OT: RIP Ted Turner

[RUBubba]

Amongst other accomplishments, he changed Christmas tradition for all of us...

He purchased the rights to "Its a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story" and jammed them down our throats, to the point that they are now "Holiday Traditions".

Both movies had minimal theatrical success, but tremendous followings now.

 

[MADHAT1]

R.I.P. Ted, you revolutionized the TV industry with your 24 hour news innovation and made old movies more accessible with your TCM along with making TBS the first TV super-channel.

 

[Bueller]

CNN was watchable back in his peak. Bernard Shaw, Showbiz Today, Valerie Voss weather, Lou Dobbs - some good people, In the mornings you could do CNN to Stuart Scott and back. Now I don't even turn TV on


Kaitlin Collins is ok. She loves Bama and Saban. She acts to fit in with current CNN crew

 

[Section124]

Amongst other accomplishments, he changed Christmas tradition for all of us...

He purchased the rights to "Its a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story" and jammed them down our throats, to the point that they are now "Holiday Traditions".

Both movies had minimal theatrical success, but tremendous followings now.

In my lifetime, It's a Wonderful Life was always a Thanksgiving night tradition on NBC.

 

[RUforester72]

Hope he has established conservation easements on all his properties. He was one of the largest private landowners in the US.

 

[Rutgers Chris]

An amazing tribute tweet

 

[MADHAT1]

Hope he has established conservation easements on all his properties. He was one of the largest private landowners in the US.

from a google search:
>Yes, Ted Turner protected his vast landholdings—totaling roughly 2 million acres—by establishing conservation easements on them, ensuring they remain protected from development in perpetuity. His efforts focused on habitat restoration and protecting ecological integrity, notably for the largest private bison herd in the world. <

 

[RUPete90]

R.I.P. Ted, you revolutionized the TV industry with your 24 hour news innovation and made old movies more accessible with your TCM along with making TBS the first TV super-channel.

Was TBS the first super channel or WGN? I remember WGN going national on cable systems early on, but I think the difference was that WGN’s programming was still sort of local and TBS took a different approach with a bunch of popular shows in syndication. Both had baseball though.

 

[MADHAT1]

Was TBS the first super channel or WGN? I remember WGN going national on cable systems early on, but I think the difference was that WGN’s programming was still sort of local and TBS took a different approach with a bunch of popular shows in syndication. Both had baseball though.

From what I could find WGN microwaved broadcasts to some surrounding states
Beginning in the mid-1970s, WGN-TV in Chicago expanded its reach by having its signal retransmitted via microwave relay to cable television systems in the central Midwestern United States
Regional Reach: By the fall of 1978, the signal was carried by 574 cable systems, bringing WGN to parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, reaching an estimated 8.6 million subscribers

WTCG which became TBS (Channel 17 in Atlanta) expanded its reach in the early-to-mid 1970s via microwave relay

• By the early 1970s, cable systems in middle/southern Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina began picking up the Atlanta UHF signal off-air and retransmitting it. [1, 2]
• Expansion Metrics: By June 1976—several months before the national satellite launch—WTCG was already carried by 95 cable systems in six Southeastern states, reaching approximately 440,000

google search found:
>TBS (formerly WTCG in Atlanta) was the first TV superstation, officially launching its national satellite feed on December 17, 1976. Ted Turner pioneered the concept by beaming his independent Atlanta station to cable providers nationwide. WGN Chicago followed later, becoming a national superstation on November 9, 1978<

 

[RUPete90]

google search found:
>TBS (formerly WTCG in Atlanta) was the first TV superstation, officially launching its national satellite feed on December 17, 1976. Ted Turner pioneered the concept by beaming his independent Atlanta station to cable providers nationwide. WGN Chicago followed later, becoming a national superstation on November 9, 1978<

Wow! Didn’t realize it was that old. Both were pretty old. Growing up as a Cubs fan in NJ, I was always jealous of people who had WGN on their cable systems. I got TBS on mine early on, but always was like, “Why can’t it be WGN?”

 

[MADHAT1]

Wow! Didn’t realize it was that old. Both were pretty old. Growing up as a Cubs fan in NJ, I was always jealous of people who had WGN on their cable systems. I got TBS on mine early on, but always was like, “Why can’t it be WGN?”

Something I just found out (googling WPIX)_
WPIX-TV (Channel 11) in New York City became a nationwide superstation in 1978. It was distributed via satellite to cable providers across the U.S. until the early 1990s, when many systems replaced it with WGN-TV, though it continued to be available on Dish Network and throughout Canada

• Superstation Era (1978–early 1990s): WPIX's signal was delivered to cable systems nationwide, making it a prominent independent, often alongside WGN and WTBS. [1]
• INN (Independent Network News): In the 1980s, WPIX produced Independent Network News, which aired on stations across the country, including in Philadelphia. [1]
• Current Distribution: WPIX is now the flagship station of the CW Network and operates primarily in the New York market, though it is still available on some satellite services.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

from a google search:
>Yes, Ted Turner protected his vast landholdings—totaling roughly 2 million acres—by establishing conservation easements on them, ensuring they remain protected from development in perpetuity. His efforts focused on habitat restoration and protecting ecological integrity, notably for the largest private bison herd in the world. <

Are those bison gonna wind up on a grill at Ted's Montana Grill?

 

[fg7321]

Are those bison gonna wind up on a grill at Ted's Montana Grill?

No those are the ones that Trump is forcing off public lands so rich Cattle ranchers can graze their cattle at reduced prices for use of public lands.