WNN Participatory Calendar Report
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- January 1
- Lisa McRee born
- January 1
- anderson cooper
- January 4, 1945
- Mary, mrbsew@redshift.com
- January 6, 1992
- WNN begins broadcasting
- January 6, 2003
- The National Temperature Index is killed off
- January 8, 2002
- Alison Stewart's last day as being a news-girl (*sniff, sob*)
- January 9, 2001
- The Mole debuts on ABC with what's his name as host.
- January 11, 1978
- List member Beau Boughamer born
- January 13, 2004
- Complete with brand new digs featuring a 20 by 15 foot video screen, WNN premiers yet another new logo complete with new graphics and updated music that packs more of a punch. WNN staffers and viewers alike begin to wonder if the 5th floor suits have been watching all along. Since when do we get the goodies?
- January 14, 2002
- world news
- January 17, 1967
- Sunshine in da house
- January 17, 1997
- Thalia's second and last departure.
- January 18, 1993
- ABC announces Lisa McRee will soon be leaving "World News Now" for a better gig as a correspondent for their new prime-time newsmagazine "Day One." Her replacement? (Yes, they actually considered it a better gig at the time.) No, not Diane Sawyer, but a life-size cardboard cutout of Sam Donalds
- January 27, 1952
- Chuck Schultz
- January 31, 1971
- Christian Burris, Nowbie-in-waiting, born.
- February 2, 2001
- "Alison Stewart is off this mornong."
- February 4, 1972
- Josette Torres born
- February 8, 2002
- Alison Stewart's last day as being a news-girl (*sniff, sob*)
- February 9, 2000
- Alison Stewart's first brodcast as anchor.
- February 11, 2002
- Liz Cho's first day as anchor grrrrl
- March 5, 2001
- Derek McGinty joins WNN
- March 9, 1993
- David Bohrman tells the LA Times that "The production staffs of 'World News Now,' 'World News This Morning' and the 'Good Morning America' news segments have all been merged into one unit, and I guess that I'm running it all right now." -- Tom Heald's This Night In History
- March 10
- Stephanie Smith's birthday.
- March 17, 1971
- Patrick J. Murray
- March 20, 1996
- Kipley James Guinn leaves this mortal coil
- March 22
- Joann Digua birthday
- March 23, 2001
- Dorothy McIntyre's last day as ABC Radio correspondent to WNN
- March 23, 2001
- Dorothy McIntyre's last day as ABC Radio correspondent to WNN
- March 30, 1992
- CBS launches "Up To The Minute, replacing "Nightwatch" (sans Charlie Rose) -- Tom Heald's "This Night In History"
- April 13, 1992
- And now, the official WNN commentary on the grand opening of Euro Disney: Lisa McRee: "If there's anything worse than having 'Small, Small World' stuck in your head, it's hearing it sung in French." Aaron Brown: "Looks like Disneyland to me."
- April 15, 1996
- Mark Mullen joins ABC's "World News Now" where he is made an honorary Canadian, forced to watch an old KRON Daybreak interview he conducted with Ruby the Orangutan, and endure "World News Now" regulars Ian Shoales and Barry Mitchell. -- Tom Heald's "This Night In History"
- April 18
- Sharon Yokaitis first appeared.
- April 26, 1947
- Boyd Matson is born.
- April 29, 1944
- Barry Karas born
- April 29, 1994
- The LA Times profiles WNN, making a special attempt to butcher the name of creator "David Boorman" four times.
- May 5, 1965
- The day the world was graced with the presence of Michele Pullins
- May 6, 1996
- Thalia goes on assignment and Mark Mallett born
- May 6, 1996
- (must be a different Mark Mallett!)
- May 15, 1998
- Mark Mullen's last day on WNN; all hell breaks lose; famous song stylist dies
- June 1, 1993
- NBC News President Andrew Lack steals David Bohrman, "one of TV's best producers from ABC" to be the No. 2 executive on Tom Brokaw's nightly NBC news and also handle special events.
- June 2
- Tomalhe was hatched
- June 2, 1967
- Anderson Cooper's birthday? Also the day after Sgt. Pepper was released.
- June 7, 1994
- Lisa McRee is announced as the replacement anchor for Ann Martin on L.A.'s Channel 7 Eyewitness News beginning in July.
- June 13, 2001
- Derek and a brunette named J.S. sits together. Cool, huh?
