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The outstandingly popular miniseries "Roots" by Alex Haley debuted on ABC and ran for 8 consecutive nights. Radio station WOR moved from Newark New Jersey to New York City. What would become an iconic police station sitcom, 'Barney Miller' premiered on ABC-TV. Mr. T became a TV action celebrity as 'The A Team' began its 5-year run on NBC. The 'Donny & Marie' variety show debuted on ABC-TV. The sitcom 'about nothing' Seinfeld' began a nine-year run on NBC-TV. And it's the date we lost TV superstars Johnny Carson and Bob Keeshan (Capt.Kangaroo.). ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

CKNW threw the switch boosting power from 250 to 1,000 watts on 1320 KHz. One of Irna Phillips’ early daytime dramas ‘The Right to Happiness’ moved from the NBC Blue network to CBS radio. The hilarious ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In’ began as a weekly series on NBC -TV. And New Westminster’s Raymond Burr starred for the 1st time as Captain Lee Quince in the debut of “Fort Laramie” on CBS radio. ALL the milestones for Jan. 22nd INSIDE.

Media pomposity is exposed as fakery. Millions of people see through the ruse.

It’s the date the legendary deejay Wolfman Jack (pictured) was born. The portly detective show ‘The Fat Man’ began its 5-year run on ABC radio, Patsy Cline sang ‘Walkin’ After Midnight’ on ‘Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts’ on CBS and became the winner for the week. ABC-TV aired the debut of ‘The Johnny Cash Show’ in a regular season primetime slot, after 15 successful weeks as a summer replacement. And singer Jackie Wilson and Canadian comedians Wayne & Schuster headlined ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for Jan. 21st INSIDE.

Bloomberg is reporting that FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai will be nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the commission; Bloomberg is citing sources on the Trump transition team.

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has been hired by the American Fox News Channel

It’s the Real Wake-up with Stevie de la Rose, while Suzy Burge hosts afternoons and it’s Casey Clarke with Roo Phelps in the evening.

Radio Tuktoyaktuk went on the air, serving the Northwest Territories in English and Inuktutuk. This was the date a US television show was transmitted live through an outlet in Canada for the first time, when CBS TV’s “Studio One” was fed from Buffalo to CBLT in Toronto. Singers Sonny James and Ivory Joe Hunter headlined the ‘Ed Sullivan Show.’ And Fred Silverman (pictured) quit as boss of programming at ABC-TV to become president of CBS. ALL the milestones for Jan. 20th INSIDE.

CNN Requested a press pass for the Highly Publicized DeploraBall and have been epically denied by staff. Here is the letter that was sent in reply to CNN