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#5373: NEW YEAR'S EVE ALL STAR PARADE OF BANDS

1963-12-31, WNBC, 262 min.

An almost five-hour New Year's Eve broadcast by NBC Radio, beginning at 11:05pm EST New Year's Eve December 31 1963.

Hosts for different segments include, Ray Barnett, Jerry Damon, Walt Hoffman, Ralph Portner, Ted Collins.

An unpresented concept LIVE broadcast, never done again, swinging cross country New Years Eve. Produced by the American Federation of Musicians.

"The All Star Parade of Bands" goes from East to West. Ten of the nation's top dance bands swing the old year out and the new year in from New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Different time zones...separate Midnight New Year's Eve celebrations.

11:05 p.m. Peter Duchin Orchestra; 11:30 p.m. Ben Grauer from Times Square; 11:35 p.m Count Basie Orchestra form Basin Street East in New York; 11:45 p.m. Gene Krupa Quartet; 11:55 p.m. Times Square celebration observations by Ben Grauer and Bob Wilson; 12:05; Count Basie Orchestra; 12:30 a.m. Maynard Ferguson Orchestra; 12:55 a.m. Ben Arden and Xavier Cugat Orchestras; 1:30 a.m. Harry James Orchestra; 2:05 a.m. Les Brown Orchestra form Newport Inn, New Port Beach, California; 2:30 a.m. Woody Herman Orchestra at the Castaways Hotel in Las Vegas, 2:55 a.m. Lawrence Welk Orchestra, 3:30 a.m. Lionel Hampton Orchestra.

Midnight celebrations are heard in three different time zones. NBC Radio swings cross country in its All Star Parade of Bands which goes from East to West. Ten of the nation's top dance bands swing 1963 out and 1964 in. At 11:55 PM, NBC cuts to Times Square in New York. Ben Grauer and Bob Wilson reports and recaps the year 1963, only five weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22, 1963).

NOTE: A "lost" recorded treasure to be played non-stop (DVD sound track transfer - 4 hours, 22 minutes) during contemporary New Year's Eve parities.

#14401: THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS

1964-01-10, NBC, min.

January 10th, 1964-May 4th, 1965 (NBC)

Based on a British series created by Ned Sherrin. A half-hour of satirized current events. Among the regulars were David Frost (who went on to host his own syndicated American weeknight talk show), Elliott Reid, Phyllis Newman, Henry Morgan, Alan Alda, Buck Henry, Pat Englund, Nancy Ames, and Doro Merande. Also featured were Burr Tillstrom's puppets. Skitch Henderson conducted the orchestra. First introduced as a special in November 1963, it went on to become a weekly series in January 1964. 

On tonight's show, an introduction by Henry Morgan "live from New York." Opening monologue on topical items.

Series premiere. Announcer for the series: Jerry Damon

#7492: NBC SPECIAL: "A STONE IN THE RIVER."

1975-08-03, NBC, 60 min.

High-end drama that tells the story of Pharma Globe, a pharmaceutical company with a hidden agenda and a hospital struggling to survive.   

NBC Special produced by the National Broadcasting Company Religious Program Unit in association of the National Council of Churches. 

The drama depicts inmates' rights and prison rehabilitation issues, as written by Emmy winner Allan Sloane.

Deemed unmanageable by prison officials, convict Sawyer Burk is placed in an experimental unit designed to modify his behavior.  

At the conclusion of the broadcast the announcer requests all comments from viewers related to this drama would be appreciated  by writing to the Broadcast and Film Commission Post Box 650 New York, NY 10027.   

Announcer: Jerry Damon