television) |
#1308, aired 1990-04-18 | TECHNOLOGY $300: The Museum of Broadcasting is transferring masters of all its shows from analog videotape to this type digital tape |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | INVENTIONS $500: The U.S. developed the NTSC system of this; France, SECAM & Germany, PAL Different systems of broadcasting color television |
#1266, aired 1990-02-19 | COMMUNICATION $400: It's the broadcasting service of the U.S. International Communication Agency Voice of America |
#1085, aired 1989-04-28 | LANDMARKS $600: The tallest tower in the U.S., high as a 230-story building, is found in N.D. & used for this television broadcasting tower |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | COLUMBIA $200: William Paley established this company in 1928 Columbia Broadcasting System |
#972, aired 1988-11-22 | MUSEUMS $500: This New York museum has run "Twilight Zone", "Honeymooners" & Milton Berle festivals Museum of Broadcasting |
#928, aired 1988-09-21 | STARTS WITH "V" $200: Broadcasting's VOA stands for this Voice of America |
#881, aired 1988-06-06 | LEFTOVERS $400: In 1982 & 1983, 10 PBS stations tried broadcasting a limited # of these to increase revenue commercials |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $200: The sound for broadcast TV is carried by this type of radio transmission FM (frequency modulation) |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $400: Larry King's phone-in talk show is carried nationally on this radio network Mutual |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $600: Early in 1987, this founder of CBS was unanimously elected chairman of the board William Paley |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $800: While Radio Free Europe is beamed at the Soviet satellites, this sister network broadcasts to Russia itself Radio Liberty |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $1000: In the spring of 1987, he left TV's "Meet the Press" for a position at Harvard Marvin Kalb |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | ROYS & RAYS $200: This broadcasting duo's last names are Elliot & Goulding Bob & Ray |
#791, aired 1988-02-01 | PARIS $300: Once the world's tallest structure, it's still used for navigation, meteorology & broadcasting the Eiffel Tower |
#759, aired 1987-12-17 | MUSEUMS $100: To find a tape of his 1st Tonight Show, a Museum of Broadcasting ad asked "Whhheeere's" this man Johnny Carson |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | BROADCASTING $200: A decorated WWI hero at age 14, Brace Beemer went on to play this masked radio hero the Lone Ranger |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | BROADCASTING $400: By co-financing Disneyland in Anaheim, this network got its 1st big hit, also called "Disneyland" ABC |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | BROADCASTING $500 (Daily Double): In 1954, with 195 affiliates, it was the biggest TV network; 2 years later, it was off the air Dumont |
#688, aired 1987-09-09 | TV HISTORY $1000: In 1963, this replaced CONELRAD the Emergency Broadcasting System |
#653, aired 1987-06-10 | SCIENCE $200: Electricity at rest, or the broadcasting problem such electricity in the air can cause static |
#634, aired 1987-05-14 | ANCIENT TELEVISION $100: The year commercial TV broadcasting began in the U.S., almost 5 months before Pearl Harbor 1941 |
#562, aired 1987-02-03 | GENERALS $400: Broadcasting network established in 1926 whose founder went on to become a general NBC |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | SEPTEMBER $600: It was formed Sept. 9, 1926, as a service of the Radio Corp. of America NBC (National Broadcasting Company) |
#447, aired 1986-05-27 | NEWSCASTERS $400: "The biggest team in broadcasting history since Amos 'n' Andy", they reported together for 14 years Huntley & Brinkley |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | TV HISTORY $1000: ABC & Dumont began Broadcasting these government proceedings on April 22, 1954 the McCarthy hearings |
#193, aired 1985-06-05 | ART $400: Bill Alexander & Elke Sommer are among the famed painters with instruction shows on this network the Public Broadcasting System |