- June 25, 1967
- Chad Curtis born
- June 30, 1975
- Josh Hall born
- July 3, 1969
- Devin Pike born
- July 3, 1993
- Aaron Brown anchors his final WNN. ABC News says it's "Aaron's choice" to leave and that he'll "be doing some fill-in anchoring and be reassigned."
- July 4, 1966
- Alison Stewart's birthday.
- July 6, 1993
- Brian Rooney begins a stint on WNN paired with Thalia. And that's all we have to say 'bout that.
- July 8, 1931
- Roone Arledge is born.
- July 10, 1973
- Richard Koo born on a Trail in British Columbia
- July 21, 1994
- Boyd Matson replaces Robert Urich as host of TBS Superstation's Sunday night series "National Geographic Explorer." Matson's first adventure - a two part adventure "Into Africa."
- July 24, 1956
- Christine Morkin born
- August 10, 1996
- Greg Stanko submits 10,000th message to the listserv list
- August 12, 1964
- Mike Ward's birthday!
- August 12, 1964
- "Ginny Moss was born!"
- August 14, 1954
- Mark Mallett born
- August 17
- D-Mack's B-day.
- August 20, 1939
- Judith Perkins born
- August 27
- SatrnBabe's (Debbie Speer) birthday!
- August 27, 1993
- In 1993, ABC names Boyd Matson, a 14-year veteran of rival NBC News, as co-anchor (with Thalia Assuras) of "World News Now" and "World News This Morning." -- Tom Heald's This Night In History
- September 3
- Greg Stanko's birthday
- September 6, 1973
- Terry Knab's B'day.
- September 8, 1979
- Cooper groupie and WNN lister Jessica Liese born
- September 11, 1954
- Kevin G. Barkes arrives, destined to do the weather on WNN on 8/10/99. Also the first national broadcast of the Miss America Pageant.
- September 11, 2001
- Both (2) World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington are attacked by terrorist-hijacked planes; Gives WNN a legitimate reason to broadcast directly from PJ's spot at the big desk for a few weeks.
- September 18, 1976
- TDiggs has a birthday. =^)
- September 21, 1959
- my mom went to the hospital with the Sunday comix; took me home
- September 22
- Jan Smith
- September 22, 1974
- Jim Ellwanger born
- September 26, 1967
- Aristera/Karen Kanter
- September 27, 1934
- "Substitute anchor/ theatre critic, ESPN legend, (and close personal friend of Billy Crystal) Dick Schaap is born. " -- Tom Heald's This Night In History
- September 29, 2000
- Approximately the firt time mortarboard80 appeared on the ABCNEWS.COM Message Boards.
- October 2, 1998
- First My Apartment update submitted to WNN by email from High Point, NC
- October 10, 2000
- Jared "Magoo" Chang is a-birthed
- October 16, 2001
- Due to an Anthrax scare, WNN broadcasts from an entirely different studio while the normal newsroom is sealed off and investigated
- November 1
- Robert Lopez-Portillo's Birthday
- November 4, 1991
- NBC launches "Nightside" from the news capitol of the world -- Charlotte, North Carolina. -- Tom Heald's "This Night In History"
- November 5, 2001
- WNN premiers a brand new logo complete with a new graphics and music package.
- November 7, 1976
- Anthony Foglia was born
- November 20, 2001
- First-time "puke-o-rama" Sex Week screws up.
- November 27, 1967
- Barbara Horton's Birthday
- December 4, 1987
- WNN viewer Christie A is born.
- December 4, 1995
- Thalia Assuras returns as co-anchor of ABC's "World News Now," following a mysterious 9-month "assignment" which has yet to be explained. -- Tom Heald's This Night In History
- December 9, 1991
- ABC News announces that Seattle anchorman Aaron Brown will co-anchor its overnight "World News Now" program, to be launched Jan. 6. "ABC is expected to name a female co-anchor soon." -- Tom Heald's This Night In History
- December 18, 1962
- Michael King born
- December 21, 2001
- Dick Schaap, beloved renaissance man, dies.
- December 21, 2001
- Dick Schaap, Master of many talents, dies from post-op complications from a hip replacement.
- December 22, 1980
- Luke Lucas born to the surprise of the family.
- December 27, 1995
- Tomalhe begins writing his internet Site Of The Day.
- December 30
- Melissa Reid's birthday