Month: July 2023

Barbara Blake Hannah, Thames Television/ITV’s And The Entire British Broadcasting Industry’s First Black Journalist

I commend Barbara Black Hannah, Thames Television/ITV’s, and the entire British broadcasting industry’s first Black journalist.

In the mid-1960’s, Barbara Blake Hannah had immigrated to Great Britain from the Commonwealth realm of Jamaica, looking for work; wound up being Thames Television/ITV’s first Black journalist, and in part and parcel; the first Black journalist in the entire British broadcasting industry.

During the early 1970’s, Barbara Blake Hannah would eventually return to her native Jamaica, where resides well into the present day (as of the time of writing this post).

After returning to her native Jamaica, Barbara Blake Hannah would work for the BBC and Thames Television/ITV at their local outposts; in addition to serving as a producer for several Films with narratives about Jamaica.

ABC World News Now Report On WABC-TV Anchor Roger Grimsby

Canadian journalist Kevin Newman, during his time living in the United States; working for ABC News, and anchoring ABC’s overnight News program titled “ABC World News Now”, reporting on the passing of WABC-TV News Anchor Roger Grimsby at the time of his passing in 1995.

Kevin Newman had made note of those at ABC News, and the ABC Television Network who have worked with Roger Grimsby at some point in time. These people have probably joined ABC by the way of starting at WABC-TV before being promoted to the Network.

Like the rest of those who have worked for WABC-TV, and ABC’s other owned and operated Television Stations KABC-TV, WXYZ-TV, WLS-TV, and KGO-TV; Roger Grimsby had ultimately worked for Richard O’ Leary and John Severino, both of whom had held the position as the head of ABC’s owned and operated Television Stations. See these earlier posts for more information regarding Richard O’ Leary and John Severino: The Legacies Of ABC Executives Richard O’ Leary And John Severino, and I Am Very Saddened By The Death Of Former Storer Broadcasting, ABC, Turner Broadcasting, WAGA-TV, WABC-TV, KABC-TV, And CNN Employee Dave Michaels.

A Packard Clipper Eight Passenger Car Ordered By The Federal Government As A Staff Car On Behalf Of General Douglas MacArthur That Remains Unscathed, And In Pristine Condition Well Into The Present Day

A Packard Clipper Eight Passenger Car Ordered By The Federal Government As A Staff Car On Behalf Of General Douglas MacArthur That Remains Unscathed, And In Pristine Condition Well Into The Present Day.

General Douglas MacArthur had ordered this Packard with every available option, including Air Conditioning, an AM/Mediumwave Radio, and a Manual Transmission with Overdrive. Strings were pulled (as the saying goes) for Packard to ship the Car from their plant in the Detroit city proper (which still stands, and remains in ruins well into the present day, as of the time of writing this post) to where McArthur was stationed in Australia at the time the Car was ready to be delivered to him.

Below is the link to a website with the history, and photographs of the Packard Plant in the Detroit city proper:

Largest Abandoned Factory in the World: The Packard Factory, Detroit

The Packard Plant as of 2007is seen in the following images:

The Packard Plant as of 2022 is seen in the photograph below:

In other words, Douglas MacArthur was able to enjoy Air Conditioning while many of the soldiers fighting for him fought in the hot, sometimes humid, and sometimes arid conditions of the Central and South Pacific. Nevertheless, MacArthur’s enjoyment of the Air Conditioning was inconsequential, as air conditioning was a relatively novel and extremely expensive commodity during World War II.

After the War, the Car wound up in the possession of Douglas MacArthur’s chauffeur; who lived in Texas.

Douglas MacArthur’s chauffeur had arranged for all of the military trim on the car to be removed and the car to be repainted in a pastel color common in the 1950s. The Body Shop where this chauffeur was supposed to have the changes done to this car was busy, and the chauffeur had to wait.

The delay in the work that this chauffeur had commissioned the Body Shop to do on this Car, as well as this chauffeur passing away unexpectedly in his sleep before he could have this work done on this Car; had prevented this Car’s fate from being sealed; as far as keeping it in mint condition, and keeping the military equipment and livery, as well as Douglas MacArthur’s belongings all intact; and the car surviving as an artifact from WWII, as it was stored away in a garage somewhere in Texas until the 1980s, when it was finally taken out of storage.

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An Article From Another Blog About BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

An article from another Blog about BBC Radio 4.

BBC Radio 4 can be traced back to experimental Mediumwave Radio Station 2LO. 2LO is the cornerstone on which the BBC was founded on, in 1922.

2LO, in its original incarnation; would remain on the air until March, 1930.

The Studios and Transmitter Site of 2LO were located inside of, and atop Marconi House; located at 335 Strand Street in the London city proper.

More Of The Things The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With The “Property Brothers”

As a continuation of this earlier post The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With The Television Personalities On The Cable Channel HGTV Known As The “Property Brothers”, this post about about even more things that two or more of the relatives that I have never, ever meant; and never, ever want to have anything to do with, have in common with the Property Brothers.

The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern Formula 1 Driver Nick Heidfeld, And Modern NASCAR Drivers Kevin Harvick And Matt Kenseth

Things that one or more of the relatives that I have never, ever meant; and never, ever want to have anything to do with, my mother’s eldest brother’s eldest son; have in common with Formula 1 Driver Nick Heidfeld, and Modern NASCAR Drivers Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth are that they are all modernists, they are all sociable, they all like to party, they are all clubbable, they are all athletic, and they can each spend a while talking smack about Sports and Fitness.

The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern NASCAR Driver Elliott Sadler

Things that one or more of the relatives that I have never, ever meant; and never, ever want to have anything to do with, my mother’s eldest brother’s eldest son; have in common with Modern NASCAR Driver Elliott Sadler are that they are all modernists, they are all sociable, they all like to party, they are all clubbable, they are all athletic, and they can each spend a while talking smack about Sports and Fitness.

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Ham Radio Simplex On The Two Meter Band

Are you on the Simplex Net Map?

Above is the link to an Article about Ham Radio Simplex on the Two Meter Band in the vicinity of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Below is a link to a Ham Radio educational website known as the “Ham Radio School” about Simplex, Duplex, and Split.

https://www.hamradioschool.com/post/simplex-duplex-offset-and-split

A Simplex Operation means the radio stations are communicating with each other directly, on the same frequency. Both stations take turns transmitting and receiving on the same frequency with no repeater or other device in between.

Ham Radio School

A Duplex Operation means that a radio station transmits on one frequency and receives on a different frequency.

Ham Radio School

I shall add that Duplex Operations also take place solely on the Two Meter Band.

Books Written By Author Christina Hoff Summers About Gender Studies, And The Overall Concepts Of Masculinity And Feminism As We’ve Ever Known Them Being In Crisis

Books written by Author Christina Hoff Summers, at one time; a panelist on the PBS Television Program ‘To The Contrary’ Hosted By Bonnie Erbe; about Gender Studies, and the overall concepts of Masculinity and Feminism as we’ve known them being in crisis.

Christina Hoff Summers’ Book about Masculinity as we’ve ever known it, being in crisis; is titled “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men”, was originally published during the years 2000-2001; the Hardcover version was later republished in 2013, and the Paperback version was republished in 2015.

There is also a Spiral-Bound version of “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men” that has also been published, and as of the time of writing this post; copies are still available for purchase.

Below is a link to an Article by The Atlantic Magazine from May, 2000 about Christina Hoff Summers’ Book “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men”.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/the-war-against-boys/304659/

The Book that Christina Hoff Summers wrote about feminism as we’ve ever known it, being in crisis; titled “Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women” was originally published in Hardcover form in 1994, and the Paperback version followed a year later in 1995.

“Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women” has not been republished ever since both the Hardcover and Paperback versions have gone into print during the years 1994 and 1995.

